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How to say “Hold on a sec, okay?” in Khmer
ចាំសិនណា
Cham sin naa
💡 Two particles team up here: សិន (sin, 'first/for now') sequences the action, and ណា (naa) softens it into a gentle request. ចាំសិន already means 'wait first / hold on'; adding ណា makes it the warm 'hang on a moment, okay?' you'd say to a friend. Stacking sequential + softening particles like this is very characteristic of relaxed spoken Khmer.
More khmer particles phrases
- Let's go, okay?ទៅណា
- Already ate / Done eatingញ៉ាំហើយ
- Do you like it?ចូលចិត្តទេ?
- It's beautiful, right?ស្អាតហ្ន
- I like it tooខ្ញុំក៏ចូលចិត្តដែរ
- Do you want to eat more?ចង់ញ៉ាំទៀតទេ?
- Do it like that / That's how it's doneធ្វើម្ល៉ះ
- What about you then?ចុះអ្នកវិញ?
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