Possessive adjectives in Khmer, known as គុណនាមកាន់កាប់ (kunneaam kanngap), are used to show ownership or possession of a noun. Here are the possessive adjectives in Khmer along with examples:

Possessive Adjectives in Khmer

1. របស់ខ្ញុំ (robos khnhom) – My
2. របស់អ្នក (robos anak) – Your (singular)
3. របស់គាត់ (robos koat) – His/Her
4. របស់យើង (robos yeung) – Our
5. របស់ពួកគេ (robos puak ke) – Their
6. របស់អ្នកទាំងអស់គ្នា (robos anak teang os knia) – Your (plural)

Usage and Examples

1. របស់ខ្ញុំ (robos khnhom) – My

• Used to indicate that something belongs to the speaker.
• Example:
  • នេះគឺជាសៀវភៅរបស់ខ្ញុំ។ (Nih keu chea sievphov robos khnhom.) – This is my book.
  • ផ្ទះរបស់ខ្ញុំធំទូលាយ។ (Pteah robos khnhom thom tuolai.) – My house is spacious.

2. របស់អ្នក (robos anak) – Your (singular)

• Used to indicate that something belongs to the person being spoken to.
• Example:
  • នោះគឺជាម៉ាស៊ីនរបស់អ្នក។ (Nuh keu chea masin robos anak.) – That is your machine.
  • ការងាររបស់អ្នកសំខាន់។ (Kanga robos anak somkan.) – Your work is important.

3. របស់គាត់ (robos koat) – His/Her

• Used to indicate that something belongs to a third person (he/she).
• Example:
  • សៀវភៅរបស់គាត់នៅលើតុ។ (Sievphov robos koat nov leu tok.) – His/her book is on the table.
  • រថយន្តរបស់គាត់ថ្មី។ (Rotyon robos koat thmei.) – His/her car is new.

4. របស់យើង (robos yeung) – Our

• Used to indicate that something belongs to the speaker and others.
• Example:
  • ផ្ទះរបស់យើងស្អាត។ (Pteah robos yeung s’aart.) – Our house is beautiful.
  • គម្រោងរបស់យើងទទួលបានជោគជ័យ។ (Komroang robos yeung totoal ban choukchey.) – Our project is successful.

5. របស់ពួកគេ (robos puak ke) – Their

• Used to indicate that something belongs to a group of people.
• Example:
  • បាល់របស់ពួកគេនៅលើទីលាន។ (Bal robos puak ke nov leu tilian.) – Their ball is on the field.
  • ផ្ទះរបស់ពួកគេដ៏ធំ។ (Pteah robos puak ke da thom.) – Their house is big.

6. របស់អ្នកទាំងអស់គ្នា (robos anak teang os knia) – Your (plural)

• Used to indicate that something belongs to a group of people being spoken to.
• Example:
  • ការងាររបស់អ្នកទាំងអស់គ្នាបានបញ្ចប់ហើយ។ (Kanga robos anak teang os knia ban banhchop haey.) – Your work is finished.
  • គម្រោងរបស់អ្នកទាំងអស់គ្នាសំខាន់។ (Komroang robos anak teang os knia somkan.) – Your project is important.

Notes:

• The possessive adjective របស់ (robos) is a general possessive marker used before pronouns to indicate possession.
• The pronoun following របស់ indicates whose possession it is, making the construction straightforward.
• Context and the noun following the possessive adjective will make the ownership clear.

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