KHMER BASIC COMMUNICATIVE FUNCTIONS

Expressing pain

តើ��ជនជា�ិខ្មែរនឹងលាន់មា�់ដូចតើ��ចក្នុងស្ថា� នភាពខាងតើ��?�ុ�ដៃដនឹងកាបិំ�៖ អូ៊យ ឈឺ!

អឺះ �ុ�ដៃដបតើ+� យ!អឺះ ឈា�បា�់!

ឈឺតើ.ះ៖ អូ៊យ ឈឺតើ.ះអា!អូ៊យ តើ�0ចក៏ឈឺតើ.ះតើ�0ះតើន2ក?

ឈឺក្បា�៖ អូ៊យ ឈឺក្បា�ដ�់តើ4�យ!អូ៊យ ឈឺក្បា�ចង់តើ5បះតើ4�យតើន2ក!អូ៊យ តើ�0ចក៏ឈឺក្បា�តើ�0ះតើន2ក?

�ុ�ដៃដនឹង ... to cut one’s finger with ...អូ៊យ exclamation for complaining such as when in pain, feeling lazy or boredអឺះ exclamation for a sudden happening

... បតើ+� យ / ... បា�់ at the end of a sentence to express something unfortunate or disappointing

អា very much (spoken form of +ស់)

តើ�0ះតើន2ក spoken form of តើ�70ះតើនះoften used as តើ�0ចក៏….តើ�0ះតើន2ក = “Why… so…?”

ឈឺតើ.ះ = ចុកតើ.ះ both can be used almost equally, but some people say that ឈឺ and ចុក are different feelings of abdominal pain

ដ�់តើ4�យ very much, extremely (to a degree that it is almost unbearable)1

ចង់តើ5បះ almost breaks

Cultural notes

ជនជា�ិខ្មែរ�ួយចំនួនតើជ:ថា តើ<តើព��ុ�ដៃដ 5�វូយកសំបុកព�ង.ង�កបិទតើ<នឹង�ុរបួស តើទ�បអាចឃា�់ឈា�បានតើ�:ន។ ប0ុខ្មែនB តើប�តា�វជិាE តើពទ្យ សំបុកព�ង.ងក្វក់+ស់ អាចតើH្វ�ឲ្យឆ7ងតើ�តើKគចូ�តើMក្នុង�ុរបួស។ អញ្ចឹងតើ4�យ �ិនគួរយកសំបុកព�ង.ង�កបិទតើ<នឹង�ុរបួស�ុ�ខ្មែដ�កំពុងតើចញឈា�តើQះតើទ។ គឺ5�វូលាងនឹងទឹកឲ្យស្ថាR �សិន រចួតើ4�យតើ5ប�អា�់កុ�តើដ��្ប�សមា7 ប់តើ�តើKគ។

សំបុកព�ង.ង spider web

1 E.g., ឃា7 នដ�់តើ4�យ = I am very hungry; អាវអញ្ចឹងតើស្ថាះដៃT7ដ�់តើ4�យ = Such a shirt is so expensive!

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KHMER BASIC COMMUNICATIVE FUNCTIONS

របួស woundឃា�់ to stopវជិាE តើពទ្យ medicine, medical scienceតើ�តើKគ microbeតើចញឈា� to bleedលាងរបួស to clean the woundអា�់កុ� alcoholសមា7 ប់ to kill

Additional dialogue

�ក្ខិ+៖ តើក��អ�4្នឹងរ�Q?រ�Q៖ ្ញុំឈឺតើ.ះតាងំព�5ពឹក អ�់បា�់តើស្ថាះ។ អ�់ដឹង�កព�អ�។

�ក្ខិ+៖ ញុ៉ាអំ�ុសដឹង?រ�Q៖ អ�់ដឹងខ្មែដរ។ ខ្មែ�5បខ្មែ4��កព�្ញុំញុ៉ា�ំ្ហូបស�់ព��្ិស��ិញតើ4�យតើ���តើM។

�ក្ខិ+៖ មានKកអ�់?រ�Q៖ ដូចជាអ�់ផង។

�ក្ខិ+៖ អញ្ចឹង�ិនខ្មែ�ន�កព�ញុ៉ាអំ�ុសតើទតើ���តើM។ 5បខ្មែ4�រ�Qឯងឈឺ5កពះតើ4�យ។

�្ហូបស�់ leftoversតើ���តើM looks like, probably, maybeKក diarrheaដូចជាអ�់ផង។ I don’t think so.ឈឺ5កពះ stomach illness

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