4.3 How often do you read?
1. Pre-reading
The Question Word “how often?” in Khmer
To ask how often someone does certain things, the following pattern is used: Subject + Verb + Object + ញឹកញាប់ប៉ុណ្ណា? “how often?” followed by the question mark (?).
Examples
Q: អ្នកអានញឹកញាប់ប៉ុណ្ណា? “How often do you read?”
A: ខ្ញុំលេងបាល់ទាត់ញឹកញាប់។ “I frequently play football.”
Find someone who…
Read the following statements and put a tick where it applies to you. Where possible, go around the class, ask your classmates how often they do certain things using the expression in Khmer ញឹកញាប់ប៉ុណ្ណា? “How often do you…?”.
| Statements
ឃ្លា |
Always
តែងតែ |
Frequently
ញឹកញាប់ |
Sometimes
ពេលខ្លះ |
Rarely
កម្រ |
Never
មិនដែល |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| លេងបាល់ទាត់ | |||||
| ស្តាប់ភ្លេង | |||||
| ហាត់ប្រាណ | |||||
| ទៅមើលកុន | |||||
| ជិះកង់ | |||||
| ដើរលេង | |||||
| អានកាសែត | |||||
| លេងភេ្លង |
2. Reading
Read the conversation between Sok and Mike. Then answer the following questions.
Sok: ម៉ៃហាត់ប្រាណញឹកញាប់ប៉ុណ្ណា?
Mike: ជាធម្មតាខ្ញុំហាត់ប្រាណប្រាំដង[1]ក្នុងមួយសប្តាហ៍។ ចុះសុខវិញ?
Sok: ខ្ញុំកម្រហាត់ប្រាណណាស់ ប្រហែល២ដងក្នុងមួយខែ។
Mike: ចុះសុខអានញឹកញាប់ទេ?
Sok: ខ្ញុំតែងតែអានមុនពេលចូលគេង។ ចុះម៉ៃវិញ?
Mike: ខ្ញុំអាននៅចុងសប្តាហ៍។
3. Post-reading
Listen to a similar conversation between Sopheap and John and answer the following question.
Sopheap and John © Vathanak Sok, 2024, CC BY-NC 4.0
After listening, put the sentences in correct order.
- The particle ដង is combined with the numbers to describe something has been done a few times, but not very often. However, when មួយ "one" is used with a particle ដង, it is contracted to ម្តង. ↵
