Count to Ten in Khmer

Count to Ten in Khmer

How to count from 1 to ten in khmer with the number script in khmer on the left and the khmer alphabet after the english written word. Enjoy!

១ 1 – one មួយ- muy

២ 2 – two – ពីរ-bpee

៣ 3 – three បី-buy

៤ 4)- four បួន-buan

៥ 5 – five ប្រាំ-bpram

Now take 5 and add 1 to get 6….take 5 and add 2 to get 7 (even through khmers have another word they say for 7 too). For 8 take Bprahm (5) and add buy (3)…etc.

៦ 6 – six ប្រាំមួយ-bpram-muy

៧​ 7 –  seven ប្រាំពីរ-bpram-bpee

៨ 8 – eight ប្រាំបី-bpram buy

៩ 9 – nine ប្រាំបួន-bpram buan

១០ 10 –  ten ដប់-dop

After learning how to count to ten in Khmer, it is relatively easy to continue on. The formula will then be 10 (dop) + whatever secondary number.

For example: 11 = 10 + 1 so dop muy = dop + muy

14 = 10 +4 = dop + buan

17 = 10 + 7 = dob + brahm bpee

Then to continue pass 19, you will need to learn the words for 20, 30, 40, 50….90…then it changes  a little for 100-1000. For 20 the words is mpeeii.

So I hope you learned how to count to ten in Khmer and will continue on to the next lesson of counting to 100!