If you're trying to learn Khmer Prepositions which is also called Cambodian, check our courses about time and place prepositions and and demonstrative pronouns... 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 Prepositions 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 Prepositions is in the structure of the grammar in Khmer.
Khmer prepositions link nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. The word or phrase that the preposition introduces is called the object of the preposition. Here are some examples:
| English Prepositions | Khmer Prepositions |
|---|---|
| Prepositions | បុព្វបទ |
| inside the house | នៅក្នុងផ្ទះ |
| outside the car | នៅខាងក្រៅរថយន្ត |
| with me | ជាមួយខ្ញុំ |
| without him | គ្មានគាត់ |
| under the table | នៅក្រោមតុ |
| after tomorrow | ថ្ងៃខានស្អែក |
| before sunset | មិនថ្ងៃលិច |
| but I'm busy | ប៉ុន្តែ ខ្ញុំរវល់ |
Notice the structure of the Prepositions in Khmer.
Below is a list of the Time place and demonstrative pronouns in Khmer placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Khmer vocabulary.
| English Prepositions | Khmer Prepositions |
|---|---|
| about | អំពី |
| above | ខាងលើ |
| across | ឆ្លងកាត់ |
| after | ក្រោយមក / បន្ទាប់មក |
| against | ប្រឆាំង /ទប់ទល់នឹង |
| among | រវាង |
| around | ជុំវិញ/ ប្រហែល |
| as | ដូចដែល / ដូចជា |
| at | នៅឯ |
| before | មុន |
| behind | ខាងក្រោយ |
| below | ខាងក្រោម |
| beneath | ខាងក្រោម |
| beside | ចំហៀង |
| between | ចន្លោះ / រវាង |
| beyond | លើសលប់ / ហួសពី |
| but | ប៉ុន្តែ |
| by | តាម / ដោយ |
| despite | ក្រៅពី |
| down | ចុះក្រោម |
| during | ក្នុងកំឡុងពេល |
| except | លើកលែង |
| for | សម្រាប់ / ចំពោះ |
| from | ពី / មកពី |
| in | ក្នុង |
| inside | ខាងក្នុង |
| into | ខាងក្នុង |
| near | ជិត |
| next | បន្ទាប់ |
| of | នៃ / របស់ |
| on | អំពី |
| opposite | ទល់មុខ |
| out | ក្រៅ |
| outside | ខាងក្រៅ |
| over | ខាងលើ / លើស/ ហួស |
| per | ក្នុងមួយ ..... |
| plus | បូក |
| round | មូល |
| since | ចាប់តាំងពី |
| than | ច្រើនជាង...តិចជាង .....ធំជាង.... |
| through | តាម / ឆ្លងកាត់តាម |
| till | នៅឡើយ |
| to | ទៅ/ឆ្ពោះ |
| toward | ទៅ/ឆ្ពោះមុខ |
| under | ក្រោម |
| unlike | មិនដូច/ប្រហែលមិន.... |
| until | រហូតដល់... |
| up | ឡើង / |
| via | តាមរយៈ / ឆ្លងកាត់តាម |
| with | ជាមួយ |
| within | នៅក្នុងរយៈពេល... |
| without | គ្មាន |
| two words | ពាក្យពីរ |
| according to | ដោយយោងទៅតាម |
| because of | ពីព្រោះតែ |
| close to | ជិត/គៀកជិត |
| due to | ដោយសារ |
| except for | លើកលែងតែ/វៀរលែងតែ |
| far from | ឆ្ងាយពី |
| inside of | នៅខាងក្នុង |
| instead of | ជំនួសដោយ |
| near to | ជិត/គៀកជិត |
| next to | បន្ទាប់គ្នា/ជិត |
| outside of | ខាងក្រៅ |
| prior to | មុនពេល |
| three words | ពាក្យបី |
| as far as | ដែលពីនេះ |
| as well as | ដែលដូចគ្នាផងដែរ/ ដូចនេះដែរ |
| in addition to | បន្ថែមលើនេះ |
| in front of | នៅខាងមុខ |
| in spite of | ក្រៅពីនេះ |
| on behalf of | តំណាងឱ្យ |
| on top of | នៅឯកំពូល |
| demonstrative pronouns | សព្ទនាមដែលបង្ហាញ បញ្ជាក់ឱ្យគុណនាម |
| this | នេះ |
| that | នោះ |
| these | ទាំងនេះ |
| those | ទាំងនោះ |
Time place and demonstrative pronouns have a very important role in Khmer. Once you're done with the Cambodian Prepositions, 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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