ma, mod.first.
Examples:
> You go on ahead to school, and then I'll follow.
> Due to the weather conditions and increasing hazardous surf, the National Emergency Office (NEMO) is issuing a Small Craft Warning for the entire Republic of Palau. Water conditions from outside the reef through all exposures are very rough at this time. Travel between Peleliu and Angaur, Kayangel and Ollei and/or outside the reefs are strictly prohibited. Small craft warning flags have been raised and the republic is requested to observe this warning. NEMO will continue to monitor these marine conditions and advise the public accordingly.
> The husband and kids are being ignored/neglected because he's so occupied with his work.
More Examples:
> The first floor contained a guard room, recreation room, hallway, workers room, and an NCO room.
> On the second floor was a transmitting command post, aircraft-unit command post, and an officer's room.
> A thick-walled bunker section held a transmitting-material storeroom, a generator room, and storage battery room.
> English
> I like this child because he's/she's very polite.
me a, conj.and.
macont.me a
makcont.me ak
makicont.me aki
meconj.and.
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mengcont.me ng
Examples:
> Why are you standing up while eating?
> You and I will go to the store.
> They would weigh more than the sands of the sea, so my wild words should not surprise you.
> The husband and kids are being ignored/neglected because he's so occupied with his work.
> He held discussions in the synagogue, trying to convince both Jews and Greeks.
Proverbs:
> It's as if I've submerged my head into Mekaeb (the channel between Peleliu and Agaur).
A term to describe a dish that is really salty.
> If it is my lunch it can be divided, if it is yours then it cannot
Two men habitually trapped fish in the same region of the lagoon. One would occasionally ask the other to join him at lunch, the other would always refuse. One day the man who refused arrived with no lunch. When the usual invitation was extended the man refused, saying that, anyway, he had no lunch. The invitation was insistently pressed until the reluctant one gave in. As they split the taro between them the one who shared made the above statement. The idiom is a mild rebuke of a retentive person
> It's like the rat of Ngerard, which eats up all your coconuts and (then) all of ours.
It's a decision, plan etc. that will backfire. A pet rat owned by Mad, chief of Ngaraard, ate the coconuts of most of the chief's neighbors, then, still hungry, ate the chief's own coconuts.
> Like an old woman who is cautious about coughing and breaking wind.
Among elderly women, it seems, coughing sometimes produces the unwanted effect of breaking wind. The idiom may be applied to any action that might produce an undesirable side effect, such as a hasty decision at a political meeting. As a caution, it suggests the need for leaders to consider all the consequences.
> Are you the son of Redechor
is that why you're standing around so much?
More Examples:
> Do tell, what happened last night?
> Well see you later.
> Women, young and old wore grass skirts.
> My attached (not blood) sister cares for me more than my real sisters because she always helps with all of my cultural obligations.
> Lets go drink alcohol.

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