Week 1 Flashcards
Good bye
chumriap lia sen haey
lia sen haey
sen haey
School
saalaa-rien
saalaa (short)
What officer are you?
Lok/lok-sray djia mon-trey eh?
Assistant Public Affairs Officer
Montrey choom-newey-kah keckaa saa-thia-ranak
affairs
keckaa
kaa
State Department
kroh-suoy(ng) kaa bah-ra-tay(ch)
last name
trah-kole
department
krah-suoy(ng)
younger sibling (refer to and address)
pah-own (refer)
own (address)
[+ sray or prah]
children
child
kcone
nian
with
djia-muoy
to be
cjia
kgoo(w)
who
niak-nah
parents
Aow-poke-mdie(y)
mdie(y)-aow-poke
grandfather
tha (plan)
grandmother
yiay [(g)yee-aye]
grandparents
yiay-tha [(g)yee-aye-tha (plan)]
four
buon [boo-en]
five
prahm
ten
dahb
six
prahm-muoy
seven
prahm-pee
eight
prahm-behy
nine
prahm-boo-en [buon]
Repeat after me.
Tah thahm knyom. [thaa taam khn~om]
sibling
bahng-pa-own
people (qualifier)
nyek
big
tome
small
t(h)oy-et
no
ah-teh
family
krew-ah-sah [kruosaa]
father
aow-poke [zaopuk]
poke
aow - to refer, 3rd person
paek - urban
mother
mdie(y) [mdaay] - to refer, 3rd person
mai - to address
maek - urban
niak
There is/there are
mien
inside/in
knoy(ng) [knoy]
to go (to)
thow(v)
What is your job?
Lok/lok-sray twer-kaa eh?
also
die(y)
how many
bun mahn nyek
one person
muoy nyek
mnyek
I have two siblings.
Note: Include yourself in khmer.
Knyom mien bahng-pa-own pee nyek.
Economic Officer
Mon-trey sey-thah-kec [seethakec]
economic
sey-thah-kec [seethakec]
Consular Officer
mon-trey konsul
to work for
twer-kaa ah-wee (zaoy)
public
saa-thia-ranak
assistant
choom-newey-kah [cumnuoykaa]
foreign
bah-ra-tey(ch) [b))ratech]
I work for the State Department.
Knyom twer-kaa ah-wee kroh-suoy(ng) kaa bah-ra-tay(ch)
my people
my nationality
djun djiat knyom [cun ciat knyom]
three
behy
to like
djole-djet [cool-cet]
nationality
djun djiat [cun ciat]
What do you teach?
Lok-krew/niak-krew bahng-rien eh?
American Embassy
Sah-tahn-toot-Amerique
we/us/our
yooy(ng)
what
eh(y)
they/them/their
kay [kee]
and
nung
this
nee
my two friends
mit-knyom-pee-nyek
country of Cambodia
srok khmer
that woman
lok-sray-nu
country
srok
prah-teh
American
Amereecan
America
Amerique
Cambodian
Khmer
two
pee
in/at
now(v)
good
lah-aw
What is your nationality?
Lok/lok-sray djia djun-djiat eh?