Use ‘will’ or ‘going to’?

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@ ‘Will’ and ‘going to” are used to mark the future; however, they express different situations or activities.

‘Will’ និង ‘going to”​ ត្រូវបានប្រើដើម្បីបញ្ជាក់អំពីអនាគត ទោះជាយ៉ាងណា ‘Will’ និង‘going to” បង្ហាញពីស្ថានភាព ឬសកម្មភាពផ្សេងពីគ្នា។

Going to

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            Mr. Sambath and Mrs. Thida have married for 5 years. They work so hard to save some money. Having seen this situation, one of their friends asked, “Why are you working so hard?”  “We are going to buy a house.” they said.

លោក សម្បតិ្ត និងអ្នកស្រី ធីតាបានរៀបការ៥ឆ្នាំមកហើយ។ពួកគាត់ខិតខំធ្វើការដើម្បីសន្សំប្រាក់។ ដោយឃើញស្ថានភាពនេះ មិត្តម្នាក់របស់គាត់បានសួរ៖ “ហេតុអ្វីអ្នកកំពុងខិតខំធ្វើការម្លេះ?” ពួកគាត់ឆ្លើយថា “យើងគ្រោងនឹងទិញផ្ទះមួយ”។

Future Simple

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 We use will /going to/ shall to mark the future simple. But, in this lesson, I focus primarily on ‘Will’ and ‘shall’.

យើងប្រើ will /going to/ shall ដើម្បីនិយាយអំពីអនាគតកាលធម្មតា។ប៉ុន្តែក្នុងមេរៀននេះ ខ្ញុំផ្ដោតលើ Will’ and ‘shall’ ប៉ុណ្ណោះ។

Past perfect continuous tense

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សិក្សាស្ថានភាពនេះ៖                                                            Read in English only

Yesterday, Dave and Susan went to the park to do aerobics. They did it for an hour and they took a rest. They both sat on a bench. Then Mr. Bob came to talk to them. Seeing a lot of sweat on their body, he asked, “had you been doing exercise?” “Yes, we had been doing aerobics for an hour before you arrived” they answered.

វេយ្យាករណ៍ោ: Past Perfect Simple

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            Yesterday Miss. Sophea​​ went to join a friend’s birthday. Her friend, Mr. Chandara , wanted to meet her at the birthday party in that they had not met each other for a few months. Unfortunately, when Mr. Chandara got there, Miss. Sophea had left for home already.  So they both didn’t meet.

Use Past Simple or Past Continuous Tense-Khmer explanation?

                                                                              
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In this lesson, you are assumed that you have known the forms of the two tenses.

Read this text to get to know more about the two tenses.

ក្នុងមេរៀននេះ ខ្ញុំគិតថាអ្នកបានចេះទម្រង់របស់កាលទាំងពីរ។

អានអត្ថបទនេះ ដើម្បីដឹងបន្ថែមអំពីកាលទាំងពីរ។

Past continuous tense-khmer explanation

អតីតកាលកំពុងធ្វើ                                     

                                                                                              
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            Yesterday, Vuthy taught his part –time students as usual. He started at 5 and finished at 7 pm.  Thirty minutes later, when he was explaining the lesson to the students, one of his friends, Eng Tith, called to invite him to eat something. Vuthy wanted to go, but he couldn’t because he was trying to finish his lesson. However, he promised to go after class.

            The underlined sentences are called the past continuous tense.