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se elconj.when (in the future); whenever.
se el sekumconj.if (used in negative sentences).
selcont.se el
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:
> Why are you always leaving your children behind when you go out?
> The words of the Lord came to Jeremiah while he was still imprisoned in the palace courtyard.
> When I went to Guam, I lived at Toki's place.
> The dog is barking there.
> Stop continuing like that.
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 when walking on the streets.
> When I eat clam, the big muscle always gets stuck in my teeth.
> I had many footsteps at the river.
> A thick-walled bunker section held a transmitting-material storeroom, a generator room, and storage battery room.
> Dont mess with the spotted eagle ray when you go fishing as they are sacred.

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