Verbs describe movement or action. You’ll need them whenever you want to talk about what you, somebody or something else does, did or wants to do. Essential stuff. Memorize the verbs below and you’ll be well equipped for most basic Cambodian (Khmer) conversations.
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Important verbs
English | Khmer (Cambodian) | Khmer (Cambodian) (Romanization) | Pronunciation (Audio) |
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(to) be | គឺជា | keuchea | km-sing_to-be |
(to) have | មាន | mean | km-sing_to-have |
(to) do / (to) make | ធ្វើ | thveu | km-sing_to-doto-make |
can / (to) know how to | អាច | ach | km-sing_canto-know-how-to |
(to) know (how) | ដឹង | doeng | km-sing_to-know-how |
(to) know / (to) be acquainted with | ស្គាល់ | skal | km-sing_to-knowto-be-acquainted-with |
(to) understand | យល់ | yol | km-sing_to-understand |
(to) speak / (to) talk | និយាយ | niyeay | km-sing_to-speakto-talk |
(to) listen to | ស្តាប់ | sdab | km-sing_to-listen-to |
(to) hear | លឺ | leu | km-sing_to-hear |
(to) see | ឃើញ | kheunh | km-sing_to-see |
(to) feel | មានអារម្មណ៌ | mean aromn | km-sing_to-feel |
(to) live | រស់នៅ | ros neu | km-sing_to-live |
(to) want | ចង់ | chng | km-sing_to-want |
(to) need | ត្រូវការ | trauvkar | km-sing_to-need |
(to) like | ចូលចិត្ត | chaulchett | km-sing_to-like |
(to) love | ស្រលាញ់ | sralanh | km-sing_to-love |
(to) give | អោយ | aoy | km-sing_to-give |
(to) take | យក | yok | km-sing_to-take |
(to) play | លេង | leng | km-sing_to-play |
(to) laugh | សើច | saech | km-sing_to-laugh |
(to) come | មក | mork | km-sing_to-come |
(to) go | ទៅ | tow | km-sing_to-go |
(to) go by […] | ទៅដោយ | tow daoy | km-sing_to-go-by- |
(to) write | សរសេរ | sor ser | km-sing_to-write |
(to) read | អាន | aan | km-sing_to-read |
(to) count | រាប់ | rab | km-sing_to-count |
(to) pronounce | បញ្ចេញញសំលេង | banhchenh saamleng | km-sing_to-pronounce |
(to) spell | ប្រកប | pro korb | km-sing_to-spell |
(to) conjugate | បំបែក | bambek | km-sing_to-conjugate |
(to) remember | ចងចាំ | changcham | km-sing_to-remember |
(to) forget | ភ្លេច | phlech | km-sing_to-forget |
(to) eat | ញាំ | nham | km-sing_to-eat |
(to) try | សាក | sak | km-sing_to-try |
(to) use | ប្រើ | preo | km-sing_to-use |
(to) open | បើក | beok | km-sing_to-open |
(to) close | បិទ | bet | km-sing_to-close |
(to) greet / (to) welcome | ស្វាគមន៌ | sva kum | km-sing_to-greetto-welcome |
(to) begin | ចាប់ផ្តើម | chab pdeom | km-sing_to-begin |
(to) end | បញ្ចប់ | banhchob | km-sing_to-end |
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