Part of Speech

Words are divided into different kinds or classes, called Parts of Speech, according to
their use; that is, according to the work they do in a sentence. The parts of speech are
eight in number:
ពាក្យត្រូវបានគេបែងចែកជាថ្នាក់ខុសៗគ្នា ទៅតាមរបៀបប្រើក្នុងប្រយោគ គេហៅថា "Part of Speech" ។ ថ្នាក់ពាក្យមាន ៨គឺ
1. Noun.
2. Adjective.
3. Pronoun.
4. Verb.
5. Adverb.
6. Preposition.
7. Conjunction.
8. Interjection.


១. A Noun is a word used as the name of a person, place, or thing; as,
នាមជាពាក្យប្រើសម្រាប់ដាក់ឈ្មោះ មនុស្ស កន្លែង ឬអ្វីមួយ។
ឧ. King Louis is a great king.
Kampongcham is in Cambodia.
The rose smells sweet.
The sun shines bright.
His courage won him honour.
Note: The word thing includes (i) all objects that we can see, hear, taste, touch, or smell;
and (ii) something that we can think of, but cannot perceive by the senses.
ចំនាំ ពាកយថា"អ្វីមួយ" រួមទាំង (១)វត្ថុអាចមើលឃើញ លឺ ភ្លក្ស ប៉ះ ឬ ហិត និង (២) អ្វីដែលយើងអាចគិតដល់ ប៉ុន្តែមិនអាចទទួលដឹងដោយវិញាណ។

២ An Adjective is a word used to add something to the meaning of a noun; as,
គុណនាម ជាពាក្យដែលប្រើសម្រាប់ថែមន័យអោយនាម
He is a brave boy.
There are twenty boys in this class.

៣A Pronoun is a word used instead of a noun; as,
សព្វនាមជាពាក្យប្រើជំនួសនាម
John is absent, because he is ill.
The book are where you left them


៤ A Verb is a word used lo express an action or state; as
កិរិយាសព្ទជាពាក្យបញ្ជាក់សកម្មភាពឬសភាព
The girl wrote a letter to her cousin.
Phnom Penh is a big city.
Iron and copper are useful metals.


៥An Adverb is a word used to add something to the meaning of a verb, an adjective, or
another adverb; as,
គុណកិរិយា ជាពាក្យប្រើបន្ថែមន័យអោយកិរិយាសព្វ ឬគុណនាមណាមួយទៀត
He worked the sum quickly.
This flower is very beautiful.
She pronounced the word quite correctly.


៦ A Preposition is a word used with a noun or a pronoun to show how the person or
thing denoted by the noun or pronoun stands in relation to something else; as,
ធ្នាក់គឺជាពាក្យប្រើជាមួយនាម ឬសព្វនាម ដើម្បីបង្ហាញថាមនុស្ស ឬ អ្វីមួយដែលកត់សំគាល់​ដោយនាមឬសព្វនាម ឈទីតាំងទំនាក់ទំនងគ្នាយ៉ាងណា។
There is a cow in the garden.
The girl is fond of music.
A fair little girl sat under a tree.



៧ A Conjunction is a word used to join words or sentences; as,
ឈ្នាប់ជាពាក្យត្រូវបានប្រើ ដើម្បីភ្ជាប់ពាក្យឬប្រយោគ
Rama and Hari are cousins.
Two and two make four.
I ran fast, but missed the train.

៨ An Interjection is a word which expresses some sudden feel ing; as,
ឧទានសព្ទជាពាក្យបញ្ជាក់បង្ហាញ អារម្មណ៍ភ្លាមៗ
Hurrah! We have won the game. Alas! She is dead.

 Some modern grammars include determiners among the parts of speech. Determiners
are words like a, an, the, this, that, these, those, every, each, some, any, my, his, one, two,
etc., which determine or limit the meaning of the nouns that follow. In this book, as in
many traditional grammars, all determiners except a, an and the are classed among
adjectives.

 As words are divided into different classes according to the work they do in
sentences, it is clear that we cannot say to which part of speech a word belongs unless we
see it used in a sentence.
ពាក្យត្រូវបានបែងចែកជាថ្នាក់ខុសគ្នា អាស្រ័យនឹងតួនាទីរបស់វាក្នុងប្រយោគ ជាការពិតណាស់យើងអាចចាត់ថ្នាកពាក្យមួយក្នុងពួកណា ទាល់តែយើង​បានឃើញវាក្នុងប្រយោគសិន
They arrived soon after. (Adverb)
They arrived after us. (Preposition)
They arrived after we had left. (Conjunction)
ឧទាហរណ៍ខាងលើយើងឃើញថា ក្នុងពាក្យដដែល តែមាននាទីខុសគ្នា