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ម្តងណា
Once upon a time
ម្តងណា
Transliteration
mdâng na
C2
IPA
/mtɑːŋ naː/
GD
mtang na
ម្តងណា Meaning in English
Once upon a time
When
During What Time
Definitions
when, during what time
Headley
Stems
ម្តង
Once
ម្តង / Once
A2
once, one time; once and for all, definitely; for a change (contraction of មួយដង ) (Surin dial. mnɑɑŋ)
ណា
Where
ណា / Where
Essential
(in questions) where? (in / at) what place? (in negative statements or indefinite clauses) anywhere; (in emphatic clauses) wherever, anywhere
Possible Synonyms
ដល់ពេល
It's Time
ដល់ពេល / It's Time
C2
អង្កាល
When
អង្កាល / When
C2
វេលាណា
When
វេលាណា / When
C2
កាល
Time
កាល / Time
C2
នៅពេលណាខ្លះ
At Certain Times
នៅពេលណាខ្លះ / At Certain Times
C2
នាកាល
In the future
នាកាល / In the future
C2
ដល់ពេលណា
When
ដល់ពេលណា / When
C2
ដល់កាលណា
When
ដល់កាលណា / When
C2
អំបាល
Like
អំបាល / Like
C2
អង្កាល់ណា
When
អង្កាល់ណា / When
C2
ពេលណា
When
ពេលណា / When
C2
ពីណា
Where
ពីណា / Where
C2
លុះត្រាតែ
Unless
លុះត្រាតែ / Unless
C2
ល្គឹក
Note
ល្គឹក / Note
C2
លុះដល់
Until
លុះដល់ / Until
C2
ល្អោចតែម្តង
Once upon a time
ល្អោចតែម្តង / Once upon a time
C2
កាលដែល
When
កាលដែល / When
C2
កាលបើ
When
កាលបើ / When
C2
កាលណាបើ
When
កាលណាបើ / When
C2
បើកាលណា
When
បើកាលណា / When
C2
កាលណា
When
កាលណា / When
C2
អង្កាល់
When
អង្កាល់ / When
C2
នៅពេលណាដែល
When
នៅពេលណាដែល / When
C2
លុះ
When
លុះ / When
C2
នៅពេលដែល
When/While
នៅពេលដែល / When/While
C2
ទាំង
Either
ទាំង / Either
C2
ដល់
For
ដល់ / For
C2
ដែល
That
ដែល / That
C2
ម្តងនោះ
Once upon a time
ម្តងនោះ / Once upon a time
C2
ម្តងម្យាម
Once upon a time
ម្តងម្យាម / Once upon a time
C2
Sentences with ម្តងណា
ឯកា / Lonely
0/6796
B1
solitude, loneliness.
ឯកា
êga
Lonely
គ្មាន / Without
184/177
Starter - Advanced
not to have; there is / are not.
គ្មាន
gméan
Without
ស្បើយ / Recover
0/3383
B2
(of disease, anger, rain) to abate, calm down, slacken, diminish.
ស្បើយ
sbaeuy
Recover
ម្តងណា / Once upon a time
0/11038
C2
when, during what time
ម្តង,ណា
ម្តងណា
mdâng na
Once upon a time
Alone never recovers
ល្ងាចនេះ / Tonight
0/0
B1 - Advanced
ល្ងាចនេះ
lngéajânéh
Tonight
បើ / If
0/55
Starter - Advanced
if, may be; although
បើ
baeu
If
លោក / Mister
0/12
A1
you / your (used in addressing adult males who are of approximately equal rank with the speaker and Buddhist monks) ; he / him / his (used in referring to adult males who are of approximately equal rank with the speaker and to Buddhist monks) ; sir, mister (commonly used before a title or given name).
លោក
loŭg
Mister
ទំនេរ / Idle/Free
0/2590
B1 - Advanced
to be free, at liberty; empty, unoccupied, vacant; not busy, at leisure.
ទំនេរ
dumné
Idle/Free
ចាំ / Wait
0/508
Starter
to wait (for), await, expect
ចាំ
jăm
Wait
ម៉ែ / Mother
0/2305
A1
mother, mama.
