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Khmer Grammar

The Khmer grammar allows you to manipulate the vocabulary to obtain multiple forms of a word. The grammatical rules below are the most important in Khmer and help connect words or shape the structure. We start with the prepositions:

And: និង   Under: ក្រោម  
Before: មុន   After: ក្រោយមក / បន្ទាប់មក  
Inside: ខាងក្នុង   Outside: ខាងក្រៅ  
With: ជាមួយ   But: ប៉ុន្តែ  
For: សម្រាប់ / ចំពោះ   From: ពី / មកពី  
To: ទៅ/ឆ្ពោះ   In: ក្នុង  

Questions and Adverbs

To ask questions, use the following:

What?: អ្វី?   Who?: អ្នកណា?  
How?: យ៉ាងម៉េច?   Why?: ហេតុអ្វី?  
Where?: នៅណា?  

Some of the most important time adverbs:

Never: មិនដែល   Rarely: ដោយកម្រ  
Sometimes: ពេលខ្លះ   Usually: តាមធម្មតា  
Always: ជានិច្ចកាល   Very: ណាស់  

Most commonly used pronouns in Khmer:

I: ខ្ញុំ   You: លោក/អ្នក  
He: គាត់   She: នាង  
We: យើង   They: ពួកគេ  

To express the possession of something [possessive form]:

My: របស់ខ្ញុំ   Your: របស់លោក/អ្នក  
His: របស់គាត់   Her: របស់នាង  
Our: របស់យើង   Their: របស់ពួកគេ  

Grammar in a sentence

Some random verbs to show how it's being used:

I speak English: ខ្ញុំនិយាយភាសាអង់គ្លេស  
You speak French: គាត់និយាយភាសាបារាំង  
He speaks German: គាត់និយាយភាសាអាលីម៉ង់  
She speaks Italian: នាងនិយាយភាសាអ៊ីតាលី  
I visited France: ខ្ញុំបានទៅលេងប្រទេសបារាំង  
I will drink milk: ខ្ញុំ​និងផឹក​ទឹកដោះគោ  

Some extra grammatical structures:

I understand you: ខ្ញុំ​យល់​អំពី​អ្នក  
I don't understand you: ខ្ញុំ​មិនយល់​អំពី​អ្នក  
I don't speak French: ខ្ញុំ​មិន​និយាយ​ភាសា​បារាំង  
This is my house: នេះគឺជាផ្ទះ​របស់ខ្ញុំ  
That restaurant is far: ភោជនីយដ្ថាន​នៅ​ឆ្ងាយ  
No problem: គ្មាន​បញ្ហា  

The above Khmer grammar can provide tools to use in coordination with the Khmer vocabulary to obtain some popular Khmer phrases.


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Did you know? Grammar can help you increase your vocabulary dramatically. Grammar is like a tool which helps you manipulate words in a sentence by changing the shape and location of a word to create something new out of the old one.


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