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:
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.
A
blik
a
ngar
er
a
delongelel
a
blil
a
Toki
me
a
Droteo.
> My house is located between Toki's house and Droteo's house.
A
Rehina
a
ulemdasu
er
ngii
el
kmal
klou
el
dil
e
le
ng
mle
oubail
er
a
dores.
> Rehina thought herself to be a big girl because she was wearing a dress.
Ak
milengang
er
se
el
ringngo
me
aike
el
tuu.
> I was eating that apple and those bananas.
A
Mary
a
oubail
a
skato
me
a
chelechedal
a
bail.
> Mary is wearing a skirt and a blouse.
Proverbs:
Ng
ko
er
a
Beriber
me
a
Chemaredong.
> It's like the case of Beriber and Chemaredong (who for a long time lived in adjacent caves unaware of each other's existence but who finally discovered each other and began to share their surpluces).
People wasting things and not sharing or cooperating as they should. Cooperative reciprocity among equals should be patterned on that exemplified by these two men. Beriber, who harvested coconut syrup, and Chemaredong, who was an expert fish trapper, lived in two small caves near the village of Oikuul in Airai (central Palau). These caves are side by side, separated by a natural wall about one foot thick. However, for a long time the neighbors did not know that the other existed. Finally, they discovered one another, and from that time on they engaged in mutually profiitable exchange of their surpluses in fish and syrup. An elder source said that this is more than a proverb (blukul a tekoi) and referred to it as ollach idnger, the "law of neighborliness."
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.
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.
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
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:
Aki
mlo
ungil
chudecheduch
a
klungiolel
me
a
klou
el
ututelel
a
skuul.
> We talked about the importance and the betterment of education.
Ak
miltik
a
ngelekel
a
babiiureomel
me
ak
mildemech
a
teblong.
> I found a litter of wild piglets and I was able to catch two of them.
A
lekedang
a
sengkio,
me
te
kuk
mochu
mediderurt
el
omesiich
er
a
beluu.
> As the election nears, they'll be singing coated lies for the people to digest.
Ng
mera
el
soak
tia
el
bilem.
> I so like your dress/shirt.
Ka
bo
mesang
ngke
el
dechuu
el
malk
el
mla
omechell
e
mngai
teblol
er
a
ngisel
me
desengoes.
> Go see the hen that has laid her eggs and bring a couple so we can cook them.
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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