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The Cambodian language is Khmer, which is inherited itself - and advanced in education with application of Indic languages Pali and Sangkrit from India. Also, Some technical languages are borrowed from French. However, English is commonly communicated in hotels and business compounds at present days.  

 

Here are some useful Khmer words and phrases, written phonetically, that will come in handy.  Khmer may sound confusing. But with a little patience and practice, you can get by. There are 33 consonants and 26 vowels. 

 

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  1. 1,Hello
  2. 2,How are you?
  3. 3,Good morning
  4. 4,Good night
  5. 5,Afternoon
  6. 6,My name is.....
  7. 7,Yes
  8. 8,No
  9. 9,Please
  10. 10,Thank You
  11. 11,Excuse me
  12. 12,Goodbye
  13. 13,I don't 14,understand
  14. 15,I want a...
  15. 16,Water
  16. 17,Tea
  17. 18,Rice (cooked)
  18. 19,Rice (uncooked)
  19. 20,Meat
  20. 21,Fish
  21. 22,Chicken
  22. 23,Bread
  23. 24,Restaurant
  24. 25,Where is the...?
  25. 26,Market
  26. 27,Bank
  27. 28,Post Office
  28. 29,Doctor
  29. 30,Bus
  30. 31,Train
  31. 32,Cycle
  32. 33,Policeman
  33. 34,Turn left
  34. 35,Turn right
  35. 36,Go straight
  36. 37,Morning
  37. 38,Midnight
  38. 39,Night
  39. 40,Sunday
  40. 41,Monday
  41. Tuesday
  42. Wednesday
  43. Thursday
  44. Friday
  45. Saturday
  1. jum-reap soo-a
  2. tau neak sok sapbaiy teh?
  3. arun sour sdei
  4. tiveah sour sdei
  5. reah-trey sour sdei
  6. k'nyom tchmouh...
  7. baat
  8. dteh
  9. suom mehta
  10. or-koon
  11. sohm dtoh
  12. joom-reap leah
  13. k'nyom men yoo-ul tee
  14. k'nyom jang baan...
  15. teuk
  16. tai 
  17. bia
  18. angkoh
  19. saich
  20. t'ray
  21. moan
  22. num pung
  23. haang bai
  24. noev eah nah...?
  25. p'sah
  26. tho neea kear
  27. bprai sa nee
  28. peth
  29. laan ch'noul
  30. ra dteah plerng
  31. see kloa
  32. bpoa leeh or norkor-bahl
  33. bot dtoy ch'wayng
  34. bot dtoy s'dum
  35. dtov dtrong
  36. bpreuk
  37. aa-tree-at
  38. yoop
  39. t/ngai aa-dteut
  40. t'ngai jan
  41. t'ngai ong-gee-a
  42. t'ngai bpoot
  43. t'ngai bpra-hoa-a
  44. t'ngai sok
  45. t'ngai sao
  1. Yesterday
  2. Today
  3. Tomorrow
  4. Month
  5. Year
  6. Last Year
  7. New Year
  8. Next Year
  9. January
  10. February
  11. March
  12. April
  13. May
  14. June 
  15. July
  16. August
  17. September
  18. October
  19. November
  20. December
  21. One
  22. Two
  23. Three
  24. Four
  25. Five
  26. Six
  27. Seven
  28. Eight
  29. Night
  30. Ten
  31. Eleven
  32. Twenty
  33. Thirty
  34. Forty
  35. Fifty
  36. Sixty
  37. Seventy
  38. Eighty
  39. Ninety
  40. Hundred
  41. Thousand
  42. Ten thousand
  43. Hundred thousand
  44. Million
  1. m'serl menh
  2. t'ngai nih
  3. t'ngai sa-aik
  4. khaeh
  5. ch'nam
  6. ch'nam moon
  7. ch'nam thmey
  8. ch'nam groy
  9. ma ga raa
  10. kompheak
  11. mee nah
  12. meh sah
  13. oo sa phea
  14. mi thok nah
  15. ka kada
  16. say haa
  17. kan'ya
  18. to laa
  19. wech a gaa
  20. t'noo
  21. moo ay
  22. bpee
  23. bay
  24. boun
  25. bpram
  26. bpram moo ay
  27. bpram bpee
  28. bpram bay
  29. bpram buon
  30. dahp
  31. dahp moo ay
  32. m'pay
  33. saam seup
  34. sai seup
  35. ha seup
  36. hok seup
  37. jeht seup
  38. bpait seup
  39. gao seup
  40. moo-ay roy        
  41. moo-aybpoan
  42. moo-ay meun
  43. moo-ay sain
  44. moo-ay lee-un