a lsekum
/lsekum
/sekum		, mod.if [with neutral implications].
lsekum
a
oumededenger;
locha,lsekum
e
ng
mo
chull
e
ng
diak
bo
er
a
mesei.
alsekumcont.a lsekum
Synonyms:
ALTAE
,
KILO
,
LEMLAK
,
OMKO
,
ULEKUM
Examples:
Se
el
sekum
ng
diak
lsoam,
e
ng
diak
mdu
er
ngak
me
kuruul
er
ngii.
> If you don't like it, then don't tell me to do it.
A
lsekum
te
ngar
er
ngii
a
remo
50
el
melemalt
el
chad
el
ngar
er
se
el
beluu,
e
...
> If there are fifty innocent people in the city, then ...
A
lsekum
ng
ngar
er
ngii
a
chad
el
omdasu
el
kmo
ng
profet
me
a
lechub
e
ng
ngar
er
a
klereng
e
bo
lodenge
aike
el
tekoi
el
kuluches
el
eko
er
kemiu
el
kmo
ng
meirei
er
a
Rubak.
> If anyone thinks he is a prophet or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things I write to you are the commandments of the Lord.
A
lsekum
ng
ungil
a
chei,
e
te
mo
er
a
chei.
> If the tide is good, (then) they'll go fishing.
More Examples:
Aki
milekelebus
alsekum
e
aki
oldechelakl
er
a
skuul.
> We got punished for fighting at school.
se
/sei
/isei		, pro.that object far from speaker and far from listener.
sei
a
melutk
er
a
cheroid
er
a
mengedecheduch;
ngar
sei;
diak
el
tiang;
sei
er
a
mong
a
skuul.
se elconj.when (in the future); whenever.
se el sekumconj.if (used in negative sentences).
selcont.se el
er se er aexpr.when (in the past).
er se er a Sebadongexpr.last Saturday.
er se er a taem er a mekemadexpr.during the war.
er seiexpr.over there; in that place.
mekera iseiexpr.[used to refer to a method of doing something that the speaker has forgotten.]
ngera iseiexpr.thingamajig; thingamabob; whatchamacallit. [used to refer to something whose name the speaker has forgotten.]
se di kauexpr.it's up to you.
se el soamexpr.whatever you want; it's up to you.
se el tebelexpr.that table (over there).
se er aexpr.conj. when (in the past).
techa iseiexpr.what's-his-name; what's-her-name. [Used to refer to someone whose name the speaker has forgotten.]
tela iseiexpr.[used to refer to a number that the speaker has forgotten.]
Examples:
A
blik
a
di
kea
lengar
er
sei.
> My house is no longer located here.
a
mekngit
el
ralm
er
a
sewer
el
me
tuobed
er
se
er
a
Ongedei
me
a
Ongeuang
el
Ureor
er
tia
el
mlo
merek
el
sandei
> the bad sewer water that came out on Wednesday and Thursday of last week
Bo
mkodir
se
el
kob
er
a
bebul
a
tebel;
a
John
a
mlo
kmedii
a
kob
er
a
bebul
a
tebel;
a
John
a
kiledir
a
kob
er
a
bebul
a
tebel.
> 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.).
A
Droteo
a
melamech
a
dekool
se
el
losuub.
> Droteo smokes cigarettes when(ever) he studies.
A
Juda
er
se
er
a
lesang,
e
ng
ulemdasu
el
kmo
ng
oteruul
el
redil
e
le
ng
dilkedekii
a
medal.
> When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, because she had her face covered.
Proverbs:
Se
el
obutek
a
medak.
> 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.
More Examples:
chuleku
me
ak
mo
er
se
el
ings
>
Ngkang
techa
isei
el
mle
er
a
blai?
> Who was it that came to the house?
chuleku
me
ak
mo
er
se
el
ings
>
Ak
mo
mesge
sel
ksend
ra
afternoon
sel
bok
merek
lou
worj
>
Ng
kmal
mle
betok
a
ultil
a
ochik
er
se
el
omoachel.
> I had many footsteps at the river.

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