mei
/me		, v.i.come; arrive.
mei
a
okedongel
a
chad;
mei
er
tiei,
mei
me
kulekoi,
ka
mei.
bev.imp.
be
a
ta
er
a
telengtengil
a
tekoi
el
mengai
er
a
tekoi
el
mei;
be
bong,
be
metengel.
blev.s.hypo.
meracont.mei er a
merekung
/merkung		v.i.pred.is about to come or arrive.
mermang
/meremang		v.inch.
meremang
a
merael
mei;
ngar
er
a
omerolel
el
mei;
dumiang
er
a
dmuil.
mlei
/mle		v.pastcame; arrived.
mlei
a
mla
mei
me
ngar
tiang;
skoki
a
mlei
er
a
tutau.

mle
a
melekoi
er
a
rrekui;
Bung
a
mle
tmuu;
ng
mle
mekerang?
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:
A
omerolek
el
mo
er
a
Siabal
a
kmal
mle
ungil.
> My trip to Japan was great.
A
Droteo
a
ngalek
er
a
skuul,
me
a
Toki
a
sensei.
> Droteo is a student, and Toki is a teacher.
Ak
mlo
omes
er
a
Droteo
e
dimlak
lemei,
me
ak
okor
e
mo
remei.
> I went to meet Droteo, but he didn't come, so I went home instead.
A
Droteo
a
mle
dmik
er
a
blil
a
Toki.
> Droteo was living away from Toki's house.
Ng
di
ngii
me
ak
kiei
er
a
iemoch
meng
uoi
diak
kudengei
a
ngerang.
> It's as if I live somewhere so far away that I don't know what's going on.
Proverbs:
Ke
mera
el
di
medochii
el
rouar.
> You grab and then you pick it up.
Like telling a joke, you're still telling it yet you laugh like you just heard it.
A
uel
el
kuk
meremang
el
me
omeklatk
me
ng
mo
uchul
a
klengitereng
> 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.
Ng
ko
er
a
Ngerechebal,
el
ka
lsingd
er
a
Imeliik
me
a
ka
lsingd
er
a
Ngerekebesang.
> He's like Ngerechebal Island, which is neither closer to Imeliik nor closer to Ngerekebesang.
i.e. He's indecisive or not clearly taking sides. A person who is "on the fence," changeable and indecisive. The saying may also be applied to a partly westernized Palauan.
Kau,
ke
ngelekel
a
Redechor,
me
ke
di
dechor?
> Are you the son of Redechor
is that why you're standing around so much?
Mengar
me
a
mecherocher.
> 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.
More Examples:
Ak
milengereel
er
a
bdelul
a
chang.
Ng
di
mle
luut
a
cheldik.
> I fished at the dock. I only caught squid.
Mekong
me
a
uriul.
> Well see you later.
Aki
mlo
mukai
er
a
ochedak
el
mlei
el
ngar
er
a
ngebard.
> We went to pick up my brother that flew in from the states.
Ngka
el
sechesech
a
mera
el
di
uletemtimd
er
a
kesus,
tiang
locha
ngera
belkul.
> The gecko kept chirping last night, I wonder what it meant.
Ngika
el
dil
a
mera
el
ongermermangel.
> This girl complains too much.

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