Adjectives describe people or things. You’ll need them whenever you want to describe what something or somebody is like. The car is old, the hotel is cheap. You get it. Memorize the Cambodian (Khmer) adjectives below and you’ll be well equipped for most basic conversations.

This lesson is part of the chapter “Learning Cambodian (Khmer)“.

Basic Words & Phrases: Adjectives

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Important adjectives

EnglishKhmer (Cambodian)Khmer (Cambodian)
(Romanization)
Pronunciation
(Audio)
goodល្អla orkm-sing_good
badអាក្រក់akrakkm-sing_bad
newថ្មីthmeikm-sing_new
oldចាស់chaskm-sing_old
smallតូចtauchkm-sing_small
large / bigធំthomkm-sing_largebig
longវែងvengkm-sing_long
shortខ្លីkhleikm-sing_short
cheapថោកthaokkm-sing_cheap
expensiveថ្លៃthlaikm-sing_expensive
light / clearច្បាស់chbaskm-sing_lightclear
darkងងឹតngorngutkm-sing_dark
lateយឺតyeutkm-sing_late
earlyមុនម៉ោងmun maongkm-sing_early
interestingគួរអោយចាប់អារម្មណ៍kuor aoy chab arommkm-sing_interesting
boringគួរអោយធុញទ្រាន់kuor aoy thounh tronkm-sing_boring
tiredហត់hortkm-sing_tired
easy / simpleងាយស្រួលngeay sruolkm-sing_easysimple
for freeឥតគិតថ្លៃit kit thlaikm-sing_for-free
right / correctត្រឹមត្រូវtroem trauvkm-sing_rightcorrect
wrongខុសkhoskm-sing_wrong
strongខ្លាំងkhlangkm-sing_strong
weakខ្សោយkhsaaoykm-sing_weak

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