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How to say “Let me think about it first” in Khmer

សុំគិតសិន
som kit sen
Pronunciation (IPA): /som kɨt sən/
Word by word: request + think + first
💡 សិន ('first') is the softener that makes this a pause rather than a refusal. The graceful exit from a hard sell at any market.

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