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ng

, pro.

he/she/it (nonemphatic).

ng

a

ngii;

ngii

el

chad;

ngii

el

kall;

ngii

el

blai;

ng

melim

a

ralm;

ng

kall;

ng

blimiu?

Examples:

Ng

a

> Your explanation is very clear.

Ng

mla

a

> The worst is over.

Ng

a

> He talks pleasantly (but he really doesn't mean it).

Ng

er

a

> I haven't read the book yet.

Ng

a

er

kau

me

ke

me

er

> Who told you to come here?

Proverbs:

Ng

a

er

a

e

> Are there any who spear at the ground and miss?

Used to describe something that is easily accomplished.

Ng

e

> Small, but a man

One physically small, or a child, who does the work of a strong man.

Ng

ko

er

a

er

a

er

a

a

e

ke

> It's like taking a shower at Tellei's bath, when somebody takes a shower, you shiver from the cold.

Someone's actions makes you embarrassed.

Ng

ko

er

a

a

el

a

el

> Like one who has eaten the thorny puffer fish, full of many things.

The thorny puffer fish is sometimes gulped by the wide-mouthed grouper fish. The puffer, expanding and extending its thorns in the grouper's mouth, renders the latter rather "full of things" and completely helpless. Groupers in this predicament are occasionally caught by fishermen. The idiom is applied to anyone who faces more problems, more work, or more sweethearts than he can cope with.

Ng

ko

er

a

> Like the sea-horse worm.

The kobesos is a small eel-like creature with the head of a sea horse. It never faces another fish directly but always shies away sideways. The saying is applied to a person who is too bashful or backward in a public situation.

More Examples:

Ng

> It's bitter.

Ng

a

er

a

a

> What is on the table or desk?

Ng

a

> Does he or she have a stomachache?

Ak

Ng

a

me

ng

> I'm single. I have never been married.

Ng

a

se

el

> Bet they sleep in peace at night.

E kele ng locha sebechek

, expr.

I could, maybe I could . .

See also:

Ng betik a renguk er kau.

, expr.

I love you.

See also:

Ng ieta a chelsang.

, expr.

The work is over.

See also:

Ng ieta a sils.

, expr.

It's past the hottest part of the day.

See also:

Ng mla kngemed!

, expr.

There's no more!.

See also:

e ng di merkong

, expr.

unless.

See also:

ng diak a chiollel

, expr.

impossible; (something that) will never happen.

See also:

ng diak a rolel e

, expr.

there's no way to/have no way to.

See also:

ng diak a rrengel

, expr.

unreserved; uninhibited; direct; not afraid to speak one's mind.

See also:

RUR

ng mla er ngii

, expr.

there has or have been; there was or were.

See also:

MLA

ng mla me mo el klebesei

, expr.

the days gone by; past.

See also:

ng mo er ngii

, expr.

there will be.

See also:

MO

ng mochu er ngii

, expr.

there is about to be.

See also:

e le ng

, conj.

because he/she/it.

See also:

LE

e ng di

, mod.

but.

ng diak

, mod.

no.

See also:

ng diak a ngerang

, pro.

nothing.

See also:

ng diak a tal chad
/ng diak a ta el chad
/ng diak a ta el chad

, pro.

nobody.