ច្រើន
craən
In Khmer, "a lot" is said as ច្រើន (craən).
The word ច្រើន is used to mean "a lot", "much" or "many". In Khmer, this word typically follows the noun it modifies or the verb it describes.
Meaning: very much (adv)
Related words
How does it change in a sentence?
ច្រើន can function as both an adverb meaning "a lot" and an adjective meaning "many" or "much". For an emphatic form meaning "a lot" or "very much", you can add the particle ណាស់ after ច្រើន to create ច្រើនណាស់.
How do you pronounce it?
craən
Did you know?
- In its earliest forms in Old Khmer, the root of ច្រើន meant not just 'a lot' but also 'to celebrate' or 'to prosper'.
- In Khmer, the concept of 'many' or 'much' is expressed by a single word ច្រើន regardless of whether the noun is countable or uncountable.
- The word ច្រើន is a direct relative of the Thai word เจริญ, which is used to describe 'prosperity' or 'development' rather than just quantity.
Examples in context
- ម៉ារី ផឹកទឹកច្រើន ។Mary drinks a lot of water.This sentence is useful for seeing how to describe the quantity of water someone drinks using ច្រើន.Tatoeba #4506333 by angkorsovannnaga, translation #4506341 by CN
- នាងមានវ៉ាលីអូសច្រើន។She has a lot of carry-on luggage.This sentence shows how to use ច្រើន to describe an amount of luggage.Tatoeba #11485840 by Vethya, translation #5941360 by peterius
- ថ្ងៃនេះយើង មានម្ហូបច្រើន។Today we have a lot of food.This sentence illustrates the use of ច្រើន when talking about a quantity of food.Tatoeba #4759997 by angkorsovannnaga, translation #4761212 by cairnhead
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Example conversation
Two friends are talking about a movie they just watched.
- រតនៈ Ratanakតើអ្នកចូលចិត្តរឿងនេះទេ?Tae neak chol chett reueng nis te?Do you like this movie?
- សុខា Sokhaបាទ ខ្ញុំចូលចិត្តច្រើន!Bat, khnhom chol chett chreun!Yes, I like it a lot!
- រតនៈ Ratanakខ្ញុំក៏ចូលចិត្តច្រើនដែរ។Khnhom kor chol chett chreun dae.I like it a lot too.
- សុខា Sokhaរឿងនេះពិតជាល្អណាស់។Reueng nis pit chea l'or nas.This movie is really good.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “a lot” translations and entries ច្រើន, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries ច្រើន, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
