me a, conj.and.
macont.me a
makcont.me ak
makicont.me aki
meconj.and.
me
a
omech
a
tekoi;
kau
me
ngak
me
ngii,
Calista
me
tir
a
mong.
mengcont.me ng
Examples:
A
dolech
a
me
kirel
a
bkul
a
ochik.
> The tide reaches as high as my knees.
Kengti,
a
eanged
a
uchul
e
a
National
Emergency
Management
Office
(NEMO)
a
mla
otebedii
A
Small
craft
warning
er
a
beluu
er
Belau
rokir.
Daob
er
a
delongelel
a
Beliliou
me
a
Ngeaur,
Ollei
ma
Ngcheangel
me
a
ikrel
a
chelmoll
a
kmal
mekngit
er
elecha
el
taem.
Me
a
leuaisei,
e
aike
el
banderang
er
a
small
craft
warning
a
mla
mengerd
el
mo
er
bab
el
merrob
a
rokui
el
omerael
el
mo
tuobed
el
mo
er
aike
el
basio.
A
obis
er
a
NEMO
a
melemolem
el
omes
er
a
teletelel
a
daob
e
ouchais
er
a
buai
lokiu
tia
el
radio
station.
> Due to the weather conditions and increasing hazardous surf, the National Emergency Office (NEMO) is issuing a Small Craft Warning for the entire Republic of Palau. Water conditions from outside the reef through all exposures are very rough at this time. Travel between Peleliu and Angaur, Kayangel and Ollei and/or outside the reefs are strictly prohibited. Small craft warning flags have been raised and the republic is requested to observe this warning. NEMO will continue to monitor these marine conditions and advise the public accordingly.
Te
mirrael
el
oltirakl
er
a
Jesus
e
chilitii
a
demerir
er
a
Sebedeus
me
a
ruduudel
el
mesiou
er
a
bos.
> They left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants and followed Jesus.
Bechire
a
ngalek
me
lebo
loilil.
> Let the child go play.
Ng
mo
ua
kerrekar
el
mla
medul
er
a
ngau
a
rechelel,
me
a
bngal
a
mosebek
er
a
eolt
el
mo
cheroid.
> They will be like trees whose branches are burned by fire, whose blossoms are blown away by the wind.
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
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 coz chores keep coming in from left and right.
Mengar
me
a
mecherocher.
> Bitter and salty.
The strategy of "doing things the hard way." When alternatives are available, the appropriate choice is the more difficult one. In voice, expression, and action there is a positive accent on personal ability.
Tia
di
ngii
mak
terrob
ra
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
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
More Examples:
chuleku
me
ak
mo
er
se
el
ings
>
Ngera
me
ke
mesam
a
chimam,
soam
el
obar?
> Why are you making fist, wanna get smacked?
Kede
ousbech
a
kanadarai
el
omelecha
a
ralm
me
a
lechub
a
kall
er
ngii.
> We use basins to put water or food in.
Ng
soak
el
menga
ngikel
me
a
meduu.
> I feel like eating fish and breadfruit.
Ng
ma
el
bekokeuii
el
ngalek
meng
mal
soak.
> I like this child because he's/she's very polite.
omeng, v.t.put hand over (mouth; nose; etc.); put (mouth; face) against; put (mouth) on opening of bottle; stop up (bottle).
omeng
a
mengir;
dokedekii,
mertii,
toktang
a
mla
meng
a
ngerir
e
omodk,
bengel.
mengii
/mengir		v.pf.3s
milengiiv.pf.3s.past
mengv.pf.3p.inan.
meng
a
omeng;
melekedek
er
a
ngerel
me
a
isngel;
toktang
a
mengir
a
ngerel
e
omodk;
bleng;
blengoel,
bengel
a
ngor.
milengv.pf.3p.inan.past
bengoelv.a.s.is to be covered with hand; is to be stopped up.
bengoel
a
kirel
el
obeng;
mekngit
a
secherel
a
bengoel
a
ngerel,
omeng
a
er
a
isngel
er
a
mekngit
el
bau.
bleng
/blengoel		v.r.s.covered with hand; stopped up.
bleng
a
mla
obeng,
metenget;
telenget,
mengir
a
ngerel,
bleng
a
telil.

blengoel
a
bleng.
Examples:
A
rechad
ra
llach
a
mo
tames
el
mesmechokl
a
rokui
meng
diak
el
bo
ra
keras.
> The attorneys will attempt at a settlement to avoid trial.
Ke
mo
kerkikl,
e
ke
mo
el
mengii
a
kob.
> Be careful so you do not break the cup.
A
Ulang
a
kot
el
olsebekakl
meng
mo
el
suebek
er
a
eolt.
> Ulang weighs so little that she can be blown away by the wind.
Ng
di
ngii
mak
kiei
ra
iemoch
meng
uoi
diak
kudengei
a
ngerang.
> It's as if I live somewhere so far away that I don't know what's going on.
Ng
kmal
mechesang
er
omilil
meng
di
chelitang
a
ngerchelel.
> He's so busy playing around that his responsibilities are neglected.
Proverbs:
Mengii
a
ududel.
> Destroying his money.
Marriage within the clan, generally considered incestuous, limits the value of the food-money exchange, since the materials simply change hands within the same clan group. A man so married is criticized as having destroyed his source of wealth.
A
telekangel
a
dilu
meng
beluu
Ngersuul
> With persistence the village of Ngersuul was maintained
When the men's clubs of Koror could not proceed as far as Melekeiok, a major village to the north that stood in political balance with Koror, the clubs would often stop over at Ngersuul and sack the small village. Yet the people of Ngersuul, over and over defeated, clung to their village and persisted through history. (Sometimes the village of Angaur is used, with a similar meaning, in place of Ngersuul.) The saying may be applied to the harried individual who is about to give up a task because of repeated failure.
More Examples:
Ak
mlo
ubuu
er
a
cheldukl
bad
el
mengii
a
bdeluk.
> I fell on the stone path and cracked my head.
Ng
ma
el
bekokeuii
el
ngalek
meng
mal
soak.
> I like this child because he's/she's very polite.
Aika
el
medam
e
Ngerkumer
ngerang
meng
di
ombesisebusech?
> Why are Ngerkumer's eyes blinking so much?
Ng
mal
mlo
mesisisiich
a
iolt
meng
mla
meterruud
a
blil
a
malk!
> The wind got so strong that it broke down the chicken house / cage.

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