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
ka
lechad
me
a
ka
lkeang.
> He's a good-for-nothing.
A
lak
el
sebechem
e
mouchais
me
ksikii
a
sebechel.
> If you can't, let me know and I'll find someone who can.
Me
ksengdii
a
bdelum.
> Let me comb your hair.
Mechikung,
me
a
klukuk.
> Goodbye, see you tomorrow.
Ng
dimlak
kbo
er
a
party
e
le
a
bechik
a
mle
smecher.
> I didn't go to the party because my wife was sick.
Proverbs:
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
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
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 because chores keep coming in from left and right.
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.
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.
More Examples:
Mera
el
ungil
tia
el
buil
orakiruu.
> The full moon is so beautiful.
Ng
di
bita
el
mera
el
mo
soal
mo
er
ngii
a
eolt.
> It seems like there is a possibilty of a typhoon.
A
Ulang
ng
meses
me
a
lechub
e
ng
kesibor?
> Is Ulang hard working or lazy?
Kmal
mle
soak
el
outama
ngak
me
a
rengalek
a
retonari.
> I really liked playing marbles with the kids from neighborhood.
Ongengedel
a
labek
er
ngii
me
ngika
el
dil
a
kma
el
di
mle
osisiu
a
delongelel.
> The seduction between them both was mutual.
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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