Ngerang, n.hamlet in Melekeok.
Ngerang
a
rengedel
a
beluu
er
a
Melekeok.
Examples:
Te
di
diu
el
diak
lodengei
a
ngerang
e
leko
te
mesaod.
> They both don't know anything and yet they're trying to explain.
Tilecha
ngerang?
> What is that (thing near you)?
Tia
ngerang?
> What is this?
Se
ng
dichel
a
ngerang?
> What is that light?
Ke
melim
a
ngerang?
> What are you drinking?
More Examples:
Me
a
chomobekuk
e
ng
mo
ngerang?
> So what if you're my older brother?
Te
locha
omdasu
a
ngerang
aika
el
bderrir.
> Wonder what they are thinking.
Ngerang
me
ke
di
mengisngull?
> Why are you frowning all the time?
A
bo
lemeoud
e
ng
mo
ngerang,
ngii
di
le
mlei.
> So what if he is late, as long as he comes.
Ng
diak
el
dil
ngerang
e
moruul
er
a
lengelem.
> Don't always cry.
ngera
/ngerang
/ngarang
/ngara		, pro.what; which; what kind of; anything (but or except).
ngerang
a
ker;
ngera
ke
melekoi?
tia
ng
ngerang?
ngera
soam?
ng diak a ngerangpro.nothing.
ua ngarangpro.how.
ngera meexpr.why? for what reason?
ngera ngar ngiiexpr.what's up? what's happening?
ngera uchul meexpr.why? for what reason?
Examples:
Ng
dimlak
a
ngara
el
kulekoi.
> I didn't have anything to say.
Ng
ua
ngara
a
kldidiul
a
kerrekar?
> How high is the tree?
Ng
diak
lsoam
el
mo
er
a
mubi,
me
a
ka
lsoam
el
mo
er
a
restorangd,
e
kau
a
di
ngara
a
soam?
> You don't want to go to the movies, and you don't even want to go to the restaurant, so what do you really want to do?
Ng
ngara
a
chelitechetul
a
rubak?
> How's the old man getting on?
Ng
ngera
a
chomomes
er
a
resechal
el
omtanget
er
ngii.
> What are you watching the boys who are polishing it?
Proverbs:
Ngara
eseos
e
olengimech
el
mera
dalem.
> From the mature tree the sapling dribbles.
Eseos is a mature tree, dalm is a sapling; olengimch means to drip, drizzle, or dribble. Application is to the similarity of the child to its parents, generally its father.
More Examples:
Ng
diak
el
dil
ngerang
e
moruul
er
a
lengelem.
> Don't always cry.
Alii,
ng
ua
ngara
a
eanged
er
tilechang?
> Hello, how's the weather over there?
E
kau
a
ua
ngarang?
> And How are you?
Ng
mle
ua
ngera
kall?
> How was the food ?
Ke
mo
omechar
a
ngarang?
> What are you going to buy?

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