How to say “good morning” in Khmer · phrase
Arun suostei
អរុណសួស្ដី
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Word by word
- arunអរុណ · dawn
- suosteiសួស្ដី · hello
When to use it
Literally "dawn hello." Used formally in the morning. In casual speech, most Cambodians just say សួស្ដី (suostei) regardless of time.
Example
- Arun suostei bong!អរុណសួស្ដី បង! · Good morning, brother/sister!
Say these next
- សួស្ដី · hello
- រាត្រីសួស្ដី · goodnight
- ជំរាបលា · goodbye
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- Arun suosteiអរុណសួស្ដី · good morning
- Arun suostei bong!អរុណសួស្ដី បង! · Good morning, brother/sister!
- Suosteiសួស្ដី · hello
- Suostei! sok sabbay te?សួស្ដី! សុខសប្បាយទេ? · Hello! How are you?
- Reatrey suosteiរាត្រីសួស្ដី · goodnight
- Reatrey suostei, keng lok phongរាត្រីសួស្ដី គេងលក់ផង។ · Goodnight, sleep well.
- Choumreap lieជំរាបលា · goodbye
- Choumreap lie bong sreyជំរាបលា បងស្រី។ · Goodbye, older sister.
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