" is used to place in front of ordinal number in order to change the
ordinal numver to Khmer cardinal number.eyIgeronelxExMr
Khmer Cardinal Number
The partical " TI
" is used to place in front of ordinal number in order to change the
ordinal numver to Khmer cardinal number.
Example:
| Number | Ordinal Number | Cardinal Number | ||||
| 1 | mYy | muey (1) |  |
TImYy | tii muey (1st) | |
| 2 | BIr | pii (2) | |
TIBIr | tii pii (2nd) | |
| 3 | bI | bey (3) | |
TIbI | tii bey (3nd) | |
| 4 | bYn | buen (4) | |
TIbYn | tii buen (4th) | |
| 5 | RZa? | pram (5) | |
TIRZa? | tii pram (5th) | |
Note:
 | Cambodian numeral system based on five. From 6 to 9 is form by 5 + 1, 5 + 2, 5+3, and 5+4. |
| Number 7 is pronouced (prampii) in
reading or formal speech; in mormal speech it pronounced
(pramphl ). |
| 10,000 (muey mehn
) also can be counted as (dAp po(en
). |
| 100,000 (muey saen ) can be counted as ( dAp mehn
) or (muey rOOy po(en
) |
| From 11-19 the numbers are pronounced in two different forms, the written and a colloquial. |
| In Cambodian numerals involving four or more symbols, a period is placed after every three symbols, counting from the right. |
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