kom
/ko		, pro.you (nonemphatic, plural).
ko
a
kemiu;
ko
mekerang?
ko
mo
er
ker
e
sechelei?
ko
mla
mei!
Examples:
Ng
ko
er
a
osebek
a
dingal.
> He has protruding ears (lit., his ears are like wings).
A
chobetik
a
ungil,
e
kom
lotkid.
> If you find something good, then remember us.
Me
a
rechad
er
a
blil
me
a
beluu
a
ko
er
a
kmal
mlo
mechas
a
rengrir,
e
le
ngika
el
buik
a
kmal
mesisiich
el
diak
a
meringel
er
ngii.
> His family and the villagers were quite surprised at the boy's sudden good health and quick recovery.
Ng
ko
er
a
medal
a
temamuu.
> His or her face is ugly.
Ak
ko
el
rongesa
a
chais.
> I've just heard the news.
Proverbs:
Ng
ko
er
a
kobesos.
> Like the sea-horse worm.
The kobesos is a small eel-like creature with the head of a sea horse. It never faces another fish directly but always shies away sideways. The saying is applied to a person who is too bashful or backward in a public situation.
Ng
ko
er
a
Ngirekolik.
> Like Ngirekolik
Ngirekolik never completed a task before he ran off to do another. The name can be translated "Mr. Fruitbat," apparently in reference to the animal's eating habit
Ng
ko
er
a
blsuus
el
telebudel.
> Puffed out like a puffer fish.
A boastful person is like a puffer fish, full of air and not edible, hence not worthy of note.
Ng
ko
er
a
kim
er
a
Murael,
el
di
dengarech
e
oker
a
chais.
> She's like the clams at Murael, lying face up (and open) and asking for news.
i.e., she just sits at home asking passersby about what's going on outside. Murael is a reef near Ngerechelong where, as elsewhere in Palau, the various kinds of tradacna shell bask, open and feeding, in the shallow lagoon. The saying applies to gullibility combined with high curiosity for news and to persons who simply sit at home, letting the happenings of the community come to them via passing persons.
Ng
ko
er
a
ebedel
a
Mengellakl
el
di
mochu
meleketek.
> 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.
More Examples:
Ng
sebechek
el
olturk
e
bo
kultuil,
ng
ua
ksal
ko
er
a
mesululang.
> May I be excused and go to bed, feeling a bit sleepy.
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
diak
lsoam
el
ko
er
a
mo
ousueleb
me
a
lechub
e
ng
belsoil
er
a
ta
er
a
taem?
> Do you want to have lunch or dinner sometime?
Ng
ko
er
a
kmal
mekngit
a
eanged
e
kau
a
mengedub?
> Why are you going swimming when the weather is very bad?
Ngka
el
delal
a
bechik
a
ko
er
a
telkib
el
sesmecher.
> My mother in law is a bit under the weather.

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