Grammar: B1 - ✨ Grammar Essentials: 🧩 Parts of Speech & 🏗️ Sentence Structure - Lesson 3: Defining Relative Clauses with "that" (for people/things)

Relative Clauses B1
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The "That" Bridge

ស្ពានភ្ជាប់ប្រយោគ "That"

We use "that" to connect two sentences and give essential information about a person or thing.

យើងប្រើ "that" ដើម្បីភ្ជាប់ប្រយោគពីរចូលគ្នា និងផ្តល់ព័ត៌មានចាំបាច់បន្ថែមអំពីមនុស្ស ឬវត្ថុណាមួយ។
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smartphone Connecting Things

ភ្ជាប់សម្រាប់វត្ថុ
The phone that I bought is fast.
ទូរស័ព្ទដែលខ្ញុំបានទិញគឺលឿន។
The app that I use is free.
កម្មវិធីដែលខ្ញុំប្រើគឺឥតគិតថ្លៃ។
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person Connecting People

ភ្ជាប់សម្រាប់មនុស្ស
The man that works here is friendly.
បុរសដែលធ្វើការនៅទីនេះគឺរួសរាយ។
The girl that we met is from Japan.
ក្មេងស្រីដែលពួកយើងបានជួបគឺមកពីប្រទេសជប៉ុន។
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content_cut Omitting "That"

ការលុប "That" ចោល (Advanced B1 Tip)

When "that" connects to a new Subject + Verb, we can drop it!

The movie that we saw was great.
រឿងដែលពួកយើងបានមើលគឺល្អមើលណាស់។
The food that you cooked was delicious.
ម្ហូបដែលអ្នកបានចម្អិនគឺឆ្ងាញ់ណាស់។
warning The Comma Trap!

Defining relative clauses do NOT use commas!

(ប្រយ័ត្ន! ដោយសារតែវាជាព័ត៌មានចាំបាច់ ឃ្លាបញ្ជាក់នាមនេះមិនត្រូវប្រើសញ្ញាក្បៀស (,) ទេ!)
The car, that I bought, is red. ❌
The car that I bought is red. ✅
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Quick Check ⚡

ការត្រួតពិនិត្យរហ័ស
fact_check Fill the blank
The laptop ___ is on the desk is new.
(កុំព្យូទ័រយួរដៃដែលនៅលើតុគឺថ្មី។)
gpp_maybe GRAMMAR TRAP! ❌
Which sentence is correct?
(តើប្រយោគមួយណាត្រឹមត្រូវ?)
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Can we drop "that" in this sentence?
"The shirt that you bought is nice."
(តើយើងអាចលុប "that" ចោលក្នុងប្រយោគនេះបានទេ?)
join Matching (People)
The teacher ___ helped me was very kind.
(គ្រូបង្រៀនដែលបានជួយខ្ញុំ គាត់ចិត្តល្អណាស់។)
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Mission 🎯

អនុវត្តផ្ទាល់!
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Mission 🎯

អនុវត្តផ្ទាល់!
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Mission 🎯

អនុវត្តផ្ទាល់!

Video Lesson

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Watch Teacher Sopheak explain how to link sentences smoothly using "that".

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Vireak 2 hours ago

Can I use "who" instead of "that" for people?

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Sopheak Pich Teacher 1 hour ago

Yes! For people, "who" and "that" are both correct in defining clauses. "The man who called" = "The man that called". 👨‍🏫

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Sovan 5 hours ago

Can I use "that" with commas? Like: My father, that is 50...

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Sopheak Pich Teacher 4 hours ago

No! We never use "that" after a comma in relative clauses. We must use "who" or "which" for non-defining clauses with commas. ⚠️

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