kom
/ko		, pro.you (nonemphatic, plural).
ko
a
kemiu;
ko
mekerang?
ko
mo
er
ker
e
sechelei?
ko
mla
mei!
Examples:
Kom
ngar
er
a
titai?
> Are you going by car?
Ng
ko
er
a
bebeot
a
cheral
a
kloker
a
Hong
Kong.
> The prices for watches are pretty low in Hong Kong.
A
ngerel
a
Droteo
a
ko
er
a
ngerel
a
tungch.
> Droteo's mouth is small and narrow (like that of a trigger fish).
Ng
ko
er
a
osechel
a
mengur
el
di
ngar
er
a
milkolk
el
mo
er
a
milkolk.
> It's like coconut juice that goes from the dark (of the inside of coconut) to the dark (of the inside of the drinker's mouth). - i.e. It's a matter kept secret or something whose source and use are unknown.
Ng
ko
er
a
medal
a
temamuu.
> His or her face is ugly.
Proverbs:
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.
A
rengalek
el
sechal
a
di
mekekerei
e
ko
er
a
mersaod
el
melbard
er
ter
er
a
btil
a
ralm.
> A male child, though small, is yet like a small barracuda that braces against the flowing stream.
The small barracuda (mersaod, a small ai) can be seen bracing, without apparent motion, against the stream, usually where fresh water flows into the lagoon, or where tide water runs off the reef, until suddenly it dashes into the stream to grab a small fish. Then it retreats once more to its place of watchfulness. This watchful, quiet, reserved, almost crafty approach to life is much admired, and parents will encourage their male children with this saying.
Ng
ko
er
a
Tangerekoi.
> Like Tangerekoi
The tangerekoi is a portion of the rafters of a club or community hall that serves as a shelf (rekoi). It is also the name of a demigod ranking with several figures who are mentioned in the origin legends. The idiom refers to the multiple functions of the tangerekoi (even as rafters, or shelf), as resembling the work of a woman's world. When a person is already busy and is asked to take on another task, he may say: "Who do you think I am, Tangerekoi?
Ng
ko
er
a
chellel
ongos
el
di
mengeleu
e
tmat
a
deluus.
> Like eastern showers from white clouds, still the raincoat is ripped
During the months of the east wind, During the months of the east wind, roughly January through June, rain often comes from innocent-looking white cloud and is accompanied by brief gusts of wind strong enough to tear the traditional betel-nut-spathe raincoat; hence, an opponent whose strength is greater than anticipated.
Ng
ko
er
a
Chelebesoi
er
a
Ngeriil
el
mad
er
a
diak
lebngel.
> He's like Chelebesoi of Ngeriil, dead in a fishtrap not his own.
A man named Chelebesoi (also the name of a fish) was robbing another man's fish trap when a head-hunting party came by and removed his head. He lost both his head and his reputation. The idiom may apply to one who gets hurt while trying to do someone else's job.
More Examples:
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?
Ke
mera
el
ko
er
a
aika
el
bidabd
el
diak
a
bo
tab
er
ngii.
> You're like the jellyfish that do not have a destination.
Locha
sebeched
el
kmo
te
ko
er
a
aika
el
iwashi
diak
a
bdelul
e
seluk
er
a
beached.
> We can say they're like sardines without heads in a can.
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.
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.

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