Polite Requests with 'សូម'

01

'សូម' + Verb

• សូមអង្គុយ

  soum ʼɑngkuysoum angkuy

  Please sit.

• សូមនិយាយម្តងទៀត

  soum niyiəy mdɑɑng tiətsoum niyiey mdaang tiet

  Please say it again.

• សូមមកឱ្យលឿន

  soum mɔɔk ʼaoy lɨənsoum mook aoy luen

  Please come quickly.

02

Warm Invitations with 'អញ្ជើញ'

For a welcoming invitation, សូម (soum) teams up with អញ្ជើញ (ʼɑñcəəñanceen) ("to invite / go ahead"): សូមអញ្ជើញ (soum ʼɑñcəəñsoum anceen) … = "please, do go ahead and …".

• សូមអញ្ជើញចូល

  soum ʼɑñcəəñ coulsoum anceen coul

  Please come in.

03

The Softener 'ផង'

The little word ផង (phɑɑngphaang) added after a verb softens a request further, with a sense of "…, please / … as well". It is a gentle, friendly add-on.

• សូមយកកាបូបរបស់អ្នកមកផង

  soum yɔɔk kaaboup rɔbɑh nĕək mɔɔk phɑɑngsoum yook kaaboup robah neek mook phaang

  Please bring your bag too.

04

Polite Prohibition

Combine it with the negative command word for "please don't": សូម (soum) + កុំ (kom) + verb.

• សូមកុំភ្លេច

  soum kom phlɨcsoum kom phluc

  Please don't forget.