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:
Te
mesuub
a
ngarang?
> What are they studying?
Ngara
me
ke
di
ouchad
er
a
Siabal
er
kau?
> Why are you acting like a Japanese?
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.
Ngera
soam?
> What do you want?
Ng
diak
a
ngara
el
soal,
e
ng
di
soal
a
biang.
> He doesn't want anything but or except a beer.
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:
Me
ka
mouchais,
ngera
mla
er
ngii
er
a
kesus?
> Do tell, what happened last night?
Ng
ua
ngara
a
teletelel
a
iedel?
> What's the shape and texture of mangoes?
Ngarang
a
urerem
er
a
blim?
> What chores do you do at home?
Ng
ngara
el
suobel
a
chomosuub
er
a
skuul?
> What subjects are you studying at
Ng
ua
ngara
a
odimiu?
> How's your meat?
Ngerang, n.hamlet in Melekeok.
Ngerang
a
rengedel
a
beluu
er
a
Melekeok.
Examples:
Tilecha
ngerang?
> What is that (thing near you)?
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.
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.
Ke
melim
a
ngerang?
> What are you drinking?
More Examples:
Ngerang
me
ke
di
mengisngull?
> Why are you frowning all the time?
Ng
mo
ngerang
a
loluchel
er
a
dui?
> So what if he holds a title?
Ng
mle
ua
ngerang
a
cherellem?
> How was your labor?
Te
locha
omdasu
a
ngerang
aika
el
bderrir.
> Wonder what they are thinking.
Ngerang
a
ungil
osongel
er
a
katsudokang?
> What is good to see at the movie theaters?

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