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
Toki
a
mle
medenge
a
tekoi
er
a
Siabal.
> Toki used to know Japanese.
A
Mary
a
oureachel
a
saks
me
a
sportsiuus.
> Mary is wearing socks and sport shoes.
Ngka
a
sebiil
a
btil
me
lak
morrenges
a
lolekoi.
> He's just a child, so don't listen to what he says.
Ng
di
omais
el
di
meau
me
kede
kmal
ungil
mes
a
rokui
el
ilekemellel.
> He just walks around naked so we can all see all of his parts.
Ng
ngera
a
uchul
me
ng
di
mle
kau
el
tang
el
me
er
tiang?
> Why did you come here all by yourself?
Proverbs:
Ak
meruul
me
kau
er
a
terudel?
> I build it and you destroy it?
May be applied to a person who feels his aims or projects are being destroyed by the actions of another.
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.
Ngara
eseos
e
olengimech
el
mera
dalem.
> From the mature tree the sapling dribbles.
Eseos is a mature tree, dalm is a sapling; olengimch means to drip, drizzle, or dribble. Application is to the similarity of the child to its parents, generally its 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.
Ng
ko
er
a
Ngiramesemong,
el
omilt
a
mla
me
e
mong.
> Like Ngiramesemong, rehashing what has been finished.
Pertains to a person who repeatedly reminds another of past favors or continually recalls the mistakes of others. (My sources no longer recalled the episode or story from which this idiom derives.)
More Examples:
Titemusech
el
beluu
el
kmal
mera
el
meklou
a
uldikel
er
ngii.
> Such a tiny country to have so much issues.
Ngak
me
a
ochellek
a
mirruul
er
a
mlimam
er
a
daob.
> My younger brother and I were making our canoe.
Ng
mera
el
ungil
a
cheritel
me
a
klekedellel
e
ng
di
aika
el
berdel
a
ngerel
a
ko
er
a
ulechero
er
tia
el
kutsibeni
er
ngii.
> She looks so beautiful with her traditional grass skirt and decorations except her lips look inside out with that lipstick.
A
ideliseb
e
ng
mle
Sabadong.
> The day before yesterday was Saturday.
Ng
kmal
mera
el
kirek
el
mo
melabek
er
a
ukedek
er
a
mekebud.
> I really need to mend my sardine/mackerel net.

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