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 | Na (naa) is used as interrogative pronoun: |
Example:
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Where have you been ? | |
elak eTA Na / |
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Where are you going ? |
| Na (naa) is used as interrogative adjective: |
Example :
elak s6ak'enA kEn,g Na / |
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Which place do you stay ? |
elak eTA kEn,g Na / |
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Which place are you going to ? |
| elak mkBI RbeTs Na / | |
Which country are you from ? |
| Na (naa) is used as indefinite pronoun translated either 'somewhere, anywhere or wherever': |
Example 1:
elakRsI eTA Na eT / |
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Are you going somewhere or anywhere ? |
xj?7 min eTA Na eT. |
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I am not going anywhere. |
Example 2:
elakRsI cg' eTA Na eT / |
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Do you want to go somewhere or anywhere ? |
xj?7 min cg' eTA Na eT. |
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I don't want to go anywhere. |
elak cg' eTA Na k+ ZanEdr. |
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You can go anywhere or wherever (you wish). |
ebIelakRsI cg' eTA Na xj?7 Gac CUn eTA Zan. |
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If you want to go somewhere or anywhere I will take you.Or: Wherever you want to go, I will take you. |
| Similarly,Na (naa) is used as indefinite adjective translated either 'some, any or whichever: |
Example:
elakRsI cg' eTA kEn,g Na / |
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Do you want to go some or any place ? |
| xj7? min cg' eTA kEn,g Na eT. | |
I don't want to go to any place. |
elak cg' eTA kEn,g Na k+ Zan Edr. |
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You can go any palce (anywhere) you wish. |
ebI elak cg' eTA pSar Na xj7? CUneTA. |
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If you want to go to any market I will take you. Or: Whatever / whichever market you want to go, I will take you. |
| Naa also occur with the elements muey (one) and klah (some) as compound indefinite pronouns and adjectives: |
Example:
ebI elak cg' Zan Gav Na mYy RZab' xj7? mk . |
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if you want (any shirt), just tell me. |
elak cg' eTA kEn,g Na x,H. |
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Wherever you would like to go, I will take you. |
| kiriyas=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.
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| Answer | Response Female | Response Male | ||
| Positive | cas s!al' | |
ZaT s!al' | |
| Negative | Gt'eT / Gt'
s!al' eT |
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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. |
| kiriyas=B8 ecH (to know how to do something ) |
The verb (ecH) here is use to express the ability of knowing to do things).
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| Positive | cas ecH | |
ZaT ecH | |
| Negative | Gt'eT / Gt'
ecH eT |
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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 / | |
Do you know how to play khmer music? |
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