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:
Ak
kmal
mlo
merur
me
ak
di
kileed
el
toker.
> I was so ashamed I thought I'd die.
Ng
mle
sment
a
ulolel
tia
el
skuul.
> This school had a cement floor.
Ngak
me
a
Helen
a
kausechelei.
> Helen and I are friends.
Ngka
el
Ulang
a
kmal
deleberuou
a
teletelel
me
ng
di
blechoel
el
olengesonges
se
el
ngar
er
ngii
a
mechesang.
> Ulang always mismanages her finances; she is always short when there is a need for her.
Bechititerir
me
lebo
longedub.
> Let them go swimming.
Proverbs:
Ng
ko
er
a
beab
er
a
Ngerard,
el
kma
a
lisiu
me
a
lisam.
> 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.
Kau,
ke
ngelekel
a
Redechor,
me
ke
di
dechor?
> Are you the son of Redechor
is that why you're standing around so much?
Ng
mlenga
a
telochel
a
demal
me
ng
uai
ngii.
> Like his father, for he ate his father's premasticated food.
Applied to a child by adoption, with the implication that the adopted child resembles his adoptive father
Ng
ko
er
a
ibuchel
er
a
Ngemai
el
di
kiei
me
a
dekedekel.
> He's like the sea urchins between Ngiwal and Melekeok, on the ocean floor with its cover.
The sea urchin can be seen lying quietly on the lagoon floor, occasionally with a leaf like a hat covering its head. Applied to a man who acquires a wife or great wealth without working for it.
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.
More Examples:
Ngera
me
ke
mesam
a
chimam,
soam
el
obar?
> Why are you making fist, wanna get smacked?
Ka
bong
er
a
chesmel
me
desang
e
kom
kmal
mellomes.
> Do as you say, so everyone can see you are smart as you talk.
Ak
mera
el
mo
oureng
er
a
demak
me
a
delak
se
el
bebil
er
a
taem.
> Sometimes, i really miss my father and mother.
Ng
mera
el
ungil
a
cheritel
me
a
klekedellel
e
ng
di
aika
el
berdel
a
ngerel
a
ko
er
a
ulechero
er
tia
el
kutsibeni
er
ngii.
> She looks so beautiful with her traditional grass skirt and decorations except her lips look inside out with that lipstick.
Ulang
a
mera
el
ungil
a
chung
er
ngii
el
dimlak
laksident.
> Ulang really had great luck and didn't have an accident.

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