kom
/ko		, pro.you (nonemphatic, plural).
ko
a
kemiu;
ko
mekerang?
ko
mo
er
ker
e
sechelei?
ko
mla
mei!
Examples:
A
chobetik
a
ungil,
e
kom
lotkid.
> If you find something good, then remember us.
Ng
ko
er
a
medal
a
temamuu.
> His or her face is ugly.
Ng
ko
er
a
osebek
a
dingal.
> He has protruding ears (lit., his ears are like wings).
A
rengul
a
Droteo
ng
ko
er
a
kebelu
a
Toki.
> Droteo has the idea that Toki is a little crazy.
Ng
ko
er
a
diak
dekled.
> We have no direction or organization.
Proverbs:
Ng
ko
er
a
kobesos.
> Like the sea-horse worm.
The kobesos is a small eel-like creature with the head of a sea horse. It never faces another fish directly but always shies away sideways. The saying is applied to a person who is too bashful or backward in a public situation.
Ke
ko
er
a
rubak
er
a
Ngerechelong
el
omtab
er
a
bngel
er
a
eabed.
> You're like the old man of Ngerechelong who uses a cloud to mark the location of his fishtrap.
i.e. you depend too much on people who are unreliable.
Ng
ko
er
a
Ngirekolik.
> Like Ngirekolik
Ngirekolik never completed a task before he ran off to do another. The name can be translated "Mr. Fruitbat," apparently in reference to the animal's eating habit
Ng
ko
er
a
mur
er
a
Ngchesar,
el
di
klukuk
el
di
klukuk.
> It's like the feast of Ngchesar, postponed till tomorrow, then the next, and forever.
You keep saying tomorrow, tomorrow. You're lucky there's a tomorrow. Presumably, in the past the village of Ngchesar in central Palau tried and tried again to schedule a mur, the largest, villagewide feast conducted in Palau. But for various reasons the feast was forever postponed. The saying applies to the risk of procrastination.
Ng
ko
er
a
iubet
er
a
keburs.
> Like the core of the mangrove log.
The core of the mangrove tree (keburs) has the interesting quality of being quite soft and workable when green, but very hard and durable when dried. Hence, a person of old age, especially a high-titled elder; one who has reached great age. Wider applications include a long-standing tradition; a long-term employee.
More Examples:
Ak
mera
el
ko
er
a
songerenger.
> I am so starving.
Kom
kaukotai
el
melimet
er
a
chert
me
lemereched
el
mo
diak
a
ngmatel.
> You all take turns bailing the boat so that it will be finished quickly.
Aika
bilem
el
ilengkai
e
le
ke
ko
er
a
nguis
el
ullengui.
> Your clothes are piled up like you're a snake shedding its skin.
Ng
ko
er
a
kmal
mekngit
a
eanged
e
kau
a
mengedub?
> Why are you going swimming when the weather is very bad?
Ngka
el
John
el
ko
er
a
di
ua
chelideuid;
ngera
telemall?
> John is really in a hurry; what's wrong?

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