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Lesson 9 of 10

Time and days in Khmer

Now, later, tomorrow, what time it opens and one moment please. Play the ten Khmer words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.

The National Museum of Cambodia in Phnom Penh
Time and days
10 words Β· 20 seconds each Β· 8 of 10 to pass
What it meansHow to say it
Marcin Konsek, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

All 10 Khmer phrases in this lesson

αž₯αž‘αžΌαžœαž“αŸαŸ‡ey-luv NIH
Now
αž–αŸαž›αž€αŸ’αžšαŸ„αž™pel KRAOY
Later
αžαŸ’αž„αŸƒαž“αŸαŸ‡thngai NIH
Today
αžαŸ’αž„αŸƒαžŸαŸ’αž’αŸ‚αž€thngai S'AEK |
Tomorrow
αž™αž”αŸ‹αž“αŸαŸ‡yop NIH
Tonight
αž–αŸαž›αžŽαžΆ?pel NAA
When?
αž”αžΎαž€αž˜αŸ‰αŸ„αž„αž”αŸ‰αž»αž“αŸ’αž˜αžΆαž“?baek maong pon-MAAN
What time does it open?
αžŸαžΌαž˜αžšαž„αŸ‹αž…αžΆαŸ†αž”αž“αŸ’αžαž·αž…sohm rong-CHAM bon-TECH
One moment, please

Literally "please wait a little".

αž“αžΆαž‘αžΈnea-TII
Minutes
αž˜αŸ‰αŸ„αž„maong
Hours

Also means o'clock.

Where Khmer is spoken

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