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, pro.you (nonemphatic, plural).
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Examples:
> If you find something good, then remember us.
> You're not paying any attention (i.e. it's as if you were sleeping).
> You're like a starling (i.e. you do something undesirable and later deny it or make excuses about it).
> All the animals were starting to be really glad and they were somewhat comforted.
> I've finally gotten to study because Toki has left.
Proverbs:
> He's like the sea urchins between Ngiwal and Melekeok, on the ocean floor with its cover.
The sea urchin can be seen lying quietly on the lagoon floor, occasionally with a leaf like a hat covering its head. Applied to a man who acquires a wife or great wealth without working for it.
> He's like the road in Ngerebodel (which doesn't go anywhere in particular)
i.e. he's expanding a lot of effort but not getting anywhere. There was once, in the hamlet of Ngerebodl (in Koror, central Palau), reputedly a very fine boulder path which began and ended nowhere in particular. The idiom may describe a person who seems to be working hard toward no apparent objective
> You're like a stinkbug that burns itself in the fire.
i.e., you get involved in things that may hurt you.
> It's like the birth of a rat with one offspring per mother.
It's something that happens just once, something I put up with only once. According to this saying, the rat bears but one litter. Hence the application "once is enough" about an act that bears no repeating.
> Like the clouds of Mengellakl that just pile up
High points like Mengellakl in Palau sometimes create clouds as the moisture-laden air is lifted by the wind to higher cooler altitudes. This saying applies to a situation or a fad that spreads; drinking to excess.
More Examples:
> Lukes looks really weird because she is just cutting her hair and it's all messed up.
> John is really in a hurry; what's wrong?
> Where did you go last night?
> Would you clean them taros as you are closer to them.
> Be honest and say you don't want to go instead of going and then regretting it.

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