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This is a list of prepositions in Khmer. This includes words related to positions (i.e. under, on top of ...), conjunctions (and, but ...) and many more.
| On top of: នៅផ្នែកខាងលើ now phnek khangleu |
Under: ក្រោម kraom |
Inside: ខាងក្នុង khangoknong |
Outside: ខាងក្រៅ khangokraw |
| Behind: ខាងក្រោយ khangokraoy |
In front of: នៅខាងមុខ now khangmoukh |
Near: ជិត chit |
Between: ចន្លោះ / រវាង chanloh / rveang |
These are more popular prepositions you might find useful at some point or another.
| After: ក្រោយមក / បន្ទាប់មក kraoyomk / banteabmk |
Before: មុន / ពីមុខ moun / pimoukh |
With: ជាមួយ cheamuoy |
Without: គ្មាន kmean |
| Since: ចាប់តាំងពី chabtangpi |
Until: រហូតដល់... rhautadl... |
Of: នៃ / របស់ nei / robsa |
From: ពី / មកពី pi / mk pi |
| To: ទៅ / ឆ្ពោះ tow / chhpaoh |
Instead of: ជំនួសដោយ chomnuosa daoy |
In: ក្នុង knong |
Against: ប្រឆាំង / ទប់ទល់នឹង brachheang / tbtl nung |
| As: ដូច(ស្រដៀងនឹង) dauch( sradiengnung) |
About: អំពី(ទាក់ទងនឹង) ampi( teaktng nung) |
For: សម្រាប់ / ចំពោះ samreab / champoh |
The following are conjunctions used to connect words, sentences, or phrases.
| And: និង ning |
Or: ឬ ryy |
But: ប៉ុន្តែ bonte |
So: ដូច្នេះ dauchneh |
Now is the time for some prepositions used in a sentence. We are using the following: (from, under, inside, with, in, but) as examples.
| I'm from Japan: ខ្ញុំមកពីប្រទេសជប៉ុន khnhom mk pi bratesa chbon |
The pen is under the desk: ប៊ិចគឺនៅក្រោមតុសរសេរ bich ku now kraom tosarser |
| The letter is inside the book: សំបុត្រគឺនៅក្នុងសៀវភៅ saambotr ku nowknong sievphow |
Can I practice Italian with you?: តើខ្ញុំអាចអនុវត្តភាសាអ៊ីតាលីជាមួួយអ្នកបានទេ? tae khnhom ach anouvott pheasaea aiteali chea muo uo y anak ban te? |
| I was born in Miami: ខ្ញុំកើតនៅក្នុងទីក្រុងម៉ៃអាមី khnhom kaet nowknong tikrong mai a mi |
I speak French but with an accent: ខ្ញុំនិយាយភាសាបារាំងមិនល្អ khnhom niyeay pheasaea barang minola |
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