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
mera
el
mekeald!
> It is very hot!
Ng
di
mochu
e
me
a
telil.
> He's breathing heavily or gasping for breath (from exhaustion).
Ke
mo
er
a
katsudo
me
a
lechub
ke
mo
er
a
party?
> Are you going to the movies, or are you going to the party?
Dosei
te
mla
mei,
me
bechere
me
lebe
ltuu
er
a
blai.
> They've come after all, so you might as well let them into the house.
Tia
a
rullak
me
ak
kmal
mo
suebek
a
renguk
er
a
Fern.
> This is making me very worried about Fern.
Proverbs:
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
Ngak
a
ngit
me
kau
a
ngoi?
> I receive it and you ask for it?
A man asks for and receives that which he needs from a second party. A third party, learning of this, asks the first party for it. Used as implied or generally about any unreasonable request
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.
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.
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:
Ng
mera
el
mbesaol
a
ngalek
me
ng
di
dekimes
a
bilel.
> That kid drools so much that his shirt is always wet.
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.
A
tekoi
er
a
Belau
a
ngar
er
ngii
a
omelechesel
me
a
omelekingel.
> The Palauan language has its own grammar and pronounciation.
Ngka
el
John
a
mera
el
chelideuid
a
otechel.
> John has a reallly fast pitch.
Ng
mera
el
betik
a
renguk
er
kau
e
sechelik.
> I love you, my friend.
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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