How to say “goodbye” in Khmer · interjection
Choumreap lie
ជំរាបលា
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Word by word
- choumreapជំរាប · to respectfully tell
- lieលា · to take leave
When to use it
The formal farewell. In casual speech, Cambodians often just say "ទៅ (teuv)" (go) or wave.
Example
- Choumreap lie bong sreyជំរាបលា បងស្រី។ · Goodbye, older sister.
Say these next
- សួស្ដី · hello
- អរគុណ · thank you
- បាទ / ចាស · yes
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- Choumreap lieជំរាបលា · goodbye
- Choumreap lie bong sreyជំរាបលា បងស្រី។ · Goodbye, older sister.
- Suosteiសួស្ដី · hello
- Suostei! sok sabbay te?សួស្ដី! សុខសប្បាយទេ? · Hello! How are you?
- Arkounអរគុណ · thank you
- Arkoun chraen!អរគុណច្រើន! · Thank you very much!
- Baat / Chaahបាទ / ចាស · yes
- Baat, khnhom yol haeyបាទ, ខ្ញុំយល់ហើយ។ · Yes, I understand already.
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