សព្វថ្ងៃនេះ
sap thngai nih
The English word "nowadays" is translated into Khmer as សព្វថ្ងៃនេះ (sap thngai nih).
សព្វថ្ងៃនេះ is an adverb used to describe something occurring at the present time or within the current era.
Meaning: at the present time, in the current era (adv)
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase literally translates to "all these days". The component សព្វ (sap) means "all" or "every".
How do you pronounce it?
sap thngai nih
Did you know?
- The word សព្វ in សព្វថ្ងៃនេះ is a loanword from the Pali language, which is the sacred liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism in Cambodia.
- The word នេះ meaning 'this' at the end of សព្វថ្ងៃនេះ acts as a demonstrative pointer, effectively treating the current era as a physical object being pointed at.
- The structure follows a pattern common in many Southeast Asian languages where 'all' is used to pluralize or encompass a period of time.
Examples in context
- សព្វថ្ងៃនេះ គេប្រើទូរស័ព្ទច្រើនណាស់Nowadays, people use phones a lot.
- សព្វថ្ងៃនេះ ខ្ញុំរវល់ខ្លាំងណាស់។sapp thngay nis khnhom rovol khlang nah.Nowadays, I am very busy.
- សព្វថ្ងៃនេះ បច្ចេកវិទ្យាដើរលឿនណាស់។sapp thngay nis bacheakvityea dae luon nah.Nowadays, technology moves very fast.
Example conversation
Two friends are talking about how much life has changed.
- សុខ Sokសព្វថ្ងៃនេះ ពិភពលោកផ្លាស់ប្តូរច្រើនណាស់។sapp thngay nis piphop lok phlas bdor chreun nah.Nowadays, the world is changing a lot.
- ស្រីនី Sreynyពិតមែនហើយ សុខ។pit maen haey, Sok.That's true, Sok.
- សុខ Sokតើស្រីនី យល់ស្របទេ?tae Srey-ni yol srob te?Do you agree, Srey-ni?
- ស្រីនី Sreynyយល់ស្របណាស់។yol srob nah.I totally agree.