ម៉ែ
mê
Mother
ទៅ / Go
0/19
Starter
to go (away from the speaker in space or time); to go to / towards; go on, continue, advance; go away.
ទៅ
dŏu
Go
និមន្ត / Invitation
0/5469
C1
to invite (a Buddhist monk)
និមន្ត
nĭmôn
Invitation
នេន / Jam
0/4295
C1
novice monk
នេន
nén
Jam
ទុំ / Ripe
0/2712
A2
to be ripe, mature.
ទុំ
dŭm
Ripe
នោះ / That
0/17
Essential
that, those; often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something distant in time or space
នោះ
nŏăh
That
មក / Come
180/39
Starter
to come (toward the speaker in space or time); to come to / towards (often used as a
fp
indicating that the action began at some point in the past and continued up to the present).
មក
môg
Come
ស្មូត / Chant
0/3698
B2
to chant (poetry or rhythmic prose, esp. on a sad occasion); to read / recite aloud.
ស្មូត
smud
Chant
តែ / But
561/20
A1
only, just
តែ
dê
But
ម្តងណា / Once upon a time
0/11038
C2
when, during what time
ម្តង,ណា
ម្តងណា
mdâng na
Once upon a time
If this novice monk Tum is available to come this evening, I will certainly invite him to chant at our house.
បើ / If
0/55
Starter - Advanced
if, may be; although
បើ
baeu
If
ថា / That/Say
4/9
Starter - Advanced
to say, tell, pronounce; specif. to criticize, blameconj. that (introduces a question or indirect discourse)
ថា
ta
That/Say
ព្រម / Consent
0/452
A2 - Advanced
to agree / consent / approve
ព្រម
brôm
Consent
ហើយ / Finished
0/23
Starter - Advanced
to be finished, ended, completed.
ហើយ
haeuy
Finished
ខាង / Side
0/95
Starter - Advanced
side; direction; part
ខាង
kang
Side
លោក / Mister
0/12
A1
you / your (used in addressing adult males who are of approximately equal rank with the speaker and Buddhist monks) ; he / him / his (used in referring to adult males who are of approximately equal rank with the speaker and to Buddhist monks) ; sir, mister (commonly used before a title or given name).
លោក
loŭg
Mister
ឧកញ៉ា / Duke
0/1184
B1 - Advanced
title of high-ranking royal officials in Cambodia (It was the second highest royal title)
ឧកញ៉ា
ŏgânya
Duke
អរ / Happy
0/4454
B1
to be happy, glad, joyful.
អរ
'â
Happy
ជូន / To Give
0/379
A2 - Advanced
to give / present / offer to.
ជូន
jun
To Give
នឹង / Will
715/15
Starter
will, about to (future tense marker)
នឹង
nœ̆ng
Will
នាំភ័
សភា / Assembly
0/618
A2 - Advanced
assembly, council, congress, legislative building / body, parliament; association, organization; meeting
សភា
sâpéa
Assembly
បណ្តាការ / Dowry
0/0
C2
បណ្តាការ
bândaga
Dowry
ធំ / Big
535/104
Essential
to be large; important, grand, imposing; good (of a hand of cards); arrogant
ធំ
tum
Big
ៗ
ចូលមក / Come In
0/0
A2
ចូល,មក
ចូលមក
jol môg
Come In
វឹប / Crackling Sound
0/0
C2
sound of a sharp blow (e.g. with a lash), crackling sound
វឹប
vœ̆b
Crackling Sound
ៗ
តែ / But
561/20
A1
only, just
តែ
dê
But
ម្តងណា / Once upon a time
0/11038
C2
when, during what time
ម្តង,ណា
ម្តងណា
mdâng na
Once upon a time
អ្នក / You
26/25
Essential
you (to equals of both sexes; somewhat less formal than លោក); you (to an older brother or sister-in-law).
អ្នក
neăg
You
!
Once the decision is made, master Orjun will definitely bring in a much bigger dowry to your house without hesitation.
