ថ្លៃប៉ុន្មាន?
thlay ponman?
ថ្លៃប៉ុន្មាន? (thlay ponman?) is the Khmer way to say "how much is this?"
This phrase is used to ask for the price of an item.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of ថ្លៃ (thlay) meaning 'price' and ប៉ុន្មាន (ponman) meaning 'how much'.
Which one should you use?
While ថ្លៃប៉ុន្មាន? is a general way to ask for a price, the informal version អាហ្នឹងថ្លៃប៉ុន្មាន? can be used to specifically ask about a particular object by adding អាហ្នឹង (ah neng), which means 'that one'.
How does it change in a sentence?
The phrase ថ្លៃប៉ុន្មាន? can be used as a standalone question without needing a subject like 'it' or 'this' to be grammatically correct.
How do you pronounce it?
thlay ponman?
Did you know?
- Adding the word បង (bong), meaning 'elder sibling', before or after ថ្លៃប៉ុន្មាន? makes the request polite and friendly, regardless of whether the seller is actually related to you.
- The word ថ្លៃ (thlay) is used both for 'price' and 'expensive', meaning the very word you use to ask the question is also the word you use to complain about the cost.
- In Cambodia, when asking ថ្លៃប៉ុន្មាន? at a market, you might receive an answer followed by a finger gesture showing the number, which is much more common than speaking the number aloud.
Examples in context
- របស់នេះថ្លៃប៉ុន្មាន?robos nih thlai ponman?How much is this item?
- អាវនេះថ្លៃប៉ុន្មាន?av nih thlai ponman?How much is this shirt?
- កង់នេះថ្លៃប៉ុន្មាន?kong nih thlai ponman?How much is this bicycle?
Example conversation
Sokha is buying a snack from a street vendor.
- សុខា Sokhaបង នំនេះថ្លៃប៉ុន្មាន?bong num nih thlay ponman?Excuse me, how much is this cake?
- សុខ Sokនំនេះពីរពាន់រៀល。num nih pi poan riel.This cake is two thousand riel.
- សុខា Sokhaខ្ញុំយកមួយមក។khnhom yok muoy mok.I will take one.
- សុខ Sokបាទ សូមអរគុណច្រើន!bat som orkun chreun!Yes, thank you very much!
