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:
Se
ng
dichel
a
ngerang?
> What is that light?
Ng
ua
ngarang?
> How is it?
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.
Ngara
me
ke
di
oungalek
er
kau?
> Why are you acting like a child?
Ng
ngera
a
uchul
me
ng
di
mle
kau
el
tang
el
me
er
tiang?
> Why did you come here all by yourself?
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
sensei?
> What is the job of a teacher?
Altang
kuk
ngara
chung
er
kid.
> Maybe it's just our destiny.
Ngera
uldesuem
er
tia
el
sengkio?
> what are your thoughts about the upcoming election?
Se
ngarang?
> What's that?
Ng
diak
el
dil
ngerang
e
moruul
er
a
lengelem.
> Don't always cry.
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.
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.
Tilecha
ngerang?
> What is that (thing near you)?
Ke
melim
a
ngerang?
> What are you drinking?
More Examples:
Ngerang
a
ungil
osongel
er
a
katsudokang?
> What is good to see at the movie theaters?
Ke
kmu
el
mo
ngerang?
> What do you say?
Aika
el
medam
e
Ngerkumer
ngerang
meng
di
ombesisebusech?
> Why are Ngerkumer's eyes blinking so much?
Te
locha
omdasu
a
ngerang
aika
el
bderrir.
> Wonder what they are thinking.
Ng
diak
el
dil
ngerang
e
moruul
er
a
lengelem.
> Don't always cry.

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