ngera
/ngerang
/ngarang
/ngara		, pro.what; which; what kind of; anything (but or except).
ngerang a ker; ngera ke melekoi? tia ng ngerang? ngera soam?
ng diak a ngerangpro.nothing.
ua ngarangpro.how.
ngera meexpr.why? for what reason?
ngera ngar ngiiexpr.what's up? what's happening?
ngera uchul meexpr.why? for what reason?
Examples:
Ngera me ke di dengchokl er tiang? - A ldu ng chetirir a kbo er sei.
> Why are you just sitting here? - Because they don't want me to go over there.
Ngara reched?
> What's the hurry?
Ngka a sebiil a btil, el diak a ngera el lodengei.
> He's young and unexperienced (lit. his buttocks are covered with sores) and doesn't know anything.
Tilecha ngerang?
> What is that (thing near you)?
Ng ua ngara a telemtemul a kall?
> What does the food taste like?/How is the food?
Proverbs:
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.
More Examples:
Ke ua ngarang?
> How are you?
Ng ua ngara a bul a iedel?
> What does mango smell like?
Ngka el John el ko er a di ua chelideuid; ngera telemall?
> John is really in a hurry; what's wrong?
Aikang ngarang?
> What are these?
Ng ngarang milengang a Mary er a kesus er a elii?
> What did Mary drink for dinner ?
Ngerang, n.hamlet in Melekeok.
Ngerang a rengedel a beluu er a Melekeok.
Examples:
Ke melim a ngerang?
> What are you drinking?
Tilecha ngerang?
> What is that (thing near you)?
Te di diu el diak lodengei a ngerang e leko te mesaod.
> They both don't know anything and yet they're trying to explain.
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.
Tia ngerang?
> What is this?
More Examples:
Ngerang a ungil osongel er a katsudokang?
> What is good to see at the movie theaters?
Ng diak el dil ngerang e moruul er a lengelem.
> Don't always cry.
Ng ua ngerang a bedengel a mlim? Ng mellemau adang ng bekerkard?
> What is the color of your car? is it blue? or is it red?
Ngerang me ke di mengisngull?
> Why are you frowning all the time?
Ng mle ua ngerang a cherellem?
> How was your labor?

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