Vocabulary: English to Khmer Flashcards
Learning to Speak Khmer: Part 1
about
om-bpee
afternoon
ro-see-ul; sayon
already
hai-ee
America
aa-may-rik
at
nou; nou ai
aunt
meeng
bad
aa-grok
be
jee-a; geu; geu-jee-a nou (place); aa-yOO (age)
bed
gkray
best, very good
la’or nah
better
la’or jee-ung
black
k’mao
blue
kee-o
book
see-a pou
born
gart
boy
bproh;k’mayng bproh
brother
borng bproh (older); bpa-oan bproh (younger)
brown
t’naot
buy
dteung
Cambodia
bpra-dtayh Kampuchea; srok Khmer
car
laan
cat
ch’maa
child, children
goan (your own children); k’mayng (children in general); dtee grong; grong
city
dtee grong; grong
cold
ro-ngee-a
color
bpoa-a
come
moak
country
bpra-dtayh
daughter
goan-s’ray
day
t’ngai
do
t’wer
doctor
bpairt; kroo-bpairt
dog
ch’gai
drive (a vehicle)
bark (laan)
eat
n’yum
eight
bprum-bay
English
ong-klayh
evening
l’ngyate
eyes
p’nairk
family
kroo-a-saa
father
oa-bpook; bpook
five
bprum
for
som-rup
four
boo-un
Friday
t’ngai sok
girl
s’ray; k’mayng s’ray
go
dtou
gold
mee-ah
good
la’or
goodbye
lee-a seun hai-ee
grandfather
dtaa
grandmother
yeay
gray
bpra-peh
green
bai dtorng
happy
sop-bai
he
goa-ut
hello
sua-sday
her
goa-ut
hers
ra-boh goa-ut
him
goa-ut
his
ra-boh goa-ut
homeowner
m’jah p’dtay-ah
hot
g’dao
hour
maong
house
p’dtay-ah
how
yaang naa; yaang maych
how much, how many
bon-maan
husband
b’dai
I
k’nyom
in
k’nong
it
wee-a