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a lsekum /lsekum /sekum | , mod. | if [with neutral implications].
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alsekum | cont. | a lsekum |
Synonyms:
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> If the tide is good, (then) they'll go fishing. |
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> If there are fifty innocent people in the city, then ... |
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> 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. |
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> If you don't like it, then don't tell me to do it. |
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> We got punished for fighting at school. |
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se /sei /isei | , pro. | that object far from speaker and far from listener.
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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). |
techa isei | expr. | what's-his-name; what's-her-name. [Used to refer to someone whose name the speaker has forgotten.] |
tela isei | expr. | [used to refer to a number that the speaker has forgotten.] |
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> Can you pick up something from the bottom of that deep water/ocean? |
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> I can dive and pick up something in the bottom of the blue deep ocean. |
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> The dog is barking there. |
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> How clever of him!/What a style! |
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> I was studying when Droteo came. |
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Proverbs: |
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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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> When it starts boiling, let it boil for about 15 more minutes. |
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> Go and bring my basket so we can go to the taro patch. |
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> He gave me this ... whatchamacallit piece for a speargun. |
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> My kids are so unruly sometimes. |
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