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:
Ng
kmal
mle
oltobedechur
a
nglikir.
> Their dance was very comical.
Ak
milengang
aike
el
tuu
me
se
el
ringngo.
> I was eating those bananas and that apple.
Ng
mla
mo
eim
el
klok
me
bo
derei.
> It's five o'clock so let's go home.
Tia
a
bresengt
er
ngak
el
me
er
kau.
> This is my present for you.
Ng
diak
a
medulel
a
ochim
me
ke
di
dechor.
> Why don't you sit down (lit., are you standing up because you don't have a bend in your legs)?
Proverbs:
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.
Ng
ko
er
a
chad
er
a
Ngcheangel,
el
di
me
chemed
er
a
Ngkesol.
> Like the man of Kayangel, who procured his gifts from Keso
The saying refers to a man from the atoll of Kayangel, some twenty miles north of the main islands of Palau, who, on his way south to visit friends, stopped at an intermediate reef, Kesol, to fish for a present for his host. Refers to a person who, en route to a visit, tries to borrow a present from another guest; any person who suddenly wants to borrow money.
Tia
di
ngii
me
ak
terrob
er
a
Mekaeb.
> It's as if I've submerged my head into Mekaeb (the channel between Peleliu and Agaur).
A term to describe a dish that is really salty.
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
ko
er
a
char
er
a
Kosiil,
el
lecheraches
e
ng
mong
me
a
lekeriik
e
ng
mei.
> Like seaweed at Kosiil, out with the tide and in with the tide.
Kosiil is a location in the lagoon where the seaweed can be seen to bend in and out with the tide. The idiom is applied to a leader who is too flexible and unreliable. In the short form (Kora char ra Kosiil) it may simply mean, "I'll go along with what you decide."
More Examples:
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.
Me
dorael
el
mo
melim
a
rrom.
> Lets go drink alcohol.
Ochoi,
Ng
di
mle
ta
el
bo
kuloik.
> Yes, but I only danced once.
Lak
be
mtuu.
> Don't come inside.
Ak
mo
telkib
el
meoud
el
me
remei
er
a
klukuk.
Ng
kmal
betok
a
urerek.
> I'm going to be a little late tomorrow. I have a lot of work.

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