How to say “please” in Khmer · particle
Soum
សូម
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When to use it
សូម (soum) goes at the beginning of a request. For politeness at the end, add ផង (pong).
Example
- Soum chuoy khnhom phongសូមជួយខ្ញុំផង។ · Please help me.
Say these next
- អរគុណ · thank you
- សួស្ដី · hello
- សុំទោស · excuse me
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- Soumសូម · please
- Soum chuoy khnhom phongសូមជួយខ្ញុំផង។ · Please help me.
- Arkounអរគុណ · thank you
- Arkoun chraen!អរគុណច្រើន! · Thank you very much!
- Suosteiសួស្ដី · hello
- Suostei! sok sabbay te?សួស្ដី! សុខសប្បាយទេ? · Hello! How are you?
- Som tohសុំទោស · excuse me
- Som toh, phlauv teuv psaa nov ae na?សុំទោស ផ្លូវទៅផ្សារនៅឯណា? · Excuse me, where is the road to the market?
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