ពួកយើងស្រឡាញ់អ្នក
The phrase "we love you" in Khmer is ពួកយើងស្រឡាញ់អ្នក.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of ពួកយើង (we), ស្រឡាញ់ (to love) and អ្នក (you).
How does it change in a sentence?
Khmer verbs do not change their form to indicate person, number or tense, so the verb ស្រឡាញ់ remains the same regardless of who is loving or who is being loved.
Did you know?
- While ស្រឡាញ់ means 'love', Cambodians often express affection through actions or food rather than saying this phrase aloud. It is common to show love by asking តើអ្នកបានញ៉ាំបាយហើយឬនៅ? ('Have you eaten rice yet?').
- If you are saying 'we love you' to a monk or a member of the royalty, you cannot use ស្រឡាញ់ or អ្នក. You must use a specialized 'royal' or 'religious' vocabulary called រាជសព្ទ to avoid being disrespectful.
- Khmer has a unique way of expressing 'we' that depends on whether the listener is included. While ពួកយើង is general, different pronouns are used to specify 'we and you' versus 'we but not you'.
Examples in context
- ពួកយើងស្រឡាញ់អ្នកខ្លាំងណាស់។puok yeung srolanh neak khlang nah.We love you very much.
- ពួកយើងស្រឡាញ់អ្នកជានិច្ច។puok yeung srolanh neak cheanich.We love you always.
Example conversation
Sreyny and her family are saying goodbye to Vibol.
- វិបុល Vibolខ្ញុំនឹងនឹកអ្នកទាំងអស់គ្នាណាស់។khnhom nung nuk neak teang os knia nah.I will miss you all very much.
- ស្រីនី Sreynyពួកយើងស្រឡាញ់អ្នក វិបុល។puok yeung srolanh neak Vibol.We love you, Vibol.
- វិបុល Vibolខ្ញុំក៏ស្រឡាញ់អ្នកទាំងអស់គ្នាដែរ។khnhom kor srolanh neak teang os knia dae.I love you all too.
- ស្រីនី Sreynyធ្វើដំណើរដោយសុវត្ថិភាពណា។thveu dom ner doy sovattapheap na.Travel safely, okay?
