mei
/me		, v.i.come; arrive.
mei
a
okedongel
a
chad;
mei
er
tiei,
mei
me
kulekoi,
ka
mei.
bev.imp.
be
a
ta
er
a
telengtengil
a
tekoi
el
mengai
er
a
tekoi
el
mei;
be
bong,
be
metengel.
blev.s.hypo.
meracont.mei er a
merekung
/merkung		v.i.pred.is about to come or arrive.
mermang
/meremang		v.inch.
meremang
a
merael
mei;
ngar
er
a
omerolel
el
mei;
dumiang
er
a
dmuil.
mlei
/mle		v.pastcame; arrived.
mlei
a
mla
mei
me
ngar
tiang;
skoki
a
mlei
er
a
tutau.

mle
a
melekoi
er
a
rrekui;
Bung
a
mle
tmuu;
ng
mle
mekerang?
mleracont.mlei er a
be kbongexpr.goodbye; I'm leaving.
me e mong
/memong		expr.pass by; go on; "(in a direction) towards me and then keep going (past me)."
nguu el meiexpr.bring.
ta el buil er mla me e mongexpr.one month ago.
Examples:
E
solae
ng
mlo
er
ngii
a
bosech
er
a
Ekipten
el
rokir
me
a
Kanaan
el
rokir,
el
mlo
uchul
a
klou
el
ringel.
> Then a famine struck all Egypt and Canaan, bringing great suffering.
Ngara
me
ke
di
mekekokau
el
merael?
> Why are you walking so slowly?
Ng
mle
smengt
a
ulolel
tia
el
skuul.
> This school had a cement floor.
A
blik
a
ngar
er
a
delongelel
a
blil
a
Toki
me
a
Droteo.
> My house is located between Toki's house and Droteo's house.
Ngii
el
siseball
a
di
mle
ngii
el
mengai
a
chesmerel.
> The gate opened for them by itself.
Proverbs:
Ng
ko
er
a
remechas
el
kerekikl
er
a
klukl
me
a
rames.
> Like an old woman who is cautious about coughing and breaking wind.
Among elderly women, it seems, coughing sometimes produces the unwanted effect of breaking wind. The idiom may be applied to any action that might produce an undesirable side effect, such as a hasty decision at a political meeting. As a caution, it suggests the need for leaders to consider all the consequences.
Ng
ko
er
a
Ngiramesemong,
el
omilt
a
mla
me
e
mong.
> Like Ngiramesemong, rehashing what has been finished.
Pertains to a person who repeatedly reminds another of past favors or continually recalls the mistakes of others. (My sources no longer recalled the episode or story from which this idiom derives.)
Ke
mera
el
ngelekel
a
ulled.
> Really a child of the back.
A child (sometimes an adult) that behaves well whether its parents are present or not; a child that is good when one's back is turned.
Mengar
me
a
mecherocher.
> Bitter and salty.
The strategy of "doing things the hard way." When alternatives are available, the appropriate choice is the more difficult one. In voice, expression, and action there is a positive accent on personal ability.
Ak
meruul
me
kau
er
a
terudel?
> I build it and you destroy it?
May be applied to a person who feels his aims or projects are being destroyed by the actions of another.
More Examples:
Tirka
el
mengeteklel
a
beluad
a
mera
el
diak
lodengei
a
rengrir.
> Our leaders just don't have any compassion.
A
sensei
er
ngak
er
a
ongak
a
mera
el
meduch
el
oukita.
> My music teacher really is good in playing guitar.
Ng
telitur
er
ngak
me
ng
dimlak
lesebechek
el
lomelemii
ngii
el
deluill.
> My lack of experience prevented me from maintaining any relationships.
chuleku
me
ak
mo
er
se
el
ings
>
Ke
mera
el
churusai!
> You're so annoying!
sekkak, v.i., [From Japanese] go to special effort or trouble for; make a point of.
sekkak el meiyou went to all the trouble to come here
Examples:
A
Toki
a
kmal
sekkak
el
mengetmokl
er
a
blil
el
kirel
a
party,
e
dimlak
a
chad
el
mong.
> Toki made a special effort to fix up her place for a party, but not a single person came.
Ak
kmal
sekkak
el
me
el
melai
er
kau,
e
kau
a
chetim.
> I've gone to all this trouble to come and get you, and (now) you don't want (to go).

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