ngera
/ngerang
/ngarang
/ngara | , pro. | what; which; what kind of; anything (but or except).
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| ng diak a ngerang | pro. | nothing. |
| ua ngarang | pro. | how. |
| ngera me | expr. | why? for what reason? |
| ngera ngar ngii | expr. | what's up? what's happening? |
| ngera uchul me | expr. | why? for what reason? |
Examples: |
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> What's your house made out of? |
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> What's keeping you from falling asleep? |
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> How has the papaya been cut? |
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> Why are you acting like a Japanese? |
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> How close is your house? |
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Proverbs: |
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> 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. |
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More Examples: |
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> What is the job of a school secretary? |
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> Do you want anything else? |
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> what are your thoughts about the upcoming election? |
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> The area for steaming/cooking taro and tapioca is at the back of the house. |
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> What was it that I wanted to ask? |
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| Ngerang | , n. | hamlet in Melekeok.
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Examples: |
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> They both don't know anything and yet they're trying to explain. |
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> What is that (thing near you)? |
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> It's as if I live somewhere so far away that I don't know what's going on. |
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> What is this? |
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> What is that light? |
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More Examples: |
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> How was your labor? |
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> What do you say? |
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> So what if you're my older brother? |
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> What is the most important in your life? |
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> What do you say? |
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#1 /home/johnbent/tekinged.com/index.php(201): querylog('ngerang', true, 'pe', '')
#2 {main}
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/home/johnbent/tekinged.com/functions.php on line
497
