mei
/me		, v.i.come; arrive.
mei a okedongel a chad; mei er tiei, mei me kulekoi, ka mei.
bev.imp.be a ta er a telengtengil a tekoi el mengai er a tekoi el mei; be bong, be metengel.
blev.past.hypothetical
meracont.mei er a
merekung
/merkung		v.i.pred.is about to come or arrive.
mermang
/meremang		v.inch.meremang a merael mei; ngar er a omerolel el mei; dumiang er a dmuil.
mlei
/mle		v.pastcame; arrived.
mlei a mla mei me ngar tiang; skoki a mlei er a tutau.
mle a melekoi er a rrekui; Bung a mle tmuu; ng mle mekerang?
mleracont.mlei er a
be kbongexpr.goodbye; I'm leaving.
me e mongexpr.pass by; go on; "(in a direction) towards me and then keep going (past me)."
nguu el meiexpr.bring.
ta el buil er mla me e mongexpr.one month ago.
Examples:
Kau me ngak a mo er a stoang.
> You and I will go to the store.
A bechik a mle smecher.
> My wife was sick.
Ng mle teloi er tir.
> He was one of them.
A Droteo a mle er a elii, adang diak?
> Droteo arrived yesterday, didn't he?
Ak millebedebek el kmo a Toki a me er a klas, e ng di dimlak lemei.
> I was thinking or expecting that Toki would come to class, but she didn't come.
Proverbs:
Ng ko er a ibuchel er a Ngemai el di kiei me a dekedekel.
> He's like the sea urchins between Ngiwal and Melekeok, on the ocean floor with its cover.
The sea urchin can be seen lying quietly on the lagoon floor, occasionally with a leaf like a hat covering its head. Applied to a man who acquires a wife or great wealth without working for it.
Ke mera el di medochii el rouar.
> You grab and then you pick it up.
Like telling a joke, you're still telling it yet you laugh like you just heard it.
Kau, ke ngelekel a Redechor, me ke di dechor?
> Are you the son of Redechor
is that why you're standing around so much?
Ng ko er a Ngerechebal, el ka lsingd er a Imeliik me a ka lsingd er a Ngerekebesang.
> He's like Ngerechebal Island, which is neither closer to Imeliik nor closer to Ngerekebesang.
i.e. He's indecisive or not clearly taking sides. A person who is "on the fence," changeable and indecisive. The saying may also be applied to a partly westernized Palauan.
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:
Ngerang a sebechem el rullii er a delengcheklem me ng mo diak msal kurusii?
> What can you do in your household that would help relieve your stress?
Ngak me a rebebil er ngak a ulengeseu er okdemelam er a bebil er a udoud er a mechesengul a bechil.
> My cousins and I helped with some money for my uncle's wife.
A rubak a mle belsibs a dingerir.
> Old men had their ears pierced.
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.
Kau ka mchilt a keled el blauang er a tsiam me a batabinats.
> Fix us some jelly sandwichesand peanut butter.
sekkak, v.i., [From Japanese] go to special effort or trouble for; make a point of.
sekkak el meiyou went to all the trouble to come here
Examples:
A Toki a kmal sekkak el mengetmokl er a blil el kirel a party, e dimlak a chad el mong.
> Toki made a special effort to fix up her place for a party, but not a single person came.
Ak kmal sekkak el me el melai er kau, e kau a chetim.
> I've gone to all this trouble to come and get you, and (now) you don't want (to go).

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