kom
/ko		, pro.you (nonemphatic, plural).
ko
a
kemiu;
ko
mekerang?
ko
mo
er
ker
e
sechelei?
ko
mla
mei!
Examples:
A
chobetik
a
ungil,
e
kom
lotkid.
> If you find something good, then remember us.
Ke
ko
er
a
melecholb
el
terriid.
> You take a shower really fast.
Kom
mla
mo
meteet?
> Are you already rich?
Ng
ko
el
ta
el
leme
chull.
> It's the first time it's rained in a long while.
Ng
ko
er
a
diak
dekled.
> We have no direction or organization.
Proverbs:
Kom
chameiu
el
blai.
> You're getting involved with someone too closely related.
Possibly derived from an incident in which a coconut syrup maker was incestuously involved with his wife's sister.
Ke
ko
er
a
sechou
el
suebek
e
mekebekabes
ochil.
> You're like the stork which flies with its legs dangling.
You leave unfinished business behind and split.
Ke
ko
er
a
kedam
el
suebek
e
ak
di
oba
okum.
> You're a flying kite, but i hold the guide string.
No matter how much you play around, you always come back to me.
Ng
ko
er
a
ngklel
a
bai
er
a
Chol:
a
Medederiik
> Like the name of the bai at Chol: "Empty."
A bai in the northern community of Chol is (or once was) called Medederiik, meaning "deserted" or "empty." The idiom may apply to a person without possessions, a poor man.
Ng
ko
er
a
bekerurt
el
chebis
el
di
ruebet
e
melalem.
> He's like a good (lit. fast) top that steadies itself soon after touching the ground.
i.e. he understands or learns quickly. In Palau the top is spun in the air and dropped to the ground where it usually wobbles for a spell before it becomes "planted" or stable. The better the top, the less the wobble. A statement that is right to the point, or a decisive and good decision, is like a good top. The idiom may be applied to a person who is quick to get the point or learn a new skill.
More Examples:
Kom
di
belsiochel
e
kemam
a
ngar
er
tiang
el
menga
tungd.
> You all are so pretentious and fancy and meanwhile we are just eating scrap.
Ng
ko
er
a
mererengang
tia
el
eanged
me
a
kuk
mocha
metetermokl
er
a
uldesuek
el
kirem.
> As the sky turns red I am perplexed about my thoughts for you.
Kmal
meoud
a
John
e
a
bechil
a
ko
er
a
belsiochel
el
cherabrukl
el
mengiil
er
ngii.
> John is taking too long and his wife is "like a decorated lobster" waiting for him.
Aika
bilem
el
ilengkai
e
le
ke
ko
er
a
nguis
el
ullengui.
> Your clothes are piled up like you're a snake shedding its skin.
Ke
mera
el
ko
er
a
aika
el
char
er
a
Kosiil!
> You are so like them seaweeds at Kosiil!

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