kom
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, pro.you (nonemphatic, plural).
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Examples:
> All the animals were starting to be really glad and they were somewhat comforted.
> That's a great idea.
> Droteo persuaded Maria to finally go to the police.
> He has protruding ears (lit., his ears are like wings).
> We are completely uninformed because we don't know any information (about that).
Proverbs:
> You're a flying kite, but i hold the guide string.
No matter how much you play around, you always come back to me.
> Like the man of Ngerechemai, who lost his turtle and lost his canoe.
Relates to a fisherman who jumped from his canoe to catch a turtle only to find that his canoe had drifted beyond recovery. Applies to any situation where a person fails at a task, or, aptly, to a situation where a man, through his own foolishness, loses both his wife and his mistress.
> You're just like a lobster (flambuoyant in color but prone to hide under rocks.
You dress up fancy but never go anywhere. Applicable to a person who prides himself on great wealth but does not put it to work; or to one who dresses to the hilt, then stays home. It may once have been applied to villages that were well armed, but peaceful.
> 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
> Like the blind man of Ngetmel, twisting twine into the fire.
The image is that of a blind elder, warming his frail body beside the fire while twisting strands of fiber into twine against his thigh. Only as he pulls the finished twine away, he pushes it into the flames. The saying may be applied to any utterly pointless activity or dissipation of wealth.
More Examples:
> What time am I picking you up?
> Honey, cant you pound some taro so we could eat?
> The silhouette of that woman is very attractive.
> I feel like eating burnt grated casava.
> You are like the clam of bengall, never moves an inch but always adored.

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