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:
Ke
mera
el
meoud!
> You're very late!
Te
rua
techa
tirke
el
mle
kesib
a
rengul
er
tir
a
Dios
el
40
el
rak?
> With whom was God angry for forty years?
Be
mtab
mo
omengur.
> Come on in for a bit and eat.
Ng
mle
klou
er
a
rengrir
a
oltoir
er
a
merechorech.
> They were determined to chase the robbers.
Tia
a
bresengt
er
ngak
el
me
er
kau.
> This is my present for you.
Proverbs:
Ng
ko
er
a
char
er
a
Kosiil,
el
lecheraches
e
ng
mong
me
a
lekeriik
e
ng
mei.
> Like seaweed at Kosiil, out with the tide and in with the tide.
Kosiil is a location in the lagoon where the seaweed can be seen to bend in and out with the tide. The idiom is applied to a leader who is too flexible and unreliable. In the short form (Kora char ra Kosiil) it may simply mean, "I'll go along with what you decide."
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.
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.
Kau,
ke
ngelekel
a
Redechor,
me
ke
di
dechor?
> Are you the son of Redechor
is that why you're standing around so much?
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.
More Examples:
A
demal
a
bechik
a
mle
tansiobi
er
ngii
er
a
elii.
> My father-in-law had a birthday yesterday.
Tireka
mera
el
melaok
ika
el
chidbengir.
> Those people have fat wallets.
Tia
el
iasumba
er
a
eungel
a
iedel
a
mera
el
mechuu
e
mechecheluut.
> The bamboo bench under the mango tree is shaded and breezy.
Kmal
oureng
omengang
bel
chemutii
me
a
sub.
> I'm craving to eat some sweet potato and soup.
Kede
mochung
er
a
rolel
me
ke
mo
diak
chomdu
tekingem.
> If we go at it, yoy won't be able to say anything.

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