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:
Ng
mle
ngiuk.
> I was sent for.
Ng
mla
mo
eim
el
klok
me
bo
derei.
> It's five o'clock so let's go home.
A
Droteo
me
a
Toki
a
ko
er
a
kmal
ta
a
dekelir.
> Droteo and Toki are quite close or always doing things together.
A
dolech
a
me
kirel
a
bkul
a
ochik.
> The tide reaches as high as my knees.
A
president
a
ngilai
a
rengrir
a
rechad
er
a
Olbiil
er
a
Kelulau
el
mle
kedidai
a
rengrir.
> The president persuaded the senators that were being stubborn. The president obtained the hearts of the senators that had high hearts.
Proverbs:
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
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
ko
er
a
char
er
a
Kosiil,
el
lecheraches
e
ng
mong
me
a
lekeriik
e
ng
mei.
> Like seaweed at Kosiil, out with the tide and in with the tide.
Kosiil is a location in the lagoon where the seaweed can be seen to bend in and out with the tide. The idiom is applied to a leader who is too flexible and unreliable. In the short form (Kora char ra Kosiil) it may simply mean, "I'll go along with what you decide."
Ng
ko
er
a
beab
er
a
Ngerard,
el
kma
a
lisiu
me
a
lisam.
> It's like the rat of Ngerard, which eats up all your coconuts and (then) all of ours.
It's a decision, plan etc. that will backfire. A pet rat owned by Mad, chief of Ngaraard, ate the coconuts of most of the chief's neighbors, then, still hungry, ate the chief's own coconuts.
Kau,
ke
ngelekel
a
Redechor,
me
ke
di
dechor?
> Are you the son of Redechor
is that why you're standing around so much?
More Examples:
Achedil,
ngka
el
ngelekem
a
mera
el
ungil
a
bedengel.
> Awe, your baby looks so healthy.
Alii!
Kom
kerkikl
se
el
bo
moumenged
me
ng
diak
mtemall
a
ochaieo
e
ng
mekull.
> Dont mess with the spotted eagle ray when you go fishing as they are sacred.
A
kereker
a
kmal
berrebirt
me
ng
kmal
lungil
el
bo
dolai
a
ilekum.
> The tide is very low so it's a good time to collect clams.
Ng
betok
a
cheldim
me
a
kuk
kesengil
e
beskak
a
chimo
el
keremlal.
> You caught a lot of fish so at least give me one red snapper.
Ak
mera
el
ko
er
a
songerenger.
> I am so starving.
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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