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:
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).
Me
ng
soak
el
nguu
tia
el
techall
el
lochotii
a
deuil
a
rengud.
> I want to take this opportunity to show our gratitude.
Ke
ma
kot
el
mo
er
a
skuul,
e
ngak
ekong.
> You go on ahead to school, and then I'll follow.
Me
rengum
el
omengur!
> Try to eat more!
Bo
er
a
bita
me
mlengir
a
oles.
> Go next door and borrow a knife.
Proverbs:
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.
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.
A
uel
el
kuk
meremang
el
me
omeklatk
me
ng
mo
uchul
a
klengitereng
> When the purple swamp hen appears, it brings remembrance
There is a song (Oumachas) from which this saying derives: Once there was a young couple who made love in a secluded spot in the taro garden. While they were lying together a purple swamp hen darted out of the brush startling the couple. Eventually love cooled, but thereafter whenever the girl saw a purple swamp hen while she worked in the gardens, she recalled her lover. Hence any occurrence that brings back fond memories.
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.
More Examples:
Aki
mlo
ungil
chudecheduch
a
klungiolel
me
a
klou
el
ututelel
a
skuul.
> We talked about the importance and the betterment of education.
Aki
dirrek
el
di
milrael
el
mo
er
a
skuul
a
lechull
me
a
lsils.
> We did walk to school every day, rain or shine.
A
remesiich
a
kmal
mera
el
mesiich
e
kung
me
a
remechebuul
a
kmal
mera
el
mechebulang.
> Wealthy are getting wealthier and the poor are getting poorer.
A
toktang
a
kmo
ng
kirek
el
omad
er
tia
el
bduu
er
a
ochik
me
ng
sebechel
obuu
me
bo
lungil.
> The doctor says that I need to heat up my boil so that it can burst and get better.
A
daitorio
er
a
beluad
a
di
chemau
a
siungel
me
a
kerremelel
a
daob.
> Our president is focused on conserving and protecting the sea life.
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:
Ke
mo
kerkikl,
e
ke
mo
el
mengii
a
kob.
> Be careful so you do not break the cup.
Ng
di
ngii
me
ak
kiei
er
a
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
mla
mecherar
a
mlil
meng
di
chelitang
kung
a
rrat
er
ngii.
> He's bought his car so he's bicycle is now left unused.
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.
Ng
kmal
mechesang
er
omilil
meng
di
chelitang
a
ngerchelel.
> He's so busy playing around that his responsibilities are neglected.
Proverbs:
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.
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.
More Examples:
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.
Aika
el
medam
e
Ngerkumer
ngerang
meng
di
ombesisebusech?
> Why are Ngerkumer's eyes blinking so much?
Ng
ma
el
bekokeuii
el
ngalek
meng
mal
soak.
> I like this child because he's/she's very polite.
Ak
mlo
ubuu
er
a
cheldukl
bad
el
mengii
a
bdeluk.
> I fell on the stone path and cracked my head.

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