Week 3 Flashcards
color
po-ah (NA) [poa]
black
ka-mow
milk
t(h)iik-dah-coe
breast
dah
cow / oxen
k(g)oe
to go for a walk
die-ling / dow(v)-ling
yellow
loo-ung
blue
kee-oo
red
krah-home
Khmer Rouge
Khmer Krah-home
to be good at
poo-kai
bun
bun prohsap
green
beiy-tong
purple
mango
syphilis
swaiy
fruit
plaiy
electricity / light
ploo-ung
red traffic light
ploo-ung krah-home
green traffic light
ploo-ung beiy-tong
ploo-ung kee-oo
orange
lee-ung-tome
slah-tome
t(h)iik-krooc
soda
t(h)iik-krooc
orange juice
t(h)iik-krooc-sut
pure
sut
white
sahw
thirty
sahm-seup
forty
saiy-seup
fifty
hah-seup
sixty
hok-seup (long O)
seventy
djit-seup
eighty
bay-it-seup
ninety
cow-seup
one hundred
muoy-roiy
to run
rote
forest
praiy
to cross
to cross a mountain
kat
kat-phnom
to visit
thow(v)-ling
to play
ling
to tease / to joke
nee-yiay-ling
to do something for fun
twer-ling
sometimes
chooen-kahl [cuon kaal]
to drink
puk
phee(t)-saah
what else?
ehy thee-it?
free time
payl t(h)umnay [pael tumnee]
What do you like to do?
Lok / lok-srey djole-cjet twer ehy?
to swim
hael-tiik
to exercise
to run (for exercise)
haht-prahn
rote-haht-prahn
to cook
twer-ma-hope
to buy
theeng
I like to talk on the phone to my friend.
Knyom djole-djet too-ra-sahp (thow) mit knyom.
cold
trah-djiat
everyday
roal-t-naiy
every
ro-al
time / when
when (for clauses)
payl
hour
maowng
Russia
roo-see
relative
sibling
bahng-paown
neighbor
nyek-djit-cahng
neighboring country
srok-djit-cahng
Ukraine
oou-kraine
but
thaey (thigh) / buhn-thaey
why?
Why (full phrase)
hat-ehy?
hat-ehy bahn djia …?
to heard
I heard that …
leuoow
knyom leuoow tah …
far
far from
chnaiy
chnaiy pee
city of …
thee-krohn ….
capital city
ree-it-tia-nee
Why do you want to work in Phnom Penh?
Hat-ehy bahn djia lok djang twer-kaa now Phnom Penh?
The reason why I want to work in Phnom Penh is because it’s near my family.
Bahn djia knyom djang twer-kaa now PP pee-proh-ou(r) wia djit kruosaa.
Because working in Phnom Penh is near my family.
pee-proh-ou(r) twer-kaa now Phnom Penh djit kruosaa.
really / serious
mehn-tehn
week
ah-tiit
we all
all together
all
yoong taa-ng ahw kanere
taa-ng ahw kanere
taa-ng ahw
to turn
ngee-ak (tear)
light / lamp
djang-kee-in
female animal
nyee
male animal
ch-mool
police shield
kayl
roasted duck
thiah - k-waiy
field
weal
rice field
weal surai (when harvested) weal sereuw (when growing)
cheers
leuk kay-oh lauw
(raise) (glass)
leuk diey(k) (raise) (empty)
village chief
maiy-poom
rain
plee-in
sky
maek
make
It’s raining / It’s going to rain
mien plee-in
maek djit plee-in
I’m just kidding.
Knyom nee-yiay ling teh.
yourself / myself
cloon
Do it yourself
twer cloon ehy
heart
beh-dong (long O)
coconut
dong (long O)
broken
cheuw
soul
chet
White House
sey-weet-mien
next to / beside
crow-pee
outside
crow
I’m working as the political officer.
Knyom twer-kaa djia montrey ne-yoo-baiy.
to be born
kai-t [now(v)]
district
srok
Sunday
t-naiy ah-tiit
Monday
t-naiy chan
Tuesday
t-naiy ahn-kee-ah
Wednesday
t-naiy put
Thursday
t-naiy proh-khow
Friday
t-naiy sok
Saturday
t-naiy sauw
number
number one, number two, etc.
thee
thee muoy, thee pee, etc.
birthday
t-naiy kom-neut (~ow)
hometown
srok / poom kom-neut (~ow)
March
mee-nia
April
mee-saah
February
kom-piaek
2014
pee pow-an dahp boo-en
one thousand
muoy pow-an [poan]
ten thousand
muoy muhn [mttn]
one hundred thousand
muoy seiy-en (sign) [saen]
one million
muoy lian
grand-father
thaah / djit-thaah [cttaa]
grand-mother
yiay / djit-doon [cttdoon]
when (question)
note: at end of sentence
auhn-kuhl (future)
pee auhn-kuhl (past)