How to Say "can / be able to" in Khmer — អាច (ach)

Meaningcan / be able to

Part of speechverb

Usage notes

Used to express ability or possibility. It is frequently paired with the word បាន (baan) at the end of the sentence to complete the structure for 'can'.

Example sentence

ខ្ញុំអាចនិយាយភាសាខ្មែរបានខ្លះៗ

I can speak a little Khmer.

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