mekerang, v.i.do what?
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kede mekerangexpr.what shall we do (now)?
Examples:
> It doesn't do anything./It won't do you any harm.
> what shall we do (now)?
> How did the boy fall?
> How do Palauans make pottery?
> I'm not going to do anything to you./I'm not going to hurt you.
Proverbs:
> You pluck the fruit and pick it up; what of us?
Why don't you share or let us participate in your activity?/Why are you the only one to laugh at your joke? Usually one person climbs the tree or uses a long stick to knock down the fruit while an assistant shares the task and rewards by catching the falling fruit or picking it up. The saying may be applied to a person who prepares something to eat by himself, then eats it without sharing. It can apply also to a person who laughs at his own joke, leaving his audience unmoved.
More Examples:
> What am I doing?
> What do we use pot holders for?
kmung
/kmong
, v.i.used to introduce various expressions of imprecise knowledge in which an event is generally known to have occurred but some specifics are unknown.
kmung kerexpr.somewhere (I don't know where).
kmung kilskelii
/kmong kilskelii
expr.something happened to it (or him or her) (I don't know what).
kmung kusakl
/kmong kusakl
expr.something bad happened (I don't know what).
kmung mekerang
/kmong mekerang
expr.somehow (I don't know how).
kmung ngarang
/kmong ngarang
expr.something (I don't know what).
kmung ngera uchul
/kmong ngera uchul
expr.some reason (I don't know what).
kmung oingerang
/kmong oingerang
expr.sometime (I don't know when).
kmung ongetelang
/kmong ongetelang
expr.some number (I don't know which).
kmung techang
/kmong techang
expr.someone (I don't know who).
kmung telang
/kmong telang
expr.some quantity (I don't know how many).
See also: ,
KMO
Examples:
> Droteo went somewhere or other.
> The children are playing somewhere or other.
> Someone or other came looking for you.
More Examples:
> He climbed into the car and went I don't know where.

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