ប៉ុន្មាន

Khmer

Khmer phrasebook

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Pronunciation

Orthographic ប៉ុន្មាន p″un̥mān Phonemic ប៉ុន-ម៉ាន p″un-m″ān WT romanisation ponmaan (standard) IPA(key) /pon.ˈmaːn/

Adverb

ប៉ុន្មាន • (ponmaan)

1. (interrogative) how much?, how many?

   ទៅផ្សារម៉ោងប៉ុន្មាន  ―  tɨw phsaa maong ponmaan  ―  What time are you going to the market?

2. (in an affirmative context) some, several, a few, a certain number
3. about, to a certain extent
4. (in a negative or indefinite context) not many, to any (great) extent
5. (in an emphatic context) however many, however much
6. to whatever extent

Derived terms

• តើប៉ុន្មាន (taə ponmaan)
• ថ្លៃប៉ុន្មាន (thlayponmiən)

See also

• បីបួន (bəybuən)
• បួនដប់ (buŏndâb)