7.4 Can I get a Refund?
The Usage of the Word សម្រាប់ and ឲ្យ “for”
We use the word សម្រាប់ “for” to talk about a purpose or a reason for something. However, the word សម្រាប់ is substituted with the word ឲ្យ when introducing the person or people receiving something.
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- ខ្ញុំទិញខោអាវមួយកំផ្លេ[1]នេះសម្រាប់ធ្វើការ។ “I bought this set of clothes for work.”
- នាងទិញខោអាវមួយកំផ្លេឲ្យប្តីរបស់នាង។ “She bought a set of clothes for her husband.”
1. Pre-listening
Learn the expressions related to clothing.
Find the opposite words.
2. Listening
Listen to the conversation between a clothing seller (first speaker) and a customer (second speaker) and explain whether the picture describes what it is said in the conversation. Transcript of the conversation.
Buying a Set of Clothes © Vathanak Sok, 2024, CC BY-NC 4.0
Answer the following questions based on the conversation heard.
3. Post-listening
Read the following statements and think of possible consequences and solutions and share with your classmates and teacher.
- The word មួយកំផ្លេ "a set of clothes" and the word មួយសំរាប់ are synonymous. ↵
