ប៉ុន្មាន
ponmaan
In Khmer, ប៉ុន្មាន (ponmaan) is used to say "how much".
ប៉ុន្មាន is used to ask about quantities or costs.
Meaning: what is the cost/price? (det)
How does it change in a sentence?
The word ប៉ុន្មាន is versatile and can be used for both countable and uncountable quantities.
How do you pronounce it?
ponmaan
Did you know?
- The word ប៉ុន្មាន can be used to ask about someone's age. Instead of asking 'how old' are you, Khmer asks 'how many' years you have.
- When asking for a price, Cambodians often avoid saying ប៉ុន្មាន directly to the seller to remain polite, instead adding the word បង (elder sibling) or អូន (younger sibling) to the sentence.
- The word ប៉ុន្មាន is formed from the words for 'as' and 'to have'. This suggests the phrase literally asks 'as much as one has'.
Examples in context
- ថ្លៃប៉ុន្មាន?How much is the price?
- សៀវភៅនេះថ្លៃប៉ុន្មាន?sieov phou nih thlay ponman?How much is this book?
Example conversation
Vibol is buying a drink from Chinda at a market stall.
- ចិន្តា Chindaសួស្តីបង ទទួលយកអ្វីដែរ?suostei bong, totuol yok avei dae?Hello, what would you like?
- វិបុល Vibolទឹកផ្លែឈើនេះថ្លៃប៉ុន្មាន?teuk phlae chheu nih thlay ponman?How much is this fruit juice?
- ចិន្តា Chindaតែងតែពីរដុល្លារបង។taeng tae pi dollar bong.It is always two dollars.
- វិបុល Vibolអូខេ ខ្ញុំយកមួយ។ok, khnhom yok muoy.Okay, I will take one.
Sources
- Pronunciation: Wiktionary entry ប៉ុន្មាន, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries ប៉ុន្មាន, CC BY-SA 4.0.
