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:
Kau,
ngara
me
ke
ko
er
a
ouchedeng
er
kau?
> Why are you doing mischief in you own house?
Ng
ua
ngara
a
blekerdelel
a
urerem?
> How are your working conditions?
Ng
dimlak
a
ngara
el
kulekoi.
> I didn't have anything to say.
Ng
ua
ngara
a
telemtemul
a
kall?
> What does the food taste like?/How is the food?
Ng
diak
a
ngii
di
lengarang
mekdektak.
> There isn't anything that frightens me.
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:
Ngera
a
chung
er
kid
e
kede
mo
kats
er
a
iakiu?
> What are the odds that we win the baseball game?
Ng
ngara
ke
mo
melai?
> What are you going to get?
A
bo
lemeoud
e
ng
mo
ngerang,
ngii
di
le
mlei.
> So what if he is late, as long as he comes.
Ng
ngarang
milengang
a
Mary
er
a
sueleb?
> What did Mary have for lunch?
Ng
ngarang
millim
a
Mary
er
a
sueleb?
> What did Mary drink for lunch yesterday?
Ngerang, n.hamlet in Melekeok.
Ngerang
a
rengedel
a
beluu
er
a
Melekeok.
Examples:
Tilecha
ngerang?
> What is that (thing near you)?
Ke
melim
a
ngerang?
> What are you drinking?
Se
ng
dichel
a
ngerang?
> What is that light?
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.
Tia
ngerang?
> What is this?
More Examples:
Te
locha
omdasu
a
ngerang
aika
el
bderrir.
> Wonder what they are thinking.
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.
Tia
el
siasing
er
kau
el
ngar
er
a
chelbacheb,
tiang
ngerang
el
dengchokl
er
ngii?
Ng
brer
me
a
lechub
e
ng
totang?
> Your picture at the rock island, what are you sitting on? Is it bamboo raft or tin canoe?
Ng
mo
ngerang
a
lemechut,
ng
sebechek
el
oubail
er
ngii.
> So what if it's old; I can still wear it.

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