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