Ngerang, n.hamlet in Melekeok.
Ngerang
a
rengedel
a
beluu
er
a
Melekeok.
Examples:
Te
di
diu
el
diak
lodengei
a
ngerang
e
leko
te
mesaod.
> They both don't know anything and yet they're trying to explain.
Tilecha
ngerang?
> What is that (thing near you)?
Ke
melim
a
ngerang?
> What are you drinking?
Se
ng
dichel
a
ngerang?
> What is that light?
Ng
di
ngii
mak
kiei
ra
iemoch
meng
uoi
diak
kudengei
a
ngerang.
> It's as if I live somewhere so far away that I don't know what's going on.
More Examples:
Ng
ua
ngerang
a
bedengel
a
mlim?
Ng
mellemau
adang
ng
bekerkard?
> What is the color of your car? is it blue? or is it red?
Tia
el
siasing
er
kau
el
ngar
er
a
chelbacheb,
tiang
ngerang
el
dengchokl
er
ngii?
Ng
brer
me
a
lechub
e
ng
totang?
> Your picture at the rock island, what are you sitting on? Is it bamboo raft or tin canoe?
Ng
mle
ua
ngerang
a
cherellem?
> How was your labor?
A
bo
lemeoud
e
ng
mo
ngerang,
ngii
di
le
mlei.
> So what if he is late, as long as he comes.
Ng
mo
ngerang
a
lemechut,
ng
sebechek
el
oubail
er
ngii.
> So what if it's old; I can still wear it.
ngera
/ngerang
/ngarang
/ngara		, pro.what; which; what kind of; anything (but or except).
ngerang
a
ker;
ngera
ke
melekoi?
tia
ng
ngerang?
ngera
soam?
ng diak a ngerangpro.nothing.
ua ngarangpro.how.
ngera meexpr.why? for what reason?
ngera ngar ngiiexpr.what's up? what's happening?
ngera uchul meexpr.why? for what reason?
Examples:
Ngara
a
chimi
er
a
ailecha
el
tekingem?
> What do you mean by that?
Ngara
el
mubi
a
chobo
momes
er
ngii?
> What kind of movie are you going to see?
Ngara
reched?
> What's the hurry?
Ngera
me
ke
di
mesumech
e
dmanges?
> Why do you ask me to give (someone) a message for you and then come yourself?
Ng
ngera
a
nger
er
kau?
> What is your answer?
Proverbs:
Ngara
eseos
e
olengimech
el
mera
dalem.
> From the mature tree the sapling dribbles.
Eseos is a mature tree, dalm is a sapling; olengimch means to drip, drizzle, or dribble. Application is to the similarity of the child to its parents, generally its father.
More Examples:
Ng
ngara
a
urerel
a
melechesel
a
skuul?
> What is the job of a school secretary?
Ng
ua
ngara
omelechesel
tia
el
tekoi?
> How do you spell or write this word?
Ng
mle
ua
ngara
siou?
> How was the movie?
Ng
ngarang
a
ngar
er
a
bebul
 a
tebel
> What is on the table or desk?
Ng
diak
el
dil
ngerang
e
moruul
er
a
lengelem.
> Don't always cry.

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