4.10: Key vocabulary and useful expressions

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    Useful Vocabulary
    IPA English
    moang hour
    nia-dtii minute
    vi-nia-dtii second
    nouw at/in
    bprək morning
    roo-sial afternoon
    l’ngiach evening
    yub night
    rian to study
    leek dtuu-roo-sab Phone number
    ey-louw-nih now

    Useful Expressions
    IPA English
    Neak mian leek dtuu-roo-sab dtee? What is your phone number?
    Neak rian pia-saa Khmer maong bpon-maan? What time does your Khmer class start?
    Maong bpram-bey haəy! It is 8 o’clock already!

    Summary of Grammar Points
    Grammar Point Summary
    Expressing the hour times The hour times are expressed by the pattern Maong (hour) + Number + Haəy. Haəy “already” is often added after the number word to mean “It’s ____o’clock”. To ask the time, same pattern is used: Maong bpon-maan haəy following by the question mark.
    Expressing the minute Minute “nia-dtii” to the hour are expressed with the pattern: maong + number (of hour) + number (of minute) + nia-tii. Nia-dtii “minute” and Vi-nia-dtii “second” followed by the numeral. Thirty minutes, sam sap nia-dtii, can be stated as kɔn-lah “half hour”.
    Expressing the “exact” hour To expression the “exact” hour, the word Kut is added after the number. The word Haəy “already” is often omitted when expressing the “exact” hour.
    The abbreviation a.m and p.m in Khmer In Cambodian the abbreviation a.m and p.m are expressed by the time of the day. Morning “bprək”, Afternoon “roo-sial”, Evening “l’ngiach” and Night “yub” are used to denote the a.m and p.m in English.

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