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How to say “What's up? / What happened?” in Khmer
ម៉េចហើយ?
mech haəy?
💡 ម៉េចហើយ (mech haəy) = 'what's up?' or 'what happened?' depending on tone. A casual check-in among friends, both as a greeting and to ask about a situation. Very common in spoken Khmer.
More slang & casual khmer phrases
- Yo! How are you doing?ចោ! អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ?
- Deal! Let's go togetherព្រម! ទៅជាមួយគ្នា
- Huh? I don't understandហ្អ? ខ្ញុំមិនយល់
- So strong / That's impressive!ខ្លាំងណាស់!
- Forget it! It's not importantភ្លេចទៅ! មិនសំខាន់
- He/she really knows their stuffគាត់ចេះណាស់
- When can we meet up?ជួបគ្នាពេលណា?
- I'm broke, money's all goneខ្ញុំក្រ ប្រាក់អស់ហើយ
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