Rooms and Furniture

What you’ll learn

Name places and common objects at home.

ស្គាល់ឈ្មោះបន្ទប់ និងគ្រឿងសង្ហារិមក្នុងផ្ទះ។

Meaning and use

Room names describe functions, such as cooking in a kitchen. Furniture is an uncountable group word: say some furniture or a piece of furniture. Individual objects such as chairs are countable. Use there is and there are to describe what a room contains.

Furniture ជានាមមិនរាប់បាន។ អាចនិយាយ some furniture ឬ a piece of furniture។ តែកៅអី និងតុជានាមរាប់បាន។ ប្រើ there is/are ដើម្បីប្រាប់ថាបន្ទប់មានអ្វី។

Key words and phrases

Word or phrase	Meaning and use
bedroom (noun)	បន្ទប់គេង — a small bedroom
kitchen (noun)	ផ្ទះបាយ — cook in the kitchen
bathroom (noun)	បន្ទប់ទឹក — use the bathroom
living room (noun phrase)	បន្ទប់ទទួលភ្ញៀវ — sit in the living room
table (noun)	តុ — a dining table
chair (noun)	កៅអី — four chairs
bed (noun)	គ្រែ — a comfortable bed
cupboard (noun)	ទូដាក់សម្ភារៈ — cups in the cupboard

Examples

1. There are four chairs in the kitchen.

   ក្នុងផ្ទះបាយមានកៅអីបួន។

2. My bedroom has a small bed.

   បន្ទប់គេងខ្ញុំមានគ្រែតូចមួយ។

3. The cups are in the cupboard.

   ពែងនៅក្នុងទូ។

4. We watch television in the living room.

   យើងមើលទូរទស្សន៍ក្នុងបន្ទប់ទទួលភ្ញៀវ។

Everyday conversation

Dara: Where are the cups?

Maly: In the kitchen cupboard.

Dara: Is there a table in the living room?

Maly: Yes, beside the window.

Common mistakes

Instead of	Use	Why
We bought new furnitures.	We bought new furniture.	Furniture is uncountable in ordinary English.
There is four chairs.	There are four chairs.	Use are with the plural chairs.

Practice

Try these questions before opening the answers. Write or say each answer.

សាកល្បងឆ្លើយសំណួរទាំងនេះជាមុនសិន មុននឹងបើកមើលចម្លើយ។ អ្នកអាចសរសេរ ឬនិយាយចម្លើយរបស់អ្នក។

1. Where do people usually cook?
2. Correct: a furniture.
3. Complete: There ___ a bed in the room.

Answers and explanations

Show answers / បង្ហាញចម្លើយ

1. In the kitchen.

   Kitchen names the room for cooking.

2. a piece of furniture

   Use a unit phrase to count furniture.

3. is

   A bed is singular.

Quick recap

• Furniture is uncountable.
• Count chairs and tables individually.
• Use there is/are to describe a room.