Verbs Flashcards
1
Q
Verbs
Khmer verbs do not have conjugation to show tenses like past, present and future. The listener has to go off of context and sometimes classifiers. Howie is one of these aforementioned classifiers.
“Kynum tov psaa howie,” which means I went to the market already. Thus making this past tense.
A
kərija:sab
2
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To be
A
ciə
3
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To go
A
tɨɰ
4
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To come
A
mao
5
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To eat
A
ɲam
6
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To teach
A
bɑŋriən
7
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To study
A
riən
8
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To work
A
tʋə:ka:
9
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To ask
A
suə
10
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To answer
A
chlaəj
11
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To speak
A
ni:jiəj
12
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To read
A
ʔa:n
13
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To write
A
sɑ:se
14
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To look
A
mə:l
15
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To listen
A
sdab
16
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To count
A
roəb
17
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To remember
A
cam
18
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To forget
A
phlɛc
19
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To tell
A
brab
20
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To like
A
cəʋlcət
21
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To give
A
ʔaoj
22
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To take
A
jɔ:
23
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To buy
A
təɲ
24
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To sell
A
luək
25
To want to do something
cɑŋ
26
To want something
cɑŋba:n
27
To need something
trɨɰka:
28
To drink
phɨk
29
To order
ka:mɑŋ
30
To ask for something
sɔm
31
To put
dak
32
To ask for bill
sɔm kɨt luj
33
To love
srɑ:laɲ
34
Do not
kɔm
35
To wear (pants, shorts, skirt)
sliək
36
To wear (everything else)
pɛək
37
To get dressed
sliəkpɛək
38
To take someone somewhere
cu:n
39
To ride
cih
40
To stop
chub
41
To turn
bɑt
42
To merge
ʔaib
43
To go straight
tɨɰ trɑŋ
44
To go forward
tɨɰ muk
45
To reverse
tɑ:j kraoj
46
To miss (emotion)
nɨk
47
To swim
hail
48
To smell
hɨt
49
To be born
kaət
50
To create
bɑŋ kaət
51
To rip/cut/shave
kao
52
To play
lɛŋ
53
Joking
ni:jiəj lɛŋ
54
Phone call
tu:rɔ:sab
55
To walk
daə
