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:
Te
oumesingd
el
omuchel
a
rechad
el
me
er
a
ta
el
klok.
> People tend to start arriving at one o'clock.
Tia
a
bresengt
er
ngak
el
me
er
kau.
> This is my present for you.
Ng
mera
el
mellemau
a
daob.
> The ocean is very blue.
Ng
diak
a
medulel
a
ochim
me
ke
di
dechor.
> Why don't you sit down (lit., are you standing up because you don't have a bend in your legs)?
Ak
mo
kmang
aike
el
tuu
me
se
el
ringngo.
> I am going to eat up those bananas and that apple.
Proverbs:
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.
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
Ngerechebal,
el
ka
lsingd
er
a
Imeliik
me
a
ka
lsingd
er
a
Ngerekebesang.
> He's like Ngerechebal Island, which is neither closer to Imeliik nor closer to Ngerekebesang.
i.e. He's indecisive or not clearly taking sides. A person who is "on the fence," changeable and indecisive. The saying may also be applied to a partly westernized Palauan.
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."
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:
Ng
mle
meseked?
> Were there a lot of people at the party?
Titemusech
el
beluu
el
kmal
mera
el
meklou
a
uldikel
er
ngii.
> Such a tiny country to have so much issues.
Ng
mlo
meoud
er
a
tutau
me
ng
di
milsngii
a
riid
e
obes
aika
el
suelebel.
> He was running late this morning and left without his lunch.
Ng
mle
kirel
el
melilt
el
kmo
ng
mo
mesiou
er
techang.
> He had to choose whom to serve.
A
Belau
a
teluidel,
a
remerrau
me
a
remechebuul,
dikea
klaukerreu
er
a
delongeled.
> Belau is divided into two; the rich and wealthy and the poor, theres no caring amongst the people.
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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