គេ

See also: គឺ, គ, គូ, គោ, គ៖, and គាំ

Khmer

Etymology

Cognate with Northern Khmer กฺี.

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Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic គេ ge WT romanisation kei (standard) IPA(key) /kei/

Pronoun

គេ • (kei)

1. they, them, their, he, him, she, her (formal/polite 3rd person pronoun; usually plural but may be used impersonally as a 3rd person singular)
2. one, someone, other, others (a very general impersonal pronoun which is often translated as one)
3. (intimate, informal, arrogant) I (intimate 1st person pronoun among close friends and family; otherwise it sounds arrogant)

Derived terms

• ខុសចិត្តគេ (khoh cət kei)
• ចុងគេ (congkei)
• ជាងគេ (ciəng kei)
• ដាច់គេ (dackei)

See also

Khmer personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person	m	ខ្ញុំបាទ (khñom baat)	យើង (yəəng)
	f	នាងខ្ញុំ (niəng khñom)
	n	ខ្ញុំ (khñom)
2nd person	m	លោក (look), អ្នក (nĕək)	លោកអ្នក (look nĕək), ពួកអ្នក (puək nĕək)
	f	លោកស្រី (look srəy), អ្នកស្រី (nĕək srəy)
3rd person	m or f	គាត់ (kŏət), គេ (kei)	គាត់ (kŏət), គេ (kei), ពួកគាត់ (puək kŏət), ពួកគេ (puək kei)
	n	វា (viə)	វា (viə), ពួកវា (puək viə)