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se elconj.when (in the future); whenever.
se el sekumconj.if (used in negative sentences).
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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:
> I was studying when Droteo came.
> You will be disappointed by Egypt, just as you were by Assyria.
> My house is no longer located here.
> The bicycle was over there.
> We are using the circular table.
Proverbs:
> 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:
> Be careful descaling the fish so that you don't get hurt from its spikes.
> There might be a few drops of oil in the bottle.
> Im a bit awkward when dancing.
> Bet they sleep in peace at night.
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uchul, n.poss.3sbase (of tree); cause; reason; basis.
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uchukn.poss.1s
uchumn.poss.2s
uchemamn.poss.1pe
uchudn.poss.1pi
uchemiun.poss.2p
ucherirn.poss.3p
chad er a uchul a eangedexpr.foreigner.
me isei a uchul eexpr.therefore.
uchul a cheldecheduchexpr.reason for the meeting.
uchul a eangedexpr.horizon.
uchul a kerrekarexpr.base of tree; butt end of log.
Examples:
> That's why the wind always gets strong.
> Why did you go to Saipan?
> You'll all be sorry for laughing.
> I have a deep affection for you, so that's why I'm warning you.
> Droteo's giving up smoking is the reason why he got better.
Proverbs:
> Like the crotch of an aristocratic woman.
Women of the wealthy elite in old Palau would be tattooed up the entire leg and about the thighs and hips. Reference is to the black color of such tattooing and the phrase may be applied to any dark occasion, but usually to dark clouds.
> When the purple swamp hen appears, it brings remembrance
There is a song (Oumachas) from which this saying derives: Once there was a young couple who made love in a secluded spot in the taro garden. While they were lying together a purple swamp hen darted out of the brush startling the couple. Eventually love cooled, but thereafter whenever the girl saw a purple swamp hen while she worked in the gardens, she recalled her lover. Hence any occurrence that brings back fond memories.
More Examples:
> Because of the love between us we care about each other's well being.
> Stop picking on your sores that's why they don't get healed!
> From which direction is the wind coming from?

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