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:
Te mle meched a rengrir a remerael er a chelsel a bebil el sikang.
> The travelers were thirsty in a few hours.
A eanged a ungia me dorael.
> The weather's improving, so let's go.
A sensei a mle harau a blals.
> The teacher paid the fine.
A Droteo a di kea lungil el omengur me a ka lungil el mechiuaiu.
> Droteo can neither eat nor sleep well any more.
Ng di mochu e me a telil.
> He's breathing heavily or gasping for breath (from exhaustion).
Proverbs:
A uel el kuk meremang el me omeklatk me ng mo uchul a klengitereng
> When the purple swamp hen appears, it brings remembrance
There is a song (Oumachas) from which this saying derives: Once there was a young couple who made love in a secluded spot in the taro garden. While they were lying together a purple swamp hen darted out of the brush startling the couple. Eventually love cooled, but thereafter whenever the girl saw a purple swamp hen while she worked in the gardens, she recalled her lover. Hence any occurrence that brings back fond memories.
Ke ko er a kuaol el sbungel er bab me iou.
> You're like a fish bait which can be eaten or pecked from the top and bottom.
You don't know what to do coz chores keep coming in from left and right.
A rengud me chodab.
> The heart and assessment.
This might better be translated, "Assessment with knowledge." The mind or head is thought to be the locus of knowledge in Palau, but such knowledge is made useful or is measured with the heart (reng). Chodab, in this context, would appear to mean "to take stock of" or "to measure." In essence, then, the phrase cautions one who seems on the point of making a rash decision to temper his thoughts with his heart.
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.
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:
A bo lemeoud e ng mo ngerang, ngii di le mlei.
> So what if he is late, as long as he comes.
Ng soak el menga a delul el chum me a kukau.
> I would like to eat grilled ume and taro.
Aki dirrek el di milrael el mo er a skuul a lechull me a lsils.
> We did walk to school every day, rain or shine.
Ng mle mekull a kimolamech er a skuul.
> Chewing betelnut was not allowed at school.
Ng kmal mera el omosiroi ngkang se el loloik.
> He is a riot and funny when dancing.
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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