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:
A
resoldau
a
nguu
a
ziu
el
omoes
el
di
mle
ta
temetemir
a
remechas
me
a
rengalek.
> The soldiers took rifles and shot the women and children all at once.
Ak
milengang
er
se
el
ringngo
me
aike
el
tuu.
> I was eating that apple and those bananas.
Te
mle
meched
a
rengrir
a
remerael
er
a
chelsel
a
bebil
el
sikang.
> The travelers were thirsty in a few hours.
A
bilsengek
a
mle
kosio.
> My boat went out of order.
A
rebek
el
charm
a
ko
er
a
kmal
ungia
a
rengrir
me
te
ko
er
a
di
mle
chellaod.
> All the animals were starting to be really glad and they were somewhat comforted.
Proverbs:
Ke
ko
er
a
kuaol
el
sbungel
er
bab
me
iou.
> You're like a fish bait which can be eaten or pecked from the top and bottom.
You don't know what to do because chores keep coming in from left and right.
Mengar
me
a
mecherocher.
> 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.
Ng
kora
bechars
er
a
Ngerdobotar,
el
di
kiei
me
ng
chelengang
> Like the cockroach of Ngerdobotar, staying on till it became white.
Presumably if a cockroach remains in the darkness for a long time, as one at Ngerdobotar (in Aimeliik) apparently did, it will turn white. Application pertains to a visitor who stays on and on, especially one who is not helpful in the household. Such behavior is not properly human; the person is somehow different, like a white cockroach.
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.
Ak
meruul
me
kau
er
a
terudel?
> I build it and you destroy it?
May be applied to a person who feels his aims or projects are being destroyed by the actions of another.
More Examples:
Ng
mera
el
babii!
> She's a pig!
Kmal
meringel
a
cheroid
er
a
deluill
me
ng
blechoel
ngar
er
ngii
a
rrau
el
reng.
> Long distance realtionship are hard and misunderstandings are always a concern.
John,
mousubes
e
ak
mla
touchakl
er
a
blil
a
Ngerkumer
me
ak
mo
telkib
el
meoud.
> John, forgive me, I made a stop at Ngerkumer's and may be a run a little late.
Ng
telitur
er
ngak
me
ng
dimlak
lesebechek
el
lomelemii
ngii
el
deluill.
> My lack of experience prevented me from maintaining any relationships.
Ng
oldubech
a
ungelel
a
ngelekek
me
ng
di
merael
a
mbesel
me
tia
bilek
el
dekmesang
er
a
ngibes.
> My baby is teething and drooling so much that my shirt is now wet from the drool.

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