រលឹកហ្អើយ
ម្តងណា / Once upon a time
0/11038
C2
when, during what time
ម្តង,ណា
ម្តងណា
mdâng na
Once upon a time
Remind me once
គ្មាន / Without
184/177
Starter - Advanced
not to have; there is / are not.
គ្មាន
gméan
Without
ម្តងណា / Once upon a time
0/11038
C2
when, during what time
ម្តង,ណា
ម្តងណា
mdâng na
Once upon a time
Never
អូន / Dear
0/2495
Essential
I / me / my (younger brother, younger sister, sweetheart or wife--about themselves); you / your (intimate or familiar address form for younger sibling, for one's wife or girl friend, or for a close friend who is younger)
អូន
'n
Dear
មិនដែល / Never
223/1478
Starter - Advanced
never (used only of past action)
មិន,ដែល
មិនដែល
mĭn dêl
Never
ភ្លេច / Forget
0/1744
A2
to forget
ភ្លេច
pléj
Forget
ម្តងណា / Once upon a time
0/11038
C2
when, during what time
ម្តង,ណា
ម្តងណា
mdâng na
Once upon a time
I will never forget
ឈ្លោះ / Fight
0/2972
A2
to struggle, quarrel, argue, fight against one another
ឈ្លោះ
chlŏăh
Fight
អូន / Dear
0/2495
Essential
I / me / my (younger brother, younger sister, sweetheart or wife--about themselves); you / your (intimate or familiar address form for younger sibling, for one's wife or girl friend, or for a close friend who is younger)
អូន
'n
Dear
មិនដែល / Never
223/1478
Starter - Advanced
never (used only of past action)
មិន,ដែល
មិនដែល
mĭn dêl
Never
ចង់ / To Want
0/118
Starter
to want / wish / desire (to do something)
ចង់
jâng
To Want
ឈ្នះ / Win
0/211
A1 - Advanced
to win, vanquish.
ឈ្នះ
chneăh
Win
នឹង / Will
715/15
Starter
will, about to (future tense marker)
នឹង
nœ̆ng
Will
បង / Elder
0/555
Essential
elder sibling.
បង
bâng
Elder
ម្តងណា / Once upon a time
0/11038
C2
when, during what time
ម្តង,ណា
ម្តងណា
mdâng na
Once upon a time
Fight, I never want to win _ with you once
ឈ្លោះ / Fight
0/2972
A2
to struggle, quarrel, argue, fight against one another
ឈ្លោះ
chlŏăh
Fight
អូន / Dear
0/2495
Essential
I / me / my (younger brother, younger sister, sweetheart or wife--about themselves); you / your (intimate or familiar address form for younger sibling, for one's wife or girl friend, or for a close friend who is younger)
អូន
'n
Dear
មិនដែល / Never
223/1478
Starter - Advanced
never (used only of past action)
មិន,ដែល
មិនដែល
mĭn dêl
Never
ចង់ / To Want
0/118
Starter
to want / wish / desire (to do something)
ចង់
jâng
To Want
ឈ្នះ / Win
0/211
A1 - Advanced
to win, vanquish.
ឈ្នះ
chneăh
Win
នឹង / Will
715/15
Starter
will, about to (future tense marker)
នឹង
nœ̆ng
Will
បង / Elder
0/555
Essential
elder sibling.
បង
bâng
Elder
ម្តងណា / Once upon a time
0/11038
C2
when, during what time
ម្តង,ណា
ម្តងណា
mdâng na
Once upon a time
Fight, I never want to win with you
♫
រូប / Picture
0/83
Essential
form, shape, image, figure; representation, picture, photograph; statue
រូប
rub
Picture
អូន / Dear
0/2495
Essential
I / me / my (younger brother, younger sister, sweetheart or wife--about themselves); you / your (intimate or familiar address form for younger sibling, for one's wife or girl friend, or for a close friend who is younger)
អូន
'n
Dear
នេះ / Here/This
29/8
Essential
this, these; often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something nearby in time or space
នេះ
néh
Here/This
ត្រូវ / Must
72/21
A1
must, have to
ត្រូវ
drow
Must
ទាំងអស់ / All
151/306
Starter
all of, all
ទាំង,អស់
ទាំងអស់
deăng 'âh
All
ឱ្យ / Give
0/0
Starter - Advanced
to give, to donate (more polite word is ជូន), to grant (something); to give someone money.
