Khmer Dictionary: ត្រូវ
Headley's Khmer-English Dictionary
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ត្រូវ
( initverb )
[trəv]
must, have to
Eg. ល្ងាចនេះវាត្រូវរៀនមេរៀននេះឲ្យចេះ: This evening he has to study this lesson well. -
ត្រូវ
( adj )
[trəv]
to be correct, right, proper, exact, accurate
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ត្រូវ
( v )
[trəv]
to be on the mark; to attain; to concern, have to do with; to agree / jibe with, coincide with
Eg. ក្រុមនោះបាញ់សំដៅកង់រថយន្តតែមិនត្រូវត្រង់កង់ទេ គឺទៅត្រូវត្រង់ធុងសាំង ...: That group fired at the tires of the car but didn't hit them; they hit the gas tank .... -
ត្រូវ
( v )
[trəv]
to be affected with / by, to suffer, undergo (ត្រូវ + CLAUSE marks a passive-like construction in which the subject of the clause introduced by ត្រូវ is translated as the agent in the passive construction)
Eg. គាត់ត្រូវគេចាប់បាន: He was captured by them.