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:
Ng
dimlak
a
ngara
el
kulekoi.
> I didn't have anything to say.
Ng
ngera
a
chomomes
er
a
resechal
el
omtanget
er
ngii.
> What are you watching the boys who are polishing it?
Ngara
me
ke
di
mekekokau
el
merael?
> Why are you walking so slowly?
Ng
ua
ngara
a
kedel
a
blim?
> How close is your house?
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.
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:
Ak
mesuld
a
chimak
el
oba
ngarang?
> What am I wiping my hands with?
Ke
mo
omechar
a
ngarang?
> What are you going to buy?
Ng
ua
ngera
a
imeliu?
> How's your drink?
Ngera
uldesuem
er
tia
el
sengkio?
> what are your thoughts about the upcoming election?
Ng
ngara
ke
mo
melai?
> What are you going to get?
Ngerang, n.hamlet in Melekeok.
Ngerang
a
rengedel
a
beluu
er
a
Melekeok.
Examples:
Ke
melim
a
ngerang?
> What are you drinking?
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?
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.
Tilecha
ngerang?
> What is that (thing near you)?
More Examples:
Aika
el
medam
e
Ngerkumer
ngerang
meng
di
ombesisebusech?
> Why are Ngerkumer's eyes blinking so much?
Ke
kmu
el
mo
ngerang?
> What do you say?
A
bo
lemeoud
e
ng
mo
ngerang,
ngii
di
le
mlei.
> So what if he is late, as long as he comes.
Ngerang
a
ungil
osongel
er
a
katsudokang?
> What is good to see at the movie theaters?
Ng
mo
ngerang
a
loluchel
er
a
dui?
> So what if he holds a title?

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