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
me
ke
di
mekekokau
el
merael?
> Why are you walking so slowly?
Ng
ua
ngara
a
ultikillel
a
bilsengem?
> How many passengers can your boat carry?/What's the capacity of your boat?
Ngka
a
sebiil
a
btil,
el
diak
a
ngera
el
lodengei.
> He's young and unexperienced (lit. his buttocks are covered with sores) and doesn't know anything.
Ng
ngera
a
nger
er
kau?
> What is your answer?
Ngara
a
chedum?
> What's your religion?/What god do you worship?
More Examples:
E
a
eanged
er
tilechang
a
ua
ngarang?
> And how is the weather over there?
Ng
ua
ngara
a
chasi
er
a
iedel?
> What does mango taste like?
Ng
ngara
a
urerel
a
kotsio
sensei?
> What is the job of a school principal or president?
Ng
ngara
el
rodech
a
soam?
> Which fruit do you like?
Ng
mo
ngerang
a
lemechut,
ng
sebechek
el
oubail
er
ngii.
> So what if it's old; I can still wear it.
Ngerang, n.hamlet in Melekeok.
Ngerang
a
rengedel
a
beluu
er
a
Melekeok.
Examples:
Tia
ngerang?
> What is this?
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.
Se
ng
dichel
a
ngerang?
> What is that light?
Tilecha
ngerang?
> What is that (thing near you)?
Ng
di
ngii
me
ak
kiei
er
a
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:
Tiang
ngerang
el
beldoel
er
ngii?
Ng
dekool,
ng
diak
lboes.
> What is in your hand? It is a cigarette, not gun.
Ng
mle
ua
ngerang
a
cherellem?
> How was your labor?
Ng
diak
el
dil
ngerang
e
moruul
er
a
lengelem.
> Don't always cry.
Aika
el
medam
e
Ngerkumer
ngerang
meng
di
ombesisebusech?
> Why are Ngerkumer's eyes blinking so much?
Ke
kmu
el
mo
ngerang?
> What do you say?

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