If you're trying to learn Khmer Feminine which is also called Cambodian, check our courses about genders: Feminine and Masculine... to help you with your Khmer grammar. Try to concentrate on the lesson and notice the pattern that occurs each time the word changes its place. Also don't forget to check the rest of our other lessons listed on Learn Khmer. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!
Learning the Khmer Feminine 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 Feminine is in the structure of the grammar in Khmer.
Khmer feminine refers to female qualities attributed specifically to women and girls or things considered feminine. The complement to feminine is masculine. Here are some examples:
| English Feminine | Khmer Feminine |
|---|---|
| Feminine | ភេទស្រី |
| he is happy | គាត់សប្បាយចិត្ត |
| she is happy | នាងសប្បាយចិត្ត |
| he is American | គាត់ គឺជាជនជាតិអាមេរិក |
| she is American | នាង គឺជាជនជាតិអាមេរិក |
| man | មនុស្សប្រុស |
| woman | មនុស្សប្រុស |
| father | ឳពុក |
| mother | ម្តាយ |
| brother | បង/ប្អូនប្រុស |
| sister | បង/ប្អូនស្រី |
| uncle | ឳពុកមារ / ពូ |
| aunt | ម្តាយមីង / មីង |
| bull | គោឈ្មោល |
| cow | គោញី |
| boy | កេ្មងប្រុស |
| girl | កេ្មងស្រី |
Notice the structure of the Feminine in Khmer.
Below is a list of objects, can you determine whether they're feminine, masculine or plural in Khmer? Memorizing this table will also help you add very useful and important words to your Khmer vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Khmer Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| objects | វត្ថុ / សម្ភារៈ |
| bathroom | បន្ទប់ងូតទឹក |
| bed | គ្រែ |
| bedroom | បន្ទប់ដេក |
| ceiling | ពិដាន |
| chair | កៅអី |
| clothes | សំលៀកបំពាក់ |
| coat | អាវភ្លៀង |
| cup | កែវ / ពែង |
| desk | តុសរសេរ |
| dress | សំលៀកបំពាក់ |
| floor | ស្លៀកពាក់ |
| fork | សម |
| furniture | គ្រឿងសង្ហារឹម |
| glass | កែវ / ពែង |
| hat | មួក |
| house | ផ្ទះ |
| ink | ទឹកខ្មៅ |
| jacket | អាវធំ |
| kitchen | ផ្ទះបាយ |
| knife | កាំបិត |
| lamp | ចង្កៀង |
| letter | សំបុត្រ |
| map | ផែនទី |
| newspaper | កាសែត |
| notebook | សៀវភៅសរសេរ |
| pants | ខោ |
| paper | ក្រដាស |
| pen | បិចសេរសេរ |
| pencil | ខ្មៅដៃ |
| pharmacy | ឳសថស្ថាន |
| picture | រូបភាព |
| plate | ចាន |
| refrigerator | ទូទឹកកក |
| restaurant | អាហារដ្ឋាន |
| roof | ដំបូល |
| room | បន្ទប់ |
| rug | កម្រាលព្រំ |
| scissors | កន្រ្តៃ |
| shampoo | សាប៊ូកក់សក់ |
| shirt | សំពត់ខ្លី |
| shoes | ស្បែកជើង |
| soap | សាប៊ូ |
| socks | ស្រោមជើង |
| spoon | ស្លាបព្រា |
| table | តុ |
| toilet | បង្គន់ |
| toothbrush | ច្រាសដុសធ្មេញ |
| toothpaste | ថ្នាំដុសធ្មេញ |
| towel | កន្សែងជូតមុខ |
| umbrella | ឆ័ត្រ |
| underwear | ខោទ្រនាប់ / អាវទ្រនាប់ |
| wall | ជញ្ជាំង |
| wallet | កាបូបដាក់លុយបុរស |
| window | បង្អួច |
| telephone | ទូរស័ព្ទ |
Feminine and Masculine have a very important role in Khmer. Once you're done with the Cambodian Feminine, 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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