Monday, December 12, 2016

Nominal prefixes in the Khmer Language

Nominal prefixes in the Khmer Language

By Janpha Thadphoothon


Photo taken in 2015

The two prefixes to form nouns (nominal prefixes)  commonly found in Khmer are : សេចក្តី (Sekkadai) ..and  ការ  (Karn).
They can be used as the subject or object of the sentence.

Examples

សេចក្តី + សង្ឃឹម (hoping) = សេចក្តីសង្ឃឹម - Hope

សេចក្តី + ល្ (good) អ= សេចក្តី ល្អ  - Goodness

សេចក្តី  (-ness) + គិត (think) សេចក្តីគិត - Thought / Idea

សេចក្តី + ចងចាំ (remember) សេចក្តីចងចាំ  - Memory


++++++ ការ    + Verb ++++++++++++++


ការ+ សាងសង់ = ការសាងសង់ - Construction

ការ+ ងារ (work as a verb) = ការងារ - Work (noun)

ការ+ នេសាទ (to fish) = ការនេសាទ - Fishery


Examples

សេចក្តីសង្ឃឹម ជារឿងសំខាន់  ពេលជួបការលំបាក
Hope is important when we face difficulties or hardship.

សេចក្តីសង្ឃឹម.គឺ កម្លាំងចិត្តនៃជីវិត
Hope..the strength of life

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