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Grammar Word ( naa) ណា

Word (naa) as Interrogative Pronoun (where) ណា.
Word (naa) as Interrogative Adjective (which place) ណា.
Word (naa) as Definit Pronoun (somewhere or anywhere) ណា.
Word (naa) as Definit Adjective (some place, any place) ណា.
Word (naa) as compound with muey (one) and klah (some) ណា

I. Grammar Word ( naa) ណា

ណា (naa) is used as interrogative pronoun:

Example:

លោក មក ពី ណា ?		Where have you been ?
លោក ទៅ ណា ?		Where are you going ?

ណា (naa) is used as interrogative adjective:

Example :

លោក ស្នាក់នៅ កន្លែង ណា ?		Which place do you stay ?
លោក ទៅ កន្លែង ណា ?		Which place are you going to ?
លោក មកពី ប្រទេស ណា ?		Which country are you from ?

ណា (naa) is used as indefinite pronoun translated either 'somewhere, anywhere or wherever':

Example 1:

លោកស្រី ទៅ ណា ទេ ?		Are you going somewhere or anywhere ?
ខ្ញុំ មិន ទៅ ណា ទេ។		I am not going anywhere.

Example 2:

លោកស្រី ចង់ ទៅ ណា ទេ ?		Do you want to go somewhere or anywhere ?
ខ្ញុំ មិន ចង់ ទៅ ណា ទេ។		I don't want to go anywhere.
លោក ចង់ ទៅ ណា ក៏ បានដែរ។		You can go anywhere or wherever (you wish).
បើលោកស្រី ចង់ ទៅ ណា ខ្ញុំ អាច ជូន ទៅ បាន។		If you want to go somewhere or anywhere I will take you. Or: Wherever you want to go, I will take you.

Similarly,ណា (naa) is used as indefinite adjective translated either 'some, any or whichever:

Example:

លោកស្រី ចង់ ទៅ កន្លែង ណា ?		Do you want to go some or any place ?
ខ្ញុំ មិន ចង់ ទៅ កន្លែង ណា ទេ។		I don't want to go to any place.
លោក ចង់ ទៅ កន្លែង ណា ក៏ បាន ដែរ។		You can go *any palce* (anywhere) you wish.
បើ លោក ចង់ ទៅ ផ្សារ ណា ខ្ញុំ ជូនទៅ។		If you want to go to any market I will take you. Or: Whatever / whichever market you want to go, I will take you.

Naa also occur with the elements muey (one) and klah (some) as compound indefinite pronouns and adjectives:

Example:

បើ លោក ចង់ បាន អាវ ណា មួយ ប្រាប់ ខ្ញុំ មក ។		if you want *(any shirt)*, just tell me.
លោក ចង់ ទៅ កន្លែង ណា ខ្លះ។		*Wherever* you would like to go, I will take you.