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 or
badអាក្រក់akrak
newថ្មីthmei
oldចាស់chas
smallតូចtauch
large / bigធំthom
longវែងveng
shortខ្លីkhlei
cheapថោកthaok
expensiveថ្លៃthlai
light / clearច្បាស់chbas
darkងងឹតngorngut
lateយឺតyeut
earlyមុនម៉ោងmun maong
interestingគួរអោយចាប់អារម្មណ៍kuor aoy chab aromm
boringគួរអោយធុញទ្រាន់kuor aoy thounh tron
tiredហត់hort
easy / simpleងាយស្រួលngeay sruol
for freeឥតគិតថ្លៃit kit thlai
right / correctត្រឹមត្រូវtroem trauv
wrongខុសkhos
strongខ្លាំងkhlang
weakខ្សោយkhsaaoy

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