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
sebechel
a
ngalek
el
obes
e
le
ng
mle
ungil
a
blekerdelel
er
tia
el
mlo
merek
el
taem.
> The child may be watched/babysat because he behaved well last time.
Ng
mle
ngiuk.
> I was sent for.
Ngara
me
ke
di
oungalek
er
kau?
> Why are you acting like a child?
A
Toki
a
mle
blechoel
el
meleng
el
udoud.
> Toki always used to borrow money.
A
rubak
ousbech
er
a
manrik
el
orreked
er
a
medal
a
biskang
me
ng
sebechel
dormii
mo
ungil.
> The old man is using a vise grip to hold his spear so he can sharpen it.
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?
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.
Ke
mera
el
ngelekel
a
ulled.
> Really a child of the back.
A child (sometimes an adult) that behaves well whether its parents are present or not; a child that is good when one's back is turned.
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
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:
Tia
el
kumiai
el
mera
kmal
meral
ometuat
me
ng
merengla
a
sengchek.
> The boat is hitting the waves hard making my hips sore.
Tia
el
ochechel
a
bul
a
kired
el
mo
blak
a
rengud
el
otutii
me
a
rengeasek
a
mo
mellengmes
a
llach.
> This enforcement of the stated curfew needs to enforced for the young generation to respect the laws.
Ng
mle
meringel
er
ngak
a
kotouar
er
ngii
e
le
ng
mle
tekoi
el
soak.
> It was hard for me to refuse because that was the thing I wanted.
Ng
mle
kirel
el
melilt
el
kmo
ng
mo
mesiou
er
techang.
> He had to choose whom to serve.
Ng
mera
el
sulebelab
el
chull.
> It's raining heavily and continuously.

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