Nouns represent people or things. You’ll need them whenever you want to refer to somebody or something. Memorize the Cambodian (Khmer) nouns below and you’ll be well equipped for almost every basic conversation.

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

Basic Words & Phrases: Nouns

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Important nouns

EnglishKhmer (Cambodian)Khmer (Cambodian)
(Romanization)		Pronunciation
(Audio)
childកូនក្មេងkaun khmeng
manមនុស្សប្រុសmonus pros
womanមនុស្សស្រីmonus srey
familyគ្រួសារkrour sar
town / cityទីក្រុងtikrong
countryប្រទេសprotes
worldពិភពលោកpiphup lok
houseផ្ទះphteah
carឡានlan
street / roadផ្លូវphlauv
shopតូបលក់ឥវ៉ាន់taub lok eyvan
doorទ្វារtvear
tableតុtok
chairកៅអីkao ei
windowបង្អួចbang uoch
newspaperកាសែតkaset
bookសៀវភៅsievphow
penប៊ិចbich
bagកាបូបយួរkabaubyuor
rucksackកាបូបស្ពាយkabaub speay
happinessសុភមង្គលsophomongkol
loveស្នេហាsne hea
flowerផ្កាphka
ballបាល់bal
workការងារkarngear
vacationវិស្សមកាលvissa makal
passportលិខិតឆ្លងដែនlikhet chhlang den
languageភាសាphea saa
questionសំនួរsam nour
answerចំលើយcham leuy
beginning / startការចាប់ផ្តើមkar chab phdaem
endសេចក្តីបញ្ចប់sechkdey banhchob

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