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.s.hypo.
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 mong
/memong		expr.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
a
mera
el
bekerurt.
> You are very fast.
Ngii
el
siseball
a
di
mle
ngii
el
mengai
a
chesmerel.
> The gate opened for them by itself.
A
Droteo
a
ngalek
er
a
skuul,
me
a
Toki
a
sensei.
> Droteo is a student, and Toki is a teacher.
Bo
er
a
bita
me
mlengir
a
oles.
> Go next door and borrow a knife.
Ke
mla
obes
el
kmo
a
Droteo
a
me
er
a
klukuk?
> Have you forgotten that Droteo is coming tomorrow?
Proverbs:
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.
Ng
mlenga
a
telochel
a
demal
me
ng
uai
ngii.
> Like his father, for he ate his father's premasticated food.
Applied to a child by adoption, with the implication that the adopted child resembles his adoptive father
Tia
di
ngii
me
ak
terrob
er
a
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.
Ke
mera
el
ngelekel
a
ulled.
> Really a child of the back.
A child (sometimes an adult) that behaves well whether its parents are present or not; a child that is good when one's back is turned.
Ng
diak
kobetik
rengii
recheroid
e
me
douchi
er
a
rebai.
> Without looking afield, it was cut down behind the house.
From the folk tale concerning Mesubed Dingal, the inventor of the Palauan kite (see also No. 73). After his wife had been kidnapped, he constructed a kite using feathers from all the birds of Palau and he needed also wood from an Edebsungel tree to fashion the body of the bird-kite. After looking all over Palau and being on the point of giving up, he found the tree he needed behind his own house. The saying may be applied to anyone who does things the hard way, or who goes far afield to find something which is close at hand.
More Examples:
A
Mary
a
oubail
a
skato
me
a
chelechedal
a
bail.
> Mary is wearing a skirt and short-sleeved shirt.
chuleku
me
ak
mo
er
se
el
ings
>
A
rokui
el
ngalek
a
mle
ngelekel
tia
el
chimo
el
beluu.
Ng
mle
klou
a
klaukerreu.
> All the kids belonged to the village. Everyone cared about each other.
Ng
ko
er
a
mererengang
tia
el
eanged
me
a
kuk
mocha
metetermokl
er
a
uldesuek
el
kirem.
> As the sky turns red I am perplexed about my thoughts for you.
Ak
mle
kelebus
er
a
skuul
er
a
elii
e
le
ak
millamech
er
a
skuul.
> I had detention at school yesterday because I chewed on campus.
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:
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).
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.

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