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Learning the Khmer Adverbs is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Khmer language. But first we need to know what the role of Adverbs is in the structure of the grammar in Khmer.
Khmer adverbs are part of speech. Generally they're words that modify any part of language other than a noun. Adverbs can modify verbs, adjectives (including numbers), clauses, sentences and other adverbs. Here are some examples:
| English Adverbs | Khmer Adverbs |
|---|---|
| adverbs | កិរិយាស័ព្ទ |
| I read a book sometimes | ពេលខ្លះ ខ្ញុំអានសៀវភៅ |
| I will never smoke | ខ្ញុំ នឹងមិនជក់បារីទេ |
| are you alone? | តើអ្នកនៅម្នាក់ឯងឬ? |
Notice the structure of the Adverbs in Khmer.
Below is a list of the Adverbs of time place manner and frequency in Khmer placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Khmer vocabulary.
| English Adverbs | Khmer Adverbs |
|---|---|
| adverbs of time | កិរិយាស័ព្ទពេលវេលា |
| yesterday | ម្សិលមិញ |
| today | ថ្ងៃនេះ |
| tomorrow | ថ្ងៃស្អែក |
| now | ឥឡូវនេះ |
| then | បន្ទាប់មក |
| later | ក្រោយមក |
| tonight | យប់នេះ |
| right now | ឥឡូវនេះ /ភ្លាមៗនេះ |
| last night | យប់ម្សិលមិញ |
| this morning | ព្រឹកនេះ |
| next week | អាទិត្យក្រោយ |
| already | រួចរាល់/រួចហើយ |
| recently | កាលពីពេលថ្មីៗ / ថ្មីៗនេះ / បច្ចុប្បន្ន |
| lately | ថ្មីៗនេះ |
| soon | ឆាប់ៗ |
| immediately | ភ្លាមៗ / បន្ទាន់ / ប្រញាប់ |
| still | នៅតែ |
| yet | មិនទាន់ហើយ / នៅឡើយ |
| ago | កន្លងមកហើយ/ ពីអតីតកាល |
| adverbs of place | កិរិយាស័ព្ទទីកន្លែង |
| here | ទីនេះ |
| there | ទីនោះ |
| over there | នៅឯទីនោះ |
| everywhere | គ្រប់ទីកន្លែង |
| anywhere | ក្នុងកន្លែងណាមួយ / នៅទីណាមួយ |
| nowhere | គ្មានកន្លែងណា |
| home | នៃផ្ទះ / នៃគេហឋាន / នៃគ្រឹះស្ថាន |
| away | មិននៅ / ឃ្លាតឆ្ងាយ |
| out | ខាងក្រៅ / ចេញទៅ / មិននៅ |
| adverbs of manner | កិរិយាស័ព្ទចរិយាមារយាទ |
| very | ណាស់ |
| quite | ពិត / យ៉ាងពេញលេញ / ពិត / ច្រើន |
| pretty | យ៉ាងស្អាត |
| really | មែន / មែនទែន / ពិតប្រាកដ |
| fast | យ៉ាងលឿន |
| well | ល្អ / ពិរោះ / ច្បាស់ |
| hard | ពិបាក /ធ្ងន់ធ្ងរ |
| quickly | យ៉ាងរហ័ស |
| slowly | យ៉ាងយឺតៗ |
| carefully | ដោយប្រុងប្រយ័ត្ន |
| hardly | ដោយពិបាក /ដោយធ្ងន់ធ្ងរ |
| barely | ស្ទើរតែគ្មានអ្វីសោះ |
| mostly | ដោយភាគច្រើន |
| almost | ភាគច្រើន /ស្ទើរតែទាំងអស់ |
| absolutely | ដោយការពិត /ដោយជាក់លាក់/ប្រាកដណាស់ |
| together | ព្រមជាមួយគ្នា |
| alone | ម្នាក់ឯង |
| adverbs of frequency | កិរិយាស័ព្ទនៃភាពញឹកញាប់ |
| always | ជានិច្ចកាល |
| frequently | ដោយញឹកញាប់ |
| usually | តាមធម្មតា |
| sometimes | ពេលខ្លះ |
| occasionally | ដោយពេល |
| seldom | ដោយកម្រ / មិនសូវ |
| rarely | ដោយកម្រ |
| never | មិនដែល |
Adverbs of time place manner and frequency have a very important role in Khmer. Once you're done with the Cambodian Adverbs, you might want to check the rest of our Khmer lessons here: Learn Khmer. Don't forget to bookmark this page.
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