Pronoun	Khmer	Word Substitute Pronoun	IPA	How to use
I	ខ្ញុំ	ខ្ញុំ	kn)om	Refer to yourself
		អញ	qAn)	It can be only used with very close friend.  Otherwise is an impolite word - too informal and agressive.
you	អ្នក	អ្នក	ne(eq	Address to people who is approximately at the same age (You).
		បង	bAAN	Address someone who is approximately at the same age or older. (older brother or sister).
		លោក	look	Address to some one in a formal used (Mr.).
she	នាង	នាង	nieN	General use, address by older lady to younger lady
		កញ្ញា	kan)n)aa	Address to young unmarried lady in a formal used (Miss.)
		អ្នកនាងកញ្ញា	ne(eq nieN kan)n)aa	Address to young unmarried lady.  For formal used (Miss.).
		បងស្រី	bAAN srey	Address to someone who is approximately at the same age or older than you ( older sister).
		ប្អូនស្រី	pqoun srey	Address to someone who is younger than you (younger sister).
		លោកស្រី	look srey	Address to some one in a formal used (Mrs.).
		មីង	miiN	Address to someone who is older than you (aunt).
		អឨុំស្រី	qum srey	Address to someone who is much older than you ( great aunt).
		លោកជំទាវ	look cumtiew	Address to a high status lady in a respectful maner and in formal used (Her Excellency).
he		គាត់	ko(et	Address to all adults.
		អ្នក	ne(eq	Commonly use.  It refer to all adults.
		បង	bAAN	Refer to someone who is approximately at the same age or older than you (brother)
		បងប្រុស	bAAN proh	Refer to someone who is approximately at the same age or older than you (brother)
		ពូ	puu	Refer to someone who is older than you (Uncle)
		អឨុំប្រុស	qum proh	Refer to someone who is much older than you (Uncle)
		លោក	look	Mr. commonly use.
		ឯកឧត្ដម	qaeq qutdom	His Excellency, Refer to a high status gentleman and It is a formal use.
		លោកឯកឧត្ដម	look qaeq qutdom	Address to a high status gentleman in a respectful maner and it is a formal used (His Excellency).
it		វា	wie	Refer to children. Refer to animal. address to people but in a non face-to-face.
we		យើង	yeeN	Commonly use for (we). A group of people.
		ពួកយើង	pueq yeeN
they		ពួកគេ	pueq kee	Agroup of people. (they). A group of people (They all)
		ពួកគេទាំងអស់	pueq kee te(eN qAh

Note:

    In Khmer tradition, It is important to address people by using the titles or word that sustitute pronounce in the table above at the very begining of the converstation.  The addressing words should be at the beginning or end of phrase.   Because these words could express the respect of the speaker to the listeners.   For example, in the greeting phrase "How are you?", it would be more polite to say "How are you bAAN ? [cuum riep sue bAAN]" or "bAAN how are you?[ bAAN cuum riep sue ]".

    In Khmer, people use titles such as word like Mr., Mrs. and Miss much more than in America, when speaking to people of the same age and social status.  It is customary to use the title (look) in front of the first name of the person to who you are speaking.  In formal situations the first and last names are used, preceded by the words Mr. (look), Mrs., (look srey), or Miss (kan)n)aa).

    In Khmer the family name come first and the given name or first name comes last unlike in English.  In speaking to Europeans the Khmer often use the title look with the first name of the person being addressed. Thus if your name is Paul Henry, you might be called look Paul or look Paul Henry.  But it would not seem quite natural for Cambodian to call Paul alone.