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
Elilai
me
a
Ltelatk
a
ngelekel
a
Bkau
me
a
Elibeob.
> Elilai and Ltelatk are Bkau and Elibeob's children.
Ng
mle
meched
a
omoachel
er
a
chelsel
a
bebil
el
sandei.
> The river was shallow in a few weeks.
Te
oumesingd
el
omuchel
a
rechad
el
me
er
a
ta
el
klok.
> People tend to start arriving at one o'clock.
Te
mirrael
el
oltirakl
er
a
Jesus
e
chilitii
a
demerir
er
a
Sebedeus
me
a
ruduudel
el
mesiou
er
a
bos.
> They left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants and followed Jesus.
Ng
kmal
di
mle
ta
a
klungiolel
el
mlai.
> They were all canoes of equivalent quality.
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.
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.)
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
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.
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.
More Examples:
Be
mtobed.
> Come outside.
chuleku
me
ak
mo
er
se
el
ings
>
Ng
ulemdasu
el
kmo
ng
sebechel
mengchii
a
luk
e
di
lmuk
er
ngak,
me
ak
di
liluk
er
ngii.
> He thought he could give me the silent treatment so I ignored him.
Ng
mle
kirel
el
melilt
el
kmo
ng
mo
mesiou
er
techang.
> He had to choose whom to serve.
Ke
mera
el
churusai!
> You're so annoying!
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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