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:
Tia
el
skuul
a
mle
sment
a
ulolel.
> This school had a cement floor.
A
bilsengek
a
mle
kosio.
> My boat went out of order.
A
Cisco
me
a
lechub
a
Tony
a
me
er
a
blik.
> Either Cisco or Tony is coming to my house.
A
Droteo
me
a
Toki
a
ko
er
a
kmal
ta
a
dekelir.
> Droteo and Toki are quite close or always doing things together.
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.
Proverbs:
Ng
ko
er
a
debar
er
a
Ngechur,
el
klungang
e
me
ngal
modekriker.
> Like the duck of Ngechur, he became industrious after growing old.
The idiom is applied to a person who has more or less vegetated into maturity and old age and who, already far past his prime, suddenly tries without success to do all the things he might have done when younger. It may be used with reference to an elder who tries to be a dandy.
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.
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
remechas
el
kerekikl
er
a
klukl
me
a
rames.
> Like an old woman who is cautious about coughing and breaking wind.
Among elderly women, it seems, coughing sometimes produces the unwanted effect of breaking wind. The idiom may be applied to any action that might produce an undesirable side effect, such as a hasty decision at a political meeting. As a caution, it suggests the need for leaders to consider all the consequences.
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:
Mosischeklii
a
ngelekem
el
dongmesii
me
lesebechel
dongmesii
a
ta
er
a
chad.
> Teach your child to respect themselves so that they can respect others.
Ngka
el
Ulang
a
mera
el
sekebdebid
el
di
omriuch
a
mla
sidai
e
kuk
metord.
> Ulang keeps dwelling and fermenting in the past and gets all worked up and shut down.
A
omelngod
a
mle
olangch
er
a
blirir
a
rechad.
> Tattoos were distinguished symbols from each family or clan.
Tia
el
ochechel
a
bul
a
kired
el
mo
blak
a
rengud
el
otutii
me
a
rengeasek
a
mo
mellengmes
a
llach.
> This enforcement of the stated curfew needs to enforced for the young generation to respect the laws.
Ng
ngar
er
ngii
a
kllolem
el
tebel
me
a
kleai
el
kingall.
> There are 6 tables and 8 chairs.
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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