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mak

, n., [From German]

fifty cents.
mak a tedobech er a chimo el kluk $1.00; mak a okeim el sengs.

me a

, conj.

and.

ma

cont.

me a

mak

cont.

me ak

maki

cont.

me aki

me

conj.

and.
me a omech a tekoi; kau me ngak me ngii, Calista me tir a mong.

meng

cont.

me ng

Examples:

Te ultirii me ng obekall el tmuu er a chereomel.

> They chased him so he was driven into the jungle.

Se el sekum ng diak lsoam, e ng diak mdu er ngak me kuruul er ngii.

> If you don't like it, then don't tell me to do it.

Ke mekdechar a rengum me ke lomelemii a skulem.

> Be firm in your resolve to finish your schooling.

Ak mle smecher me ng dimlak kbo er a skuul.

> I was sick, so I didn't go to school.

Ng techa me a techa a ulebengkem el mo er a chei?

> Who (pl.) went fishing with you?

Proverbs:

Mengar me a mecherocher.

> Bitter and salty.

The strategy of "doing things the hard way." When alternatives are available, the appropriate choice is the more difficult one. In voice, expression, and action there is a positive accent on personal ability.

Ng kora bechars er a Ngerdobotar, el di kiei me ng chelengang

> Like the cockroach of Ngerdobotar, staying on till it became white.

Presumably if a cockroach remains in the darkness for a long time, as one at Ngerdobotar (in Aimeliik) apparently did, it will turn white. Application pertains to a visitor who stays on and on, especially one who is not helpful in the household. Such behavior is not properly human; the person is somehow different, like a white cockroach.

Ngak a ngit me kau a ngoi?

> I receive it and you ask for it?

A man asks for and receives that which he needs from a second party. A third party, learning of this, asks the first party for it. Used as implied or generally about any unreasonable request

Tia di ngii mak terrob ra Mekaeb

> It's as if I've submerged my head into Mekaeb (the channel between Peleliu and Agaur).

A term to describe a dish that is really salty.

Ak meruul me kau er a terudel?

> I build it and you destroy it?

May be applied to a person who feels his aims or projects are being destroyed by the actions of another.

More Examples:

Aki mlo er a chelbacheb ngak me a rechad er a blil a bechik.

> We went to the rock island with my wife's family.

Di cheloit a sersek me ng kmal klungang a emull er ngii. Ng kirel nglemull.

> My garden has been neglected and has become badly overgrown. It needs to be cleared.

Ak bai mlo er a chei ngak me a demak er a elii.

> I went fishing with my dad yesterday.

A delal a mesesuau me ng kmal di ua ingii.

> Her mother is an idiot and she is just like her.

Me ka mouchais, ngera mla er ngii er a kesus?

> Do tell, what happened last night?

omak

, v.t.

anchor, tie up; make (relationship between people) closer, (plant) send out (roots) into soil.
omak a loia okul; orebetii a ouak, mekur a bilis; omak a ert.

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