ឱ្យ
aô
Give
ពេល / Time
660/26
Starter - Advanced
time; moment, instant, period of time
ពេល
bél
Time
ឈ្លោះគ្នា / Argue
0/0
B1 - Advanced
ឈ្លោះ,គ្នា
ឈ្លោះគ្នា
chlŏăh gnéa
Argue
ម្តងណា / Once upon a time
0/11038
C2
when, during what time
ម្តង,ណា
ម្តងណា
mdâng na
Once upon a time
♫
អូន / Dear
0/2495
Essential
I / me / my (younger brother, younger sister, sweetheart or wife--about themselves); you / your (intimate or familiar address form for younger sibling, for one's wife or girl friend, or for a close friend who is younger)
អូន
'n
Dear
This picture of me is all right when arguing ម្តង
ឆាត / Chat
0/7508
A2
to swoop / dive (at) (as a bird of prey or airplane); (of a flame) to flicker, lick at; (of a bullet) to graze
Surin
ឆាត
chad
Chat
ទៅ / Go
0/19
Starter
to go (away from the speaker in space or time); to go to / towards; go on, continue, advance; go away.
ទៅ
dŏu
Go
ម្តងណា / Once upon a time
0/11038
C2
when, during what time
ម្តង,ណា
ម្តងណា
mdâng na
Once upon a time
មិនឃើញ / Not Found
0/0
A2
មិនឃើញ
mĭnôkeun
Not Found
ចែ / Older Sister
0/5093
C1
older sister (term of address or reference for Chinese or Vietnamese women, esp. shopkeepers)
ចែ
jê
Older Sister
reply
ទេ / No
0/42
Essential
phrase final negative marker; usually occurs in conjunction with one of the preverbal negative particles មិន, ពុំ, អត់, ឥត or combinations of these particles with other preverbal particles, e.g. មិនដែល់
i
no
ទេ
dé
No
Chat once did not see the reply
បើកប្រាក់ខែ / Payroll
0/8941
C2
to get a monthly salary
បើក,ប្រាក់ខែ
បើកប្រាក់ខែ
baeug bragkê
Payroll
ម្តងណា / Once upon a time
0/11038
C2
when, during what time
ម្តង,ណា
ម្តងណា
mdâng na
Once upon a time
Once paid
បើកប្រាក់ខែ / Payroll
0/8941
C2
to get a monthly salary
បើក,ប្រាក់ខែ
បើកប្រាក់ខែ
baeug bragkê
Payroll
ម្តងណា / Once upon a time
0/11038
C2
when, during what time
ម្តង,ណា
ម្តងណា
mdâng na
Once upon a time
.
Pay once.
បានផល / Productive
0/2695
B2
to make a profit; to get results
បាន,ផល
បានផល
ban pâl
Productive
ម្តងណា / Once upon a time
0/11038
C2
when, during what time
ម្តង,ណា
ម្តងណា
mdâng na
Once upon a time
លុយ / Money
489/395
Starter
money; small change; coins
លុយ
lŭy
Money
បង / Elder
0/555
Essential
elder sibling.
បង
bâng
Elder
ឡើងគរ / Pile
0/0
C2
ឡើងគរ
laeungôgô
Pile
Once you get the money, your money will accumulate
ទ្រង់ / Him
0/1990
A2 - Advanced
honorific initiating verb used when the subject of the verb is a member of the royalty or has a very high status; honorific particle used preceding names of royalty or pronouns referring to royalty
នៅពេលនោះ ទ្រង់ប្អូននៅមានប្រជាប្រិយភាពនៅឡើយ ហើយប្រជារាស្ត្រក៏ស្រឡាញ់ទ្រង់ប្អូនដែរ. At that time, you (= a prince) were still popular and the people loved you.
