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

Important nouns

EnglishKhmer (Cambodian)Khmer (Cambodian)
(Romanization)
Pronunciation
(Audio)
childកូនក្មេងkaun khmengkm-sing_child
manមនុស្សប្រុសmonus proskm-sing_man
womanមនុស្សស្រីmonus sreykm-sing_woman
familyគ្រួសារkrour sarkm-sing_family
town / cityទីក្រុងtikrongkm-sing_towncity
countryប្រទេសproteskm-sing_country
worldពិភពលោកpiphup lokkm-sing_world
houseផ្ទះphteahkm-sing_house
carឡានlankm-sing_car
street / roadផ្លូវphlauvkm-sing_streetroad
shopតូបលក់ឥវ៉ាន់taub lok eyvankm-sing_shop
doorទ្វារtvearkm-sing_door
tableតុtokkm-sing_table
chairកៅអីkao eikm-sing_chair
windowបង្អួចbang uochkm-sing_window
newspaperកាសែតkasetkm-sing_newspaper
bookសៀវភៅsievphowkm-sing_book
penប៊ិចbichkm-sing_pen
bagកាបូបយួរkabaubyuorkm-sing_bag
rucksackកាបូបស្ពាយkabaub speaykm-sing_rucksack
happinessសុភមង្គលsophomongkolkm-sing_happiness
loveស្នេហាsne heakm-sing_love
flowerផ្កាphkakm-sing_flower
ballបាល់balkm-sing_ball
workការងារkarngearkm-sing_work
vacationវិស្សមកាលvissa makalkm-sing_vacation
passportលិខិតឆ្លងដែនlikhet chhlang denkm-sing_passport
languageភាសាphea saakm-sing_language
questionសំនួរsam nourkm-sing_question
answerចំលើយcham leuykm-sing_answer
beginning / startការចាប់ផ្តើមkar chab phdaemkm-sing_beginningstart
endសេចក្តីបញ្ចប់sechkdey banhchobkm-sing_end

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