Looking for practical Khmer to Shan phrases? This free guide lists 100 essential sentences for travel, study, work, and everyday conversation. Each line shows the Khmer phrase first, then the Shan translation (Shan) — so you can scan quickly before a trip, class, or video call.
The phrases are grouped into eight topics: greetings and pleasantries, useful phrases for travellers, everyday conversation, directions and getting around, shopping and dining, emergencies and health, work and business, and time, days and numbers. Use the table of contents to jump straight to greetings, directions, dining, emergencies, or numbers. You do not need perfect grammar to start — short, clear sentences often work better than silence when you are learning Shan.
Tip: pick five Shan phrases from the greetings section and use them in a real message today. Small daily practice beats cramming before a trip.
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Greetings and pleasantries
Hello, goodbye, please, thank you, and polite introductions for meeting new people.
សួស្តី
မင်္ဂလာပါ(mingalar par)
អរគុណ
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါတယ်(kyeizu tin par tal)
សួស្តីព្រឹក
မနက်ခင်းဖြန့်(ma net khin phyan)
សួស្តីល្ងាច
နေ့လည်ခင်းဖြန့်(nei lyae khin phyan)
សួស្តីល្ងាច
ညနေခင်းဖြန့်(nya nae khin phyan)
រាត្រីសួស្តី
ညအိပ်ချိန်(nya eit chain)
ជួបគ្នាម្តងក្រោយ
နောက်မှတွေ့မယ်(nauk hma twei mae)
លាហើយ
သွားတော့မယ်(thwa dor mae)
ឈ្មោះរបស់អ្នកគឺអ្វី?
သင့်နာမည်ဘာလဲ?(thing na mei ba leh)
ឈ្មោះរបស់ខ្ញុំគឺJohn
ကျွန်တော်နာမည်ဂျွန်ပါ(kyaun taw na mei John par)
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ?
သင်ဘယ်လိုလဲ?(thing beh lo leh)
រីករាយដែលបានជួបអ្នក
သင့်ကိုတွေ့ရတာဝမ်းသာပါတယ်(thing ko twei ya ta wan tha par tal)
Useful phrases for travellers
Airport, hotel, tickets, and transport phrases for getting around on a trip.
តើអ្នកនិយាយភាសាអង់គ្លេសទេ?
သင်အင်္ဂလိပ်စကားပြောလား?(thing angalait sa ka pyaw lar?)
ខ្ញុំមិននិយាយភាសាហិណ្ឌីបានល្អទេ
ကျွန်တော်ဟင်းဒီကိုမပြောနိုင်ပါဘူး။(kyaung taw Hindi ko ma pyaw nain par bu.)
ខ្ញុំមិនយល់ទេ
ကျွန်တော်မနားလည်ပါ။(kyaung taw ma nar hlei par.)
សូមនិយាយយឺតៗ
ကျေးဇူးပြု၍အနှေးအမြန်ပြောပါ။(kyei zu pyu ywa a hnei a myan pyaw par.)
តើអ្នកអាចនិយាយវាឡើងវិញទេ?
ဒါကိုနောက်ထပ်ပြောပေးနိုင်မလား?(da ko nauk htaut pyaw pay nain ma lar?)