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Verb (to Know)

bulletkiriyas=B8 s!al'     (To Know a person, place or thing)

    The verb (s!al') here is use to express, be acquainted with person, to know and to know of.

Question

  Subject

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s!al'  

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bulletperson
bulletplace
bulletthing

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eT /

b/eT /

 

Answer Response Female Response Male
Positive cas s!al' spkr.gif (282 bytes) ZaT s!al' spkr.gif (282 bytes)
Negative Gt'eT  spkr.gif (282 bytes)    /  Gt' s!al' eT spkr.gif (282 bytes)

Example:

sUmeTas elak s!al' RKUPasaExMr eT /

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Excuse me, do you know Khemr teacher?

sUmeTas elak s!al' P6?eBBaj eT /

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Excuse me, do you know Where Phnom Penh is?

sUmeTas elak s!al' p8Helak saer"t eT /

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Excuse me, do you know Saret's house.

 

bulletkiriyas=B8 ecH     (to know how to do something )

    The verb (ecH) here is use to express the ability of knowing to do things).

Question

  Subject

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ecH  

  +

bulletdo something

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eT /

b/eT /

 

Answer Response Female Response Male
Positive cas ecH spkr.gif (282 bytes) ZaT ecH spkr.gif (282 bytes)
Negative Gt'eT  spkr.gif (282 bytes)     /  Gt' ecH eT spkr.gif (282 bytes)

Example:

elak ecH niyay Pasa ExMr  eT /

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Do you know how to speak Khmre or Do you speak Khmer?.

G6k ecH eRcog eT /

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Do you know how to sing?

G6kecH elgeP,g ExMr eT /

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Do you know how to play khmer music?

 

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