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:
Ngak
a
ngit
me
kau
a
ngoi?
> I just asked for it (and got it), and now you want to take it?
A
Mary
a
oureachel
a
saks
me
a
sportsiuus.
> Mary is wearing socks and sport shoes.
A
kerrekar
a
bongai
er
a
rael
me
ng
diak
el
sebechek
el
mo
imuul.
> The tree is obstructing or bothering the road so I cannot go to the other side.
A
rubak
ousbech
er
a
manrik
el
orreked
er
a
medal
a
biskang
me
ng
sebechel
dormii
mo
ungil.
> The old man is using a vise grip to hold his spear so he can sharpen it.
A
Droteo
a
di
kea
lungil
el
omengur
me
a
ka
lungil
el
mechiuaiu.
> Droteo can neither eat nor sleep well any more.
Proverbs:
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
More Examples:
Lak
be
mtobed.
> Don't come outside.
Ng
mera
el
mbesaol
a
ngalek
me
ng
di
dekimes
a
bilel.
> That kid drools so much that his shirt is always wet.
A
chad
er
a
laibreri
a
oungerachel
aike
el
rokui
el
buk
me
a
babier
el
ngar
er
a
laibreri.
> A librarian's job is to take care of all the books and documents in the library.
Kau
mera
el
mereched
el
ngmasech
a
rengum.
> You get irritable so quickly.
Ng
mera
el
chituuk
mla
rullii
a
umengel
a
bechil.
> He's very resourceful and made his wife a kitchen.
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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