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
dolech
a
me
kirel
a
bkul
a
ochik.
> The tide reaches as high as my knees.
Ngak
me
a
Helen
a
kausechelei.
> Helen and I are friends.
Ng
tela
a
ocherengir
a
rechad
el
me
er
a
party?
> How many people are coming to the party?
Bo
er
a
skuul
me
mlengir
a
oriik.
> Go to school and borrow a broom.
Te
di
oumesingd
el
menga
a
rodech
me
a
chemadech
el
kall.
> They tend to eat fruits and raw food.
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.
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.
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
Ng
ko
er
a
ibuchel
er
a
Ngemai
el
di
kiei
me
a
dekedekel.
> 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.
Kau,
ke
ngelekel
a
Redechor,
me
ke
di
dechor?
> Are you the son of Redechor
is that why you're standing around so much?
More Examples:
A
bechik
a
ulengeseu
er
ngak
er
a
tutau.
Ng
kmal
mera
el
mesaul.
> My wife helped me this morning. Im so grateful.
chuleku
me
ak
mo
er
se
el
ings
>
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.
Me
ke
mo
er
ker
el
stoang?
> Which store are you going to?
Bo
mdengchokl
er
a
delongelel
a
Mary
me
a
John
> Sit between Mary and John

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