ma, mod.first.
See also:
BA
Examples:
> The husband and kids are being ignored/neglected because he's so occupied with his work.
> 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.
More Examples:
> On the second floor was a transmitting command post, aircraft-unit command post, and an officer's room.
> The first floor contained a guard room, recreation room, hallway, workers room, and an NCO room.
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> I like this child because he's/she's very polite.
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me a, conj.and.
macont.me a
makcont.me ak
makicont.me aki
meconj.and.
me
a
a
kau
me
me
me
tir
a
mengcont.me ng
Examples:
> It's as if I live somewhere so far away that I don't know what's going on.
> Droteo and Toki aren't very well suited for each other.
> Easy stirring the soup so that we do not have to reheat it again.
> He went up a hill by himself to pray. When evening came, Jesus was there alone.
> The attorneys will attempt at a settlement to avoid trial.
Proverbs:
> 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
> You're like a fish bait which can be eaten or pecked from the top and bottom.
You don't know what to do coz chores keep coming in from left and right.
> 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.
> Without looking afield, it was cut down behind the house.
From the folk tale concerning Mesubed Dingal, the inventor of the Palauan kite (see also No. 73). After his wife had been kidnapped, he constructed a kite using feathers from all the birds of Palau and he needed also wood from an Edebsungel tree to fashion the body of the bird-kite. After looking all over Palau and being on the point of giving up, he found the tree he needed behind his own house. The saying may be applied to anyone who does things the hard way, or who goes far afield to find something which is close at hand.
> Like the duck of Ngechur, he became industrious after growing old.
The idiom is applied to a person who has more or less vegetated into maturity and old age and who, already far past his prime, suddenly tries without success to do all the things he might have done when younger. It may be used with reference to an elder who tries to be a dandy.
More Examples:
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> Our president is focused on conserving and protecting the sea life.
> Wealthy are getting wealthier and the poor are getting poorer.
> Thirty first day of the month.
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