me a, conj.and.
macont.me a
makcont.me ak
makicont.me aki
meconj.and.
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Examples:
> He's just a child, so don't listen to what he says.
> The building in Ngerchemai burned down by itself.
> As the days went by, Fern became a happier and happier.
> Let me study.
> Everytime We come here, you ridicule us. Am I your inferior?
Proverbs:
> 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.
> The heart and assessment.
This might better be translated, "Assessment with knowledge." The mind or head is thought to be the locus of knowledge in Palau, but such knowledge is made useful or is measured with the heart (reng). Chodab, in this context, would appear to mean "to take stock of" or "to measure." In essence, then, the phrase cautions one who seems on the point of making a rash decision to temper his thoughts with his heart.
> I receive it and you ask for it?
A man asks for and receives that which he needs from a second party. A third party, learning of this, asks the first party for it. Used as implied or generally about any unreasonable request
> He's like Ngerechebal Island, which is neither closer to Imeliik nor closer to Ngerekebesang.
i.e. He's indecisive or not clearly taking sides. A person who is "on the fence," changeable and indecisive. The saying may also be applied to a partly westernized Palauan.
> Without looking afield, it was cut down behind the house.
From the folk tale concerning Mesubed Dingal, the inventor of the Palauan kite (see also No. 73). After his wife had been kidnapped, he constructed a kite using feathers from all the birds of Palau and he needed also wood from an Edebsungel tree to fashion the body of the bird-kite. After looking all over Palau and being on the point of giving up, he found the tree he needed behind his own house. The saying may be applied to anyone who does things the hard way, or who goes far afield to find something which is close at hand.
More Examples:
> I have to go or I'll be late.
> I would like to eat grilled ume and taro.
> John was facing towards his wife during the ceremony.
> Can you come closer to me?
>
omeng, v.t.put hand over (mouth; nose; etc.); put (mouth; face) against; put (mouth) on opening of bottle; stop up (bottle).
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mla
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mengii
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v.pf.3s
milengiiv.pf.3s.past
mengv.pf.3p.inan.
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milengv.pf.3p.inan.past
bengoelv.a.s.is to be covered with hand; is to be stopped up.
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bleng
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v.r.s.covered with hand; stopped up.
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Examples:
> He's so busy playing around that his responsibilities are neglected.
> The attorneys will attempt at a settlement to avoid trial.
> She's an amazing cook that she doesn't even need anyone to try the food she makes.
> Be careful so you do not break the cup.
> It's as if I live somewhere so far away that I don't know what's going on.
Proverbs:
> Destroying his money.
Marriage within the clan, generally considered incestuous, limits the value of the food-money exchange, since the materials simply change hands within the same clan group. A man so married is criticized as having destroyed his source of wealth.
> With persistence the village of Ngersuul was maintained
When the men's clubs of Koror could not proceed as far as Melekeiok, a major village to the north that stood in political balance with Koror, the clubs would often stop over at Ngersuul and sack the small village. Yet the people of Ngersuul, over and over defeated, clung to their village and persisted through history. (Sometimes the village of Angaur is used, with a similar meaning, in place of Ngersuul.) The saying may be applied to the harried individual who is about to give up a task because of repeated failure.
More Examples:
> I fell on the stone path and cracked my head.
> I like this child because he's/she's very polite.
> Why are Ngerkumer's eyes blinking so much?
> The wind got so strong that it broke down the chicken house / cage.

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