| be | v.imp. |
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| ble | v.s.hypo. | |
| mera | cont. | mei er a |
merekung
/merkung | v.i.pred. | is about to come or arrive. |
mermang
/meremang | v.inch. |
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mlei
/mle | v.past | came; arrived.
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| mlera | cont. | mlei er a |
| be kbong | expr. | 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 mei | expr. | bring. |
| ta el buil er mla me e mong | expr. | one month ago. |
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> I'm very full, so I feel as if I'll be sick. |
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> Let the child go play. |
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> They both left at the same time. |
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> Somebody has burned the building down. |
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> If you don't want it, give it to me and I'll drink it. |
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Proverbs: |
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> Without looking afield, it was cut down behind the house. From the folk tale concerning Mesubed Dingal, the inventor of the Palauan kite (see also No. 73). After his wife had been kidnapped, he constructed a kite using feathers from all the birds of Palau and he needed also wood from an Edebsungel tree to fashion the body of the bird-kite. After looking all over Palau and being on the point of giving up, he found the tree he needed behind his own house. The saying may be applied to anyone who does things the hard way, or who goes far afield to find something which is close at hand. |
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> 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. |
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> Are you the son of Redechor is that why you're standing around so much? |
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> 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. |
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> 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. |
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More Examples: |
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> He was running late this morning and left without his lunch. |
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> Yes, if the weather gets worse, I'll leave. |
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> Yes, it's been raining since morning. |
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> At 7:30 a.m. I eat breakfast. |
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