diak, v.s.is/are not; does not exist; non-existent.
diak
a
bechachau;
diak
a
kall,
diak
a
udoud,
diak
a
chad
er
a
blai.
diadiakv.s.redup.
dikeang
/di kea
/di keang
/dikea		v.s.inch.no longer; no more; not... after all.
di
keang
a
mla
er
ngii
e
mla
mo
diak,
udoud
a
di
keang.
dimlakv.s.pastwere not; did not exist; was/were non-existent.
dimlak
a
di
mla
diak,
dimlak
le
medung
er
a
cheldecheduch,
dimlak
rengesii,
dimlak
lemei.
ng diakmod.no.
ngdiakcont.ng diak
diak a rengulexpr.inconsiderate; impolite.
mo diakexpr.run out; stop; disappear; become non-existent.
Examples:
Te
ko
er
a
ngemokel
el
bilis
el
diak
leturk
a
nglemekelel.
> They are like greedy dogs that never get enough.
A
blik
a
di
kea
lengar
er
sei.
> My house is no longer located here.
Ng
kesib
a
rengrir
e
le
a
remeklou
el
chad
a
di
melekoi
e
ng
diak
el
loruul.
> They are angry because the adults are all talk and no action.
Ng
llach
er
a
skull
el
diak
dolamech.
> It is the rule of the school that we cannot smoke.
A
rechad
ra
llach
a
mo
tames
el
mesmechokl
a
rokui
meng
diak
el
bo
ra
keras.
> The attorneys will attempt at a settlement to avoid trial.
Proverbs:
Ke
ko
er
a
otaor
el
di
omtitechakl
el
diak
a
blil.
> You're like a floating log without a resting place.
You have no fixed abode.
A
ralm
a
diak
locheraol.
> Water is without cost.
Palauans bathe frequently; many will not miss a daily bath if at all possible. Bathing places are usually widened areas, natural or artificial (some elaborately paved with stone) in fresh-water streams. The phrase simply reminds another, probably a reluctant child, that he should bathe.
Kmakm
mechab:
charm
er
a
chab
el
kmeed
er
a
ngau
e
diak
lemedul.
> Like the insects which stays at ashes of fire but doesn't burn.
You're near a situation which needs immediate attention but you don't lend a hand.
Ng
okouik
me
ng
obached,
e
a
lokouim
eng
diak
lobached.
> If it is my lunch it can be divided, if it is yours then it cannot
Two men habitually trapped fish in the same region of the lagoon. One would occasionally ask the other to join him at lunch, the other would always refuse. One day the man who refused arrived with no lunch. When the usual invitation was extended the man refused, saying that, anyway, he had no lunch. The invitation was insistently pressed until the reluctant one gave in. As they split the taro between them the one who shared made the above statement. The idiom is a mild rebuke of a retentive person
Ke
ko
er
a
bisech
er
a
bai
el
dechor
er
a
rebai
e
diak
dousbech
er
ngii.
> You're like the bisech plant in the backyard which has no purpose.
A person who isn't trusted so he/she is not needed.
More Examples:
Ng
diak,
ng
diak
lsebechem
el
longir
a
babilengek.
> No, you can't borrow by book.
Ng
diak
longerechir
er
kid
el
mo
meruul
er
a
tekoi
el
diak
lesebeched
el
rullii.
> He does not ask us to do the impossible.
A
rechad
el
milluches
aika
el
hong
a
dimlak
a
ungil
losisecheklir
me
ng
betok
a
chelebireklel.
> People who wrote these books didn't have enough experience or teachings so there are some mistakes.
Ak
ulemekall
er
a
mlai
e
a
rebulis
a
mdechemak
e
le
ng
diak
a
lisens
er
ngak.
> I was driving a car and the police caught me because I don't have a license.
Diak
ka
mongebelung.
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