kom
/ko		, pro.you (nonemphatic, plural).
ko
a
kemiu;
ko
mekerang?
ko
mo
er
ker
e
sechelei?
ko
mla
mei!
Examples:
A
Droteo
me
a
Toki
a
ko
er
a
kmal
ta
a
dekelir.
> Droteo and Toki are quite close or always doing things together.
Ng
ko
er
a
bebeot
a
cheral
a
kloker
a
Hong
Kong.
> The prices for watches are pretty low in Hong Kong.
Kom
kmal
mesaul
el
orrenges
er
tia
el
subed.
> Thank you very much for your attention.
Ng
ko
er
a
bekebul
a
bung.
> It smells just like a flower.
Ke
ko
er
a
terriid
el
di
teloi
er
a
klab
e
mengerem.
> You're like the terriid bird which stays among the taro plants but goes hungry (i.e. you're surrounded by girls but can't make it with any of them).
Proverbs:
Ng
ko
er
a
olengchelel
a
eolt
er
a
Saipan.
> Like the weathervane at Saipan
This is a new idiom, probably coming into the language as a result of changes in policy whereby Saipan, in the past couple of decades, has been in and out of the Trust Territory as administered by the Department of the Interior. Application is to the indecisive or changeable leader
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.
Ke
ko
er
a
okared
el
di
ngii
el
melul
er
ngii
er
a
ngau.
> You're like a stinkbug that burns itself in the fire.
i.e., you get involved in things that may hurt you.
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
Ngiramesemong,
el
omilt
a
mla
me
e
mong.
> Like Ngiramesemong, rehashing what has been finished.
Pertains to a person who repeatedly reminds another of past favors or continually recalls the mistakes of others. (My sources no longer recalled the episode or story from which this idiom derives.)
More Examples:
Errang,
diak
el
ko
er
a
sebechem
remusech
a
belsiich
e
domengur?
> Honey, cant you pound some taro so we could eat?
Kom
kmal
mera
el
dengerodek
el
ngalek
el
mla
chidir
a
chiklel
a
belochel
me
ng
medei.
> Unruly kids that have twisted the pigeon's neck so it died.
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.
Ng
ko
er
a
ngodech
a
debechiil.
Ng
mla
mo
diak
e
di
lkau.
Ng
di
uaia
lengar
er
ngii
a
bereked
er
kau
er
a
bek
el
taem.
> It is weird being married. You're not on your own anymore. It's like something is attached to you all the time.
Kom
kaukotai
el
melimet
er
a
chert
me
lemereched
el
mo
diak
a
ngmatel.
> You all take turns bailing the boat so that it will be finished quickly.

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