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.

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

Basic Words & Phrases: Verbs

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Important verbs

EnglishKhmer (Cambodian)Khmer (Cambodian)
(Romanization)		Pronunciation
(Audio)
(to) beគឺជាkeuchea
(to) haveមានmean
(to) do / (to) makeធ្វើthveu
can / (to) know how toអាចach
(to) know (how)ដឹងdoeng
(to) know / (to) be acquainted withស្គាល់skal
(to) understandយល់yol
(to) speak / (to) talkនិយាយniyeay
(to) listen toស្តាប់sdab
(to) hearលឺleu
(to) seeឃើញkheunh
(to) feelមានអារម្មណ៌mean aromn
(to) liveរស់នៅros neu
(to) wantចង់chng
(to) needត្រូវការtrauvkar
(to) likeចូលចិត្តchaulchett
(to) loveស្រលាញ់sralanh
(to) giveអោយaoy
(to) takeយកyok
(to) playលេងleng
(to) laughសើចsaech
(to) comeមកmork
(to) goទៅtow
(to) go by […] (e.g. by car)ទៅដោយtow daoy
(to) writeសរសេរsor ser
(to) readអានaan
(to) countរាប់rab
(to) pronounceបញ្ចេញញសំលេងbanhchenh saamleng
(to) spellប្រកបpro korb
(to) conjugateបំបែកbambek
(to) rememberចងចាំchangcham
(to) forgetភ្លេចphlech
(to) eatញាំnham
(to) tryសាកsak
(to) useប្រើpreo
(to) openបើកbeok
(to) closeបិទbet
(to) greet / (to) welcomeស្វាគមន៌sva kum
(to) beginចាប់ផ្តើមchab pdeom
(to) endបញ្ចប់banhchob

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