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
Dios
a
milskak
a
deurreng
me
a
cherchur.
> God has brought me joy and laughter.
Ng
diak
a
ngodech
el
meirei
el
ua
klisichel
me
a
rechedel
tiang.
> There is no other decree so powerful and fast moving as this.
Ak
milengang
aike
el
tuu
me
se
el
ringngo.
> I was eating those bananas and that apple.
Mokokau
el
mengederuar
er
a
klengoes
me
a
kuk
debo
dorar
er
ngii.
> Easy stirring the soup so that we do not have to reheat it again.
Ak
mlo
omes
er
a
Droteo
e
dimlak
lemei,
me
ak
okor
e
mo
remei.
> I went to meet Droteo, but he didn't come, so I went home instead.
Proverbs:
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.
Ngar
er
a
eseos
e
olengimech
el
mera
dalem.
> From the mature tree the sapling dribbles.
Eseos is a mature tree, dalm is a sapling; olengimech means to drip, drizzle, or dribble. Application is to the similarity of the child to its parents, generally its father.
Kau,
ke
ngelekel
a
Redechor,
me
ke
di
dechor?
> Are you the son of Redechor
is that why you're standing around so much?
Ng
kora
bechars
er
a
Ngerdobotar,
el
di
kiei
me
ng
chelengang
> Like the cockroach of Ngerdobotar, staying on till it became white.
Presumably if a cockroach remains in the darkness for a long time, as one at Ngerdobotar (in Aimeliik) apparently did, it will turn white. Application pertains to a visitor who stays on and on, especially one who is not helpful in the household. Such behavior is not properly human; the person is somehow different, like a white cockroach.
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.
More Examples:
Tirka
el
ngalek
er
a
skuul
a
mera
el
mekedung,
te
meruu
a
komi
er
a
tkul
a
rael.
> The kids from school are so well behaved, they are picking up the trash on the sides of the road.
Ng
kmal
mera
el
ulis
a
kleald.
> It is really hot.
A
daitorio
er
a
beluad
a
di
chemau
a
siungel
me
a
kerremelel
a
daob.
> Our president is focused on conserving and protecting the sea life.
Tilecha
ng
berusem
me
a
lechub
e
ng
mera
el
dilubech
el
tekoi?
> Is that your dream or did it really happen?
Ak
milenga
a
beras
me
a
techel
a
kerebou
me
a
iasai.
> I ate rice and beef with vegetables.
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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