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
ngera
a
uchul
me
ng
di
mle
kau
el
tang
el
me
er
tiang?
> Why did you come here all by yourself?
E
solae
ng
mlo
er
ngii
a
bosech
er
a
Ekipten
el
rokir
me
a
Kanaan
el
rokir,
el
mlo
uchul
a
klou
el
ringel.
> Then a famine struck all Egypt and Canaan, bringing great suffering.
Ngera
melungd
er
kau
me
ke
di
diak
chomngar
er
a
blai?
> What is it that makes you stay away from home so much?
Ng
mle
mekelekolt.
> It was cold.
A
bilsengek
a
mle
kosio.
> My boat went out of order.
Proverbs:
Kau,
ke
ngelekel
a
Redechor,
me
ke
di
dechor?
> Are you the son of Redechor
is that why you're standing around so much?
Ngak
a
ngit
me
kau
a
ngoi?
> I receive it and you ask for it?
A man asks for and receives that which he needs from a second party. A third party, learning of this, asks the first party for it. Used as implied or generally about any unreasonable request
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.
Ngar
er
a
eseos
e
olengimech
el
mera
dalem.
> From the mature tree the sapling dribbles.
Eseos is a mature tree, dalm is a sapling; olengimech means to drip, drizzle, or dribble. Application is to the similarity of the child to its parents, generally its father.
Ng
ko
er
a
Ngiramesemong,
el
omilt
a
mla
me
e
mong.
> Like Ngiramesemong, rehashing what has been finished.
Pertains to a person who repeatedly reminds another of past favors or continually recalls the mistakes of others. (My sources no longer recalled the episode or story from which this idiom derives.)
More Examples:
Ng
teruich
me
a
eai
a
rekil.
> He's 18 years old.
A
dentist
a
mildelii
a
ungelek
me
ak
kmal
mlo
mbesaol.
> The dentist pulled my tooth so now I am drooling a lot.
Ngika
el
dil
a
mera
el
ongermermangel.
> This girl complains too much.
Eiang,
ke
mera
el
delikik.
> Darn it, you are such a nincompoop.
Aki
mlo
mukai
er
a
ochedak
el
mlei
el
ngar
er
a
ngebard.
> We went to pick up my brother that flew in from the states.

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