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:
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?
Me
tia
er
a
leme
a
Droteo,
e
ng
mlochu
sebecham
el
merael.
> When Droteo came (as planned), we were able to leave.
Ng
ngar
er
a
mei.
> It's closer to here.
A
Droteo
a
ulemeklatk
er
a
bechil
me
ng
meruul
a
kall.
> Droteo reminded his wife to prepare the food.
Ng
ko
el
techa
a
mellomes
a
rengul
el
sebechel
el
mechur
a
eabed,
e
okellakl
me
ng
ruebet
a
chull?
> Who is wise enough to count the clouds and tilt them over to pour out the rain?
Proverbs:
Kau,
ke
ngelekel
a
Redechor,
me
ke
di
dechor?
> Are you the son of Redechor
is that why you're standing around so much?
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.
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.
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.
More Examples:
Ke
mera
el
mesaik
e
kei.
> You are so lazy my dear.
Ng
diak
kumekall
me
ak
di
ngar
er
a
bas.
> I dont drive so I take the bus.
Tia
el
chelebucheb
el
kuucholbiungel
er
ngii
a
mle
chelbechielel
a
Sue
el
demak
a
silkur.
> This chelebucheb that I am wearing was for the marriage of Sue that my father received/earned.
Me
a
remesiungel
a
mirrael
el
mo
er
aike
el
rael
e
melai
er
a
rokui
el
chad
el
mle
sebechir
el
metik
er
tir,
el
dimlak
longetukl
er
a
reungil
ma
remekngit.
> And those servants went out into the roads and gathered all whom they found, both bad and good.
A
ochedak
a
mle
blechoel
el
mesauch
a
buuch.
Chelecha
el
bla
lorael
e
ng
kuk
urerek.
> My brother used to get the betelnuts. Now that he left, it's my duty.
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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