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/sei
/isei		, pro.that object far from speaker and far from listener.
sei a melutk er a cheroid er a mengedecheduch; ngar sei; diak el tiang; sei er a mong a skuul.
se elconj.when (in the future); whenever.
se el sekumconj.if (used in negative sentences).
selcont.se el
er se er aexpr.when (in the past).
er se er a Sebadongexpr.last Saturday.
er se er a taem er a mekemadexpr.during the war.
er seiexpr.over there; in that place.
mekera iseiexpr.[used to refer to a method of doing something that the speaker has forgotten.]
ngera iseiexpr.thingamajig; thingamabob; whatchamacallit. [used to refer to something whose name the speaker has forgotten.]
se di kauexpr.it's up to you.
se el soamexpr.whatever you want; it's up to you.
se el tebelexpr.that table (over there).
se er aexpr.conj. when (in the past).
tela iseiexpr.[used to refer to a number that the speaker has forgotten.]
tia iseiexpr.what's-his-name; what's-her-name. [Used to refer to someone whose name the speaker has forgotten.]
Examples:
Bo mkodir se el kob er a bebul a tebel; a John a mlo kmedii a kob er a bebul a tebel; a John a kiledir a kob er a bebul a tebel.
> Put the cup on the table; John was putting the cup on the table (just now, recently); John put the cup on the table (yesterday, a week ago, etc.).
Ak mo kolii se el ringngo me aike el tuu.
> I am going to eat up that apple and those bananas.
Ng kedorem se el bad.
> That stone is sharp.
A lsekum te ngar er ngii a remo 50 el melemalt el chad el ngar er se el beluu, e ...
> If there are fifty innocent people in the city, then ...
Ng sebechek el mo ngmai a betotek er sel llemau.
> I can dive and pick up something in the bottom of the blue deep ocean.
Proverbs:
Sel obutk a medak.
> When my eyes are closed.
When one dies the eyes are "closed"; hence, to be dead. The term for "death" is mad as is the term for "eye," (mad; madak: "my eye"). Some sources suggest that the term for death refers to the closed eyes of a dead person.
Ng kora terib sel a daub. (Ng kora teriobs)
> Like the foam of the ocean. (Like sea foam.)
Some things, like sea foam, drift on without settlement. Endless discussion without reaching agreement.
More Examples:
Ng locha bai kirel el lmuut el mo er ngii a bul er a beluu e meruul a skoki el di me soiseb se el mellomes el ua ngar e mong.
> I think there should be a curfew on land and have flights only come in during the day like before.
Ak mera el mo oureng er a demak me a delak se el bebil er a taem.
> Sometimes, i really miss my father and mother.
Ng soam el ngmai bebil er aika el kall se el bo mrei?
> Do you want to take some of these food home when you leave?
Ng locha ungil a cheliuir se el klebesei.
> Bet they sleep in peace at night.
Tiang ngera isei el leko kuker er ngii?
> What was it that I wanted to ask?
telang
/tela		, pro.how many; how much; to what degree?
telang a keril a ildois; tela rekim? tela ududem? mla mo telang?
See also:
Synonyms:
Examples:
Te tela a resechelim?
> How many friends do you have?
Ng tela a ocherengel a lius?
> How many coconuts are there?
Ng tela a cheral?
> How much does it cost?
Ng tela a iltekngel a lisem?
> How many coconuts do you have?
Ng locha bekord el tela a rekil a rubak.
> I wonder what the approximate age of the old man may be.
More Examples:
Ke mo er a Belau el tela el sandei?
> How long will you be in Palau?
Aki ko oltak er kau er a tela el klok?.
> What time am I picking you up?
Ng tela a dengua er kau?
> What's your phone number?
Tela el klok a skoki er a ongeim el ureor?
> What time is the airplane coming on Friday?
Tela el klok e a makit a omuchel?
> What time does the market open?

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