ទ្រង់
drông
Him
មើលថែ / Look After
0/0
B1
មើល,ថែ
មើលថែ
meul tê
Look After
រ
បុត្រី / Daughter
0/6164
C1
daughter
បុត្រី
bŏdrei
Daughter
មិនដែល / Never
223/1478
Starter - Advanced
never (used only of past action)
មិន,ដែល
មិនដែល
mĭn dêl
Never
ត្អួ / Black Myrobalan
0/10164
C2
kind of tree that grows along the banks of rivers and lakes; it is used for firewood (Terminalia chebula)
ត្អួ
d'uŏ
Black Myrobalan
ញត្អែរ
ម្តងណា / Once upon a time
0/11038
C2
when, during what time
ម្តង,ណា
ម្តងណា
mdâng na
Once upon a time
ឡើយ / No
0/145
A1 - Advanced
(not) ... at all ..., ever, any more; absolutely (intensifying particle; generally used with the negative particles កុំ, គ្មាន, ពុំ, មិន, អង្គឺ, ឥត, ឥតអង្គឺមាន )
ឡើយ
laeuy
No
។
He always cared for his daughter and never complaining.
នេះ / Here/This
29/8
Essential
this, these; often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something nearby in time or space
នេះ
néh
Here/This
ជា / Is
809/7
A1
to be (equal / equivalent to, the same as) (Commonly occurs as the main verb in an equative clause introducing a predicate nominative; the form គឺជា is a more formal var.)
ជា
jéa
Is
ឱកាស / Opportunity
979/369
A1 - Advanced
occasion, chance; opportunity, time; free time, permission, agreeing; cause, situation
ឱ,កាស
ឱកាស
aô gah
Opportunity
កម្រ / Scarcity
0/0
C2
កម្រ
gâm
Scarcity
ណាស់ / Alot
0/179
Essential
very, greatly; very much
ណាស់
nah
Alot
មួយរយ / Hundred
0/0
Essential
hundred
មួយ,រយ
មួយរយ
muŏy rôy
Hundred
ជាតិ / National
0/82
A2
race; nationality; nation.
ជាតិ
jéad
National
ទើប / Next
0/189
A1 - Advanced
(and) then, next, then (and only then), only then; so, consequently
ទើប
deub
Next
មាន / Have
428/6
Essential
to have, possess, own; to exist; there is, there are
មាន
méan
Have
ម្តងណា / Once upon a time
0/11038
C2
when, during what time
ម្តង,ណា
ម្តងណា
mdâng na
Once upon a time
ព្រះរាជបុត្រ / The Son
0/15743
C2
child , prince
ព្រះ,រាជបុត្រ
ព្រះរាជបុត្រ
breăh réajôbŏd
The Son
!
This is a very rare opportunity _ a hundred nations have only once been a prince!
តើ / Do
0/102
Starter - Advanced
clause initial interrogative marker occurring in fairly formal speech; it indicates that the following clause is a question, and may sometimes be translated by expressions like `Tell me ...?' or, in subordinate clauses, `if' or `whether'
តើ
daeu
Do
ពេលណា / When
0/2494
A1
when, whenever, any time
ពេល,ណា
ពេលណា
bél na
When
ទើប / Next
0/189
A1 - Advanced
(and) then, next, then (and only then), only then; so, consequently
ទើប
deub
Next
អ្នកដឹង / You know
0/6513
A1 - Advanced
one who knows / has heard about some affair
អ្នក,ដឹង
អ្នកដឹង
neăg dœ̆ng
You know
ទៅ / Go
0/19
Starter
to go (away from the speaker in space or time); to go to / towards; go on, continue, advance; go away.
ទៅ
dŏu
Go
ទេសនា / Preach
0/6713
C1
to preach, teach, lecture, recite scriptures; (fig., slang) to dress someone down, haul someone over the coals.
