How to say “yes” in Khmer · particle
Baat / Chaah
បាទ / ចាស
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Ways to say it
- MenBaatបាទ · yes (said by men)
- WomenChaahចាស · yes (said by women)
When to use it
Khmer has gendered yes-words: men say បាទ (baat), women say ចាស (chaah). Essential to know both.
Example
- Baat, khnhom yol haeyបាទ, ខ្ញុំយល់ហើយ។ · Yes, I understand already.
Say these next
- ទេ · no
- សួស្ដី · hello
- អរគុណ · thank you
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- Baat / Chaahបាទ / ចាស · yes
- Baat, khnhom yol haeyបាទ, ខ្ញុំយល់ហើយ។ · Yes, I understand already.
- Teទេ · no
- Te, khnhom min changទេ, ខ្ញុំមិនចង់។ · No, I don't want to.
- Suosteiសួស្ដី · hello
- Suostei! sok sabbay te?សួស្ដី! សុខសប្បាយទេ? · Hello! How are you?
- Arkounអរគុណ · thank you
- Arkoun chraen!អរគុណច្រើន! · Thank you very much!
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