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Verb (មាន
) as a Modal Verb
The verb (មាន
) occurs
in the modal verb position, it means something like 'to happen to', to have
occasion (to do something)' as in (pro-drop) language. In some
dialects mien tends to replace the modal verb baan 'to have done something, to
have had occasion to do something.
1. Affirmative Sentence with Verb (មាន
) as a Modal Verb
| Subject |
+ |
មាន |
+ |
Verb |
+ |
Object |
|
Example:
|
Affirmative
Sentence with Verb (មាន
) as a Modal Verb |
| Subject |
+ |
(មាន
) |
+ |
Verb |
+ |
Object |
| ខ្ញុំ |
|
មាន |
|
ធា្លប់ |
|
ទៅលេងភ្នំពេញ។ |
| I
have had occasion to visit Phnom Penh or
I have visited Phnom Penh. |
| យើង |
|
មាន |
|
ស្គាល់ |
|
កន្លែងច្រើន។ |
| We
have known many places or
I have knowledge of many places. |
| គាត់ |
|
មាន |
|
ធ្លាប់ |
|
ទៅអាស្រុកខ្មែរ។ |
| He
has had occasion to visit Cambodia or
He has visited Cambodia. |
| ខ្ញុំ |
|
មាន |
|
ដឹង |
|
កន្លែងលក់ឡានច្រើន។ |
| I
have known many car dealers. |
| ពួកគេ |
|
មាន |
|
រៀន |
|
ខ្មែរបន្ដិចបន្ដួច។ |
| They
have studies some Khmer or
They are happen to study some khmer. |
|
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2. Negative Sentence with Verb (មាន
) as a Modal Verb
| Subject |
+ |
មិន |
+ |
មាន |
+ |
Verb |
+ |
Object |
+ |
ទេ |
|
Example:
|
Negative
Sentence with Verb (មាន
) as a Modal Verb |
| Subject |
+ |
មិន |
+ |
(មាន
) |
+ |
Verb |
+ |
Object |
+ |
ទេ។ |
| ខ្ញុំ |
|
មិន |
|
មាន |
|
ធា្លប់ |
|
ទៅលេងភ្នំពេញ |
|
ទេ។ |
| I
have not had occasion to visit Phnom Penh or
I have not visited Phnom Penh. |
| យើង |
|
មិន |
|
មាន |
|
ស្គាល់ |
|
កន្លែងច្រើន |
|
ទេ។ |
| We
have not known many places or
I have not knowledge of many places. |
| គាត់ |
|
មិន |
|
មាន |
|
ធ្លាប់ |
|
ទៅអាស្រុកខ្មែរ |
|
ទេ។ |
| He
has not had occasion to visit Cambodia or
He has not visited Cambodia. |
| ខ្ញុំ |
|
មិន |
|
មាន |
|
ដឹង |
|
កន្លែងលក់ឡានច្រើន |
|
ទេ។ |
| I
have not known many car dealers. |
| ពួកគេ |
|
មិន |
|
មាន |
|
រៀន |
|
ខ្មែរបន្ដិចបន្ដួច |
|
ទេ។ |
| They
have not studies some Khmer or
They are not happen to study some khmer. |
|
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3. Interrogative Sentence with Verb (មាន
) as a Modal Verb
| តើ |
+ |
Subject |
+ |
មាន |
+ |
Verb |
+ |
Object |
+ |
ឬទេ
? |
|
Example:
|
Interrogative
Sentence with Verb (មាន
) as a Modal Verb |
| តើ |
+ |
Subject |
+ |
(មាន
) |
+ |
Verb |
+ |
Object |
+ |
ឬទេ
? |
| តើ |
|
លោក |
|
មាន |
|
ធា្លប់ |
|
ទៅលេងភ្នំពេញ |
|
ឬទេ
? |
| Have
you had an occasion to visit Phnom Penh? or
Have you visited Phnom Penh? |
| តើ |
|
ពួកគេ |
|
មាន |
|
ស្គាល់ |
|
កន្លែងច្រើន |
|
ឬទេ
? |
| Have
they known many places? or
Have they had knowledge of many places. |
| តើ |
|
នាង |
|
មាន |
|
ធ្លាប់ |
|
ទៅអាស្រុកខ្មែរ |
|
ឬទេ
? |
| Has
she had occasion to visit Cambodia? or
Has she visited Cambodia? |
| តើ |
|
លោក |
|
មាន |
|
ដឹង |
|
កន្លែងលក់ឡានច្រើន |
|
ឬទេ
? |
| Have
you known many car dealers? |
| តើ |
|
ពួកគេ |
|
មាន |
|
រៀន |
|
ខ្មែរបន្ដិចបន្ដួច |
|
ឬទេ
? |
| Have
they studies some Khmer? or
Are they happen to study some khmer? |
|
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Note:
- Verb (មាន
) as
a modal verb is commonly used in the interrogative sentence.
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