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The syllable (ចិត្ដ ) consonant (ត ) could take its own sub-consonants ( ្ដ ) but it remains silent when it occurs in final position.
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ចូលចិត្ដ |
ចូល ចិត |
coul cet |
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The word (កសិករ ) is from Pali and it has three syllables. The consonant ( រ )remains silent when it occurs in final position.
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កសិករ |
កាក់ សិ ក |
kak se kOO |
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The consonant ( រ ) remains silent when it occurs in final position.
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ត្រូវការ |
ត្រូវ កា |
trkew kAA |
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Consonant (ន ) could take sub-consonants ( ្ទ ្ដ ្ល and ្ស ) as medial cluster. The word បន្ទាប់មក, consonant ន takes sub-consonant ( ្ទ ) as its medial cluster. Because the first syllable is pronounced as the first series of consonant, therefore the sencond syllable have to follow the first series of consoant. In this case the second series consonant ( ទ ) which is seen as the sub-consonant ( ្ទ ) is pronounced as the first series consonant.
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បន្ទាប់មក |
បន ទាប់ មក |
bAn to(ep mOk |
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Diacritic Sanyok Sanha ( ័ ) has the same value as vowel ( - ា ). Consonant (ត ) could take sub-consonants (្រ ) but it remains silent when it occurs in final position.
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ឆ័ត្រ |
ឆាត់ |
chat |
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Diacritic bantaq ( ់ ) occurs on the top of the final consonant of a syllable ( ជាក់ ) to shorten the sound of that syllable. The vowel ( - ា ) /aa/ followed by the bantaq will be pronounced shorter /a/ after the first series consonant and /o(e/ or /e(e/ after the second series consonant. Because (ជ ) is a second series syllable, the vowel ( - ា ) /aa/ will be pronounced /e(e/.
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ត្រ ជាក |
trA cieq |
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ត្រ ជាក់ |
trA ce(eq |
to be cold |
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Diacritic bantaq ( ់ ) occurs on the top of the final consonant of a syllable ( ពាក់ ) to shorten the sound of that syllable. The vowel ( - ា ) /aa/ followed by the bantaq will be pronounced shorter /a/ after the first series consonant and /o(e/ or /e(e/ after the second series consonant. Because (ព ) is a second series syllable, the vowel ( - ា ) /aa/ will be pronounced /e(e/.
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ពាក អាវ |
pieq qaaw |
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ពាក់អាវ |
pe(eq qaaw |
to wear |
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8. Word រដូវរងារ (winter season)
All Khmer consonant there is an inherent vowel. The inherent vowel for the first consonant is /AA/ and sedon consonant is /OO/. The word រដូវរងារ has 4 syllables. The consonant (រ ) at the beginning of syllable (រដូវ) and (រងារ) could be pronounced with its inherent vowel. Because consonant ( រ ) is a second series consonant, it take vowel /OO/ for the pronunciation. The consonant ( រ ) remains silent when it occurs in final position.
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រដូវរងារ |
រ ដូវ រ ងារ |
rOO douw rOO Nie |
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