ទេសនា
désônéa
Preach
ម្តងណា / Once upon a time
0/11038
C2
when, during what time
ម្តង,ណា
ម្តងណា
mdâng na
Once upon a time
ក៏ / Also
57/34
A1
marker of sequential or consecutive action also, so, then, therefore, accordingly
ក៏
gâ
Also
ជេរ / Insult
0/2924
B1
to blame, criticize; to reprimand; to scold; to abuse, revile, insult, offend; to curse
ជេរ
jé
Insult
ពួកគាត់ / They
0/712
A2 - Advanced
they, them; his / her group
ពួក,គាត់
ពួកគាត់
buŏg goăd
They
ថា / That/Say
4/9
Starter - Advanced
to say, tell, pronounce; specif. to criticize, blameconj. that (introduces a question or indirect discourse)
ថា
ta
That/Say
អា / Not
0/263
A2 - Advanced
used preceding nouns or noun phrases giving them a pejorative, derogatory or very familiar meaning. It is commonly used in addressing close friends, persons regarded as inferiors, or young boys. It can also be used before the name of something with which one is annoyed; when preceding the name of a girl, it conveys a notion of endearment; when preceding adjectives, it forms nouns with a notion of disapproval or familiarity.
អា
'a
Not
ជេល
When did you know that every time you go to a sermon, you curse them, Achel?
ទេសនា / Preach
0/6713
C1
to preach, teach, lecture, recite scriptures; (fig., slang) to dress someone down, haul someone over the coals.
ទេសនា
désônéa
Preach
ម្តងណា / Once upon a time
0/11038
C2
when, during what time
ម្តង,ណា
ម្តងណា
mdâng na
Once upon a time
ក៏ / Also
57/34
A1
marker of sequential or consecutive action also, so, then, therefore, accordingly
ក៏
gâ
Also
បន្ទាបបន្ថោក / Degrade
0/13802
C2
to cheapen, downgrade, humiliate
បន្ទាប,បន្ថោក
បន្ទាបបន្ថោក
bândéab bântaôg
Degrade
សាសនា / Religion
0/1038
B1
religion
សាសនា
sasânéa
Religion
របស់ / Belonging To
0/11
Starter - Advanced
thing, object; goods; tool, instrument, utensil; property, wealth
របស់
rôbâh
Belonging To
ពួកគាត់ / They
0/712
A2 - Advanced
they, them; his / her group
ពួក,គាត់
ពួកគាត់
buŏg goăd
They
តើ / Do
0/102
Starter - Advanced
clause initial interrogative marker occurring in fairly formal speech; it indicates that the following clause is a question, and may sometimes be translated by expressions like `Tell me ...?' or, in subordinate clauses, `if' or `whether'
តើ
daeu
Do
ពួកគាត់ / They
0/712
A2 - Advanced
they, them; his / her group
ពួក,គាត់
ពួកគាត់
buŏg goăd
They
មាន / Have
428/6
Essential
to have, possess, own; to exist; there is, there are
មាន
méan
Have
ដែល / That
776/5
A1
who, whom, which; where; when; of / to / in / at which / whom; the fact / reason that
ដែល
dêl
That
ទៅ / Go
0/19
Starter
to go (away from the speaker in space or time); to go to / towards; go on, continue, advance; go away.
ទៅ
dŏu
Go
សុំ / Please
0/385
Essential
to ask (for), beg, request, demand.
សុំ
som
Please
បាយ / Rice
0/948
Essential
rice (cooked rice)
បាយ
bay
Rice
ពី / Of/From
17/13
Starter
from, out of; of, about, concerning; for, on behalf of; since; at / in (some past time)
ពី
bi
Of/From
អ្នក / You
26/25
Essential
you (to equals of both sexes; somewhat less formal than លោក); you (to an older brother or sister-in-law).
អ្នក
neăg
You
ពី / Of/From
17/13
Starter
from, out of; of, about, concerning; for, on behalf of; since; at / in (some past time)
ពី
bi
Of/From
ពេលណា / When
0/2494
A1
when, whenever, any time
ពេល,ណា
ពេលណា
bél na
When
មក / Come
180/39
Starter
to come (toward the speaker in space or time); to come to / towards (often used as a
fp
indicating that the action began at some point in the past and continued up to the present).
មក
môg
Come
?
Every time a sermon degrades their religion, when did they ask you for food?
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