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This is a list of verbs in the past tense in Khmer. First let's start with the raw format before conjugating the verbs to the past form. Make sure to compare this table and the one below it.
| To see: មើល meul |
To write: សរសេរ sarser |
To love: ស្រលាញ់ sralanh |
To give: ឲ្យ aoy |
| To play: លេង leng |
To read: អាន an |
To understand: យល់ yl |
To have: មាន mean |
| To know: ចេះ / ដឹង cheh / doeng |
To learn: រៀន rien |
To think: គិត kit |
To work: ធ្វើការ thveukear |
| To speak: និយាយ niyeay |
To drive: បើកបរ baekabr |
To smile: ញញឹម nhnhum |
To find: រក / ឃើញ rk / kheunh |
These samples show how the verbs above are conjugated in the past tense in a sentence which includes all the object pronouns (I, you, she...).
| I saw you: ខ្ញុំបានជួបអ្នក khnhom ban chuob anak |
I wrote with a pen: ខ្ញុំបានសរសេរជាមួយប៊ិច khnhom ban sarser cheamuoy bich |
| You loved apples: អ្នកចូលចិត្តផ្លែប៉ោម anak chaulchett phle baom |
You gave money: អ្នកបានឲ្យលុយ anak ban aoy louy |
| You played tennis: អ្នកបានលេងតេននីស anak ban leng ten nisa |
He read (past) a book: គាត់បានអាន(អតីតកាល)សៀវភៅ keat ban an( ateitkal)sievphow |
| He understood me: គាត់បានយល់អំពីខ្ញុំ keat ban yl ampikhnhom |
She had a cat: នាងមានឆ្មាមួយក្បាល neang mean chhma muoy kbal |
| She knew my friend: នាងស្គាល់មិត្តរបស់ខ្ញុំ neang skal mitt robsakhnhom |
We wanted to learn: ពួកយើងចង់រៀន puok yeung chng rien |
| We thought Spanish is easy: ពួកយើងគិតថាភាសាអេស្ប៉ាញស្រួលរៀន puok yeung kitthea pheasaea esbanh sruol rien |
You (plural) worked here: ពួកអ្នក(ពហុវចនៈ)បានធ្វើការនៅទីនេះ puok anak( phovochn) ban thveukear now tinih |
| You (plural) spoke French: ពួកអ្នក(ពហុវចនៈ)បាននិយាយភាសាបារាំង puok anak( phovochn) ban niyeay pheasaea barang |
They drove a car: ពួកគេបានបើកឡាន puokke ban baeklan |
| They smiled: ពួកគេបានញញឹម puokke ban nhnhum |
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