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| kid | , mod. | contentless word used for emphasis. |
| ikakid | expression | here they (things) are. |
| sei kid | expr. | there it is; that thing over there. |
tia kid
/tiaikid | expr. | here it is; this thing here. |
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> Everytime We come here, you ridicule us. Am I your inferior? |
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> Here's Droteo. |
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> This house is made so as to provide us with shelter during a typhoon. |
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> Our Palau will be sung to please the guests. |
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> Here's book. |
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Proverbs: |
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> Narrow was our birth as humans. The saying defines life as a confined, perilous journey, symbolized by the painful narrowness of the birth canal. Generally applied to the trials of life, or sometimes by a parent to a child that does not want to do his chores. |
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> What are the odds that we win the baseball game? |
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> Maybe it's just our destiny. |
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| se el | conj. | when (in the future); whenever. |
| se el sekum | conj. | if (used in negative sentences). |
| sel | cont. | se el |
| er se er a | expr. | when (in the past). |
| er se er a Sebadong | expr. | last Saturday. |
| er se er a taem er a mekemad | expr. | during the war. |
| er sei | expr. | over there; in that place. |
| mekera isei | expr. | [used to refer to a method of doing something that the speaker has forgotten.] |
| ngera isei | expr. | thingamajig; thingamabob; whatchamacallit. [used to refer to something whose name the speaker has forgotten.] |
| se di kau | expr. | it's up to you. |
| se el soam | expr. | whatever you want; it's up to you. |
| se el tebel | expr. | that table (over there). |
| se er a | expr. | conj. when (in the past). |
| tela isei | expr. | [used to refer to a number that the speaker has forgotten.] |
| tia isei | expr. | what's-his-name; what's-her-name. [Used to refer to someone whose name the speaker has forgotten.] |
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> The good way is for you to explain the truth. |
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> The dog is barking there. |
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> If there are fifty innocent people in the city, then ... |
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> Put the cup on the table; John was putting the cup on the table (just now, recently); John put the cup on the table (yesterday, a week ago, etc.). |
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> Ulang always mismanages her finances; she is always short when there is a need for her. |
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Proverbs: |
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> Like the foam of the ocean. (Like sea foam.) Some things, like sea foam, drift on without settlement. Endless discussion without reaching agreement. |
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> When my eyes are closed. When one dies the eyes are "closed"; hence, to be dead. The term for "death" is mad as is the term for "eye," (mad; madak: "my eye"). Some sources suggest that the term for death refers to the closed eyes of a dead person. |
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> Taste them when you finish. |
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> Wow, she's so good breaking it down with them hips. |
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> Im a bit awkward when dancing. |
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> When it starts boiling, let it boil for about 15 more minutes. |
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> Can you dive down into this channel and collect something from the sea floor? |
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| uaisei | cont. | ua se |
ua se
/uai sei | expr. | like that. |
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Synonyms:
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> When your heart wants to come close to my heart, it's like a person who wants to travel to the rocks in the reef. |
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> How close is your house? |
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> How's the wound on your arm healing? |
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> How are your working conditions? |
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> He ate pre-chewed food from his father, so that's why he takes after him. |
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Proverbs: |
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> A good leader is like rain that calms the ocean. He can calm down disputes and settle problems easily. |
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> Don't be like the man from Ngerchemai who lost both the turtle and the canoe. Don't bite off more than you can chew...don't be selfish. |
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> Like making a whirlpool in Modelab's water tub. Probably having reference to a folk tale, this saying is applied to any state of general social confusion. Some worldly Palauans used it with reference to the state of world affair |
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> Nibbling like a rat. Activity that slowly destroys another person or institution. Generally applied to verbal actions; spreading malicious gossip; a speech loaded with subtle insults. However, it can be applied to wider behavior such as economic behavior that destroys the resources of the country: killing fish by dynamite; cutting forests without planting |
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> Like taro, though the leaves are tall, still immature. Taro (Colocasia esculenta) is mature only when the leaves produced by the plant are small. When the plant produces its largest leaves the tuber in the ground is still quite small. The saying may be applied to a person who, while yet young and inexperienced, is proud and boastful. |
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> What does mango taste like? |
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> What's the shape and texture of mangoes? |
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> How are you? |
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> How was your labor? |
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> Oh don't gut those ones, we're just gonna fry them like that. |
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