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This page discusses the gender in Khmer. Below is a list of masculine (man) and feminine (woman) words. We picked the most popular ones.
| Boy: កេ្មងប្រុស ke m ng brosa |
Girl: កេ្មងស្រី ke m ng srei |
Man: បុរស borsa |
Woman: ស្រ្តី srti |
| Father: ឳពុក aupouk |
Mother: ម្តាយ mteay |
Brother: បង / ប្អូនប្រុស bng / baaunobrosa |
Sister: បង / ប្អូនស្រី bng / baaunosrei |
| Actor: តួកុនប្រុស tuokon brosa |
Actress: តួកុនស្រី tuokon srei |
Cat (m): ឆ្មា (ឈ្មោល) chhma ( chhmol) |
Cat (f): ឆ្មា (ញី) chhma ( nhi) |
These examples show a sentence with both genders (masculine or feminine). The list includes the use of nouns, adjectives and pronouns.
| He is tall: គាត់ខ្ពស់ keat khpasa |
She is tall: នាងខ្ពស់ neang khpasa |
| He is a short man: គាត់ជាបុរសទាប keat chea borsa teab |
She is a short woman: នាងជាស្ត្រីទាប neang chea strei teab |
| He is German: គាត់ជាជនជាតិអាល្លឺម៉ង់ keat chea choncheate allumng |
She is German: នាងជាជនជាតិអាល្លឺម៉ង់ neang chea choncheate allumng |
| Japanese men are friendly: បុរសជប៉ុនជាមនុស្សរាក់ទាក់ borsa chbon chea mnoussa reakteak |
Japanese women are friendly: ស្ត្រីជប៉ុនជាមនុស្សរាក់ទាក់ strei chbon chea mnoussa reakteak |
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