Compound Nouns - កន្សោមនាម

compound Nouns

Compound Nouns ( កន្សោមនាម ) គឺជា នាមដែល​បង្កើត​ដោយការ បូកផ្សំគ្នា រវាង [noun + noun] នាម + នាម ឬ [adjective + noun] គុណនាម​+ នាម ។ មាន​ ៣ ទម្រង់ ៖

1. open or spaced - space between words (tennis shoe =ស្បែកជើង កីឡាថេនីស) (ដកឃ្លា )
2. hyphenated - hyphen between words (six-pack= សាច់ដុំ៦កង់) (ប្រើសញ្ញា - នៅចន្លោះកណ្តាល )
3. closed or solid - no space or hyphen between words (bedroom = បន្ទប់គេង ) (សរសេរជាប់គ្នា)

Used with Countable & Uncountable Nouns- ប្រើបាន​ទាំង​នាមរាប់​បាន និងរាប់​មិនបាន
noun	+	noun	bus stop	Is this the bus stop for the number 12 bus?
			fire-fly	In the tropics you can see fire-flies at night.
			football	Shall we play football today?
adjective	+	noun	full moon	I always feel crazy at full moon.
			blackboard	Clean the blackboard please.
			software	I can't install this software on my PC.
verb(-ing)	+	noun	breakfast	We always eat breakfast at 8am.
			washing machine	Put the clothes in the red washing machine.
			swimming pool	What a beautiful swimming pool!
noun	+	verb(-ing)	sunrise	I like to get up at sunrise.
			haircut	You need a haircut.
			train-spotting	His hobby is train-spotting.
verb	+	preposition	check-out	Please remember that check-out is at 12 noon.
noun	+	prepositional phrase	mother-in-law	My mother-in-law lives with us.
preposition	+	noun	underworld	Do you think the police accept money from the underworld?
noun	+	adjective	truckful	We need 10 truckfuls of bricks.

ទម្រង់ ពហុវចនៈ នៃ Compound Nouns

យើង​ត្រូវ​បន្ថែម (S) ឬ (ES) អាស្រ័យលើនាម​ណា ដែល​ជានាម​សំខាន់

Singular-ឯកវចនៈ	plural-ពហុវចនៈ
a tennis shoe	three tennis shoes
one assistant headmaster	five assistant headmasters
a mother-in-law	two mothers -in-law
an assistant secretary of state	three assistant secretaries of state
my toothbrush	our toothbrushes
a woman-doctor	four women-doctors
a doctor of philosophy	two doctors of philosophy
a passerby, a passer-by	two passersby, two passers -by