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This is a list of adverbs in Khmer. This includes adverbs of time, place, manner and frequency. Which sums up most of what you need for daily use.
| Now: ឥឡូវនេះ ilauvnih |
Later: ពេលក្រោយ pelokraoy |
Tonight: យប់នេះ yb nih |
Last night: យប់ម្សិលមិញ ybmsail minh |
| This morning: ព្រឹកនេះ pruk nih |
Yesterday: ម្សិលមិញ msailminh |
Today: ថ្ងៃនេះ thngainih |
Tomorrow: ថ្ងៃស្អែក thngaisaek |
| Next week: អាទិត្យក្រោយ atity kraoy |
Already: រួចរាល់ / រួចហើយ ruochreal / ruochhaey |
Recently: កាលពីពេលថ្មីៗ / ថ្មីៗនេះ / បច្ចុប្បន្ន kalpi pel thmei / thmei nih / bachchobbann |
Lately: ថ្មីៗនេះ thmei nih |
| Soon: ឆាប់ៗ chab |
Immediately: ភ្លាមៗ / បន្ទាន់ / ប្រញាប់ phleam / bantean / branhab |
Still: នៅតែ nowte |
Yet: មិនទាន់ហើយ / នៅឡើយ mintean haey / nowlaey |
After the above adverbs of time, now we move on to adverbs of place.
| Here: ទីនេះ tinih |
There: ទីនោះ tinoh |
Everywhere: គ្រប់ទីកន្លែង krob tikanleng |
Anywhere: កន្លែងណាមួយ / នៅទីណាមួយ kanlengna muoy / now tinea muoy |
Now adverbs of manners, used to describe how something happens. They are usually placed after the main verb.
| Carefully: ដោយប្រុងប្រយ័ត្ន daoy brongobraytn |
Alone: ម្នាក់ឯង mneakeng |
Very: ណាស់ nasa |
Really: មែន / មែនទែន / ពិតប្រាកដ men / menten / pitabrakd |
| Quickly: យ៉ាងរហ័ស yeang rhsa |
Slowly: យ៉ាងយឺតៗ yeang yut |
Almost: ភាគច្រើន / ស្ទើរតែទាំងអស់ pheakochraen / staerte teangoasa |
Together: ព្រមជាមួយគ្នា prom cheamuoyoknea |
These are adverbs of frequency, which are used to answer the question "how often?".
| Always: ជានិច្ចកាល cheanichchkeal |
Sometimes: ពេលខ្លះ pelokhleah |
Rarely: ដោយកម្រ daoy kamr |
Never: មិនដែល mindel |
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