mei
/me
, v.i.come; arrive.
mei
a
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mei
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mei
me
ka
bev.imp.
be
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ta
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a
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be
be
blev.s.hypo.
meracont.mei er a
merekung
/merkung
v.i.pred.is about to come or arrive.
mermang
/meremang
v.inch.
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el
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mlei
/mle
v.pastcame; arrived.
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mei
me
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mle
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mle
ng
mle
mleracont.mlei er a
be kbongexpr.goodbye; I'm leaving.
me e mong
/memong
expr.pass by; go on; "(in a direction) towards me and then keep going (past me)."
nguu el meiexpr.bring.
ta el buil er mla me e mongexpr.one month ago.
Examples:
> Come help me.
> Let me fix it.
> They will be like trees whose branches are burned by fire, whose blossoms are blown away by the wind.
> We talked about lots of problems.
> I'm too tired to come back to the house to get the water.
Proverbs:
> Like Ngiramesemong, rehashing what has been finished.
Pertains to a person who repeatedly reminds another of past favors or continually recalls the mistakes of others. (My sources no longer recalled the episode or story from which this idiom derives.)
> I build it and you destroy it?
May be applied to a person who feels his aims or projects are being destroyed by the actions of another.
> Bitter and salty.
The strategy of "doing things the hard way." When alternatives are available, the appropriate choice is the more difficult one. In voice, expression, and action there is a positive accent on personal ability.
> You're like a fish bait which can be eaten or pecked from the top and bottom.
You don't know what to do because chores keep coming in from left and right.
> Really a child of the back.
A child (sometimes an adult) that behaves well whether its parents are present or not; a child that is good when one's back is turned.
More Examples:
> Palauan language is limited and there are many foreign words being used.
> These ladies clubbing are so wild.
> Scoot over. You're crowding me.
> Come sit for a while.
> These clams just released their eggs.

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