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, pro.you (nonemphatic, plural).
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Examples:
> Why are you doing mischief in you own house?
> At any rate, you (two) have a child, so you might as well get married.
> He's very good at climbing./He's always beating around the bush.
> Droteo persuaded Maria to finally go to the police.
> It's the first time it's rained in a long while.
Proverbs:
> Like lightning, a big, unnecessary noise.
Lightning rarely strikes in such a way as to cause serious damage in Palau. May be applied to any unnecessary fuss or oratory at a meeting.
> It's like when the men of Ngesias clamored over what they had lost (after a party of raiders had attacked without warning and taken a head as a trophy).
The men of the Ngesias (Peleliu) village club were sitting near their clubhouse one evening when raiders broke through the brush, shouted wildly, and excaped with the head of one of them. When they recovered their senses, the men jumped to their spears and shouted threats into the darkness of the surrounding brush. Aroused by the commotion, the village chief appeared and ,when appraised of the situation, admonished them to be quiet since the fuss would gain nothing. "Don't cry over spilt milk."
> Like the clouds of Mengellakl that just pile up
High points like Mengellakl in Palau sometimes create clouds as the moisture-laden air is lifted by the wind to higher cooler altitudes. This saying applies to a situation or a fad that spreads; drinking to excess.
> It's like eating reboiled (starchy) food.
Cooked taro will spoil in time, unless it is reboiled (blelekl). Among other applications the saying may pertain to a man who marries, separates, then returns to the same woman; also a man who returns to a former job.
> You're like a beetle that burns itself by flying into the fire.
You're always getting yourself into trouble.
More Examples:
> I am so starving.
> She looks so beautiful with her traditional grass skirt and decorations except her lips look inside out with that lipstick.
> Honey, cant you pound some taro so we could eat?
> John is taking too long and his wife is "like a decorated lobster" waiting for him.
> You are young and idiotic.

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