Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary

> Droteo pretends that he knows how to repair cars.

> Droteo fixes cars as well as you.

> My tire's gone flat.

> Joseph drove his car to my house.

> Droteo learned how to make canoes from his father.

> Don't be like the man from Ngerchemai who lost both the turtle and the canoe.

> Like the man of Ngerechemai, who lost his turtle and lost his canoe.

> Like Kerosene, poling his canoe with no obvious destination

> Luke told me there was a car outside.

> There was a crash by the bridge. Nobody got hurt.

> Do you know how to drive a car?

> I was driving a car and the police caught me because I don't have a license.

> My younger brother and I were making our canoe.

> Tacked sails. (Tacking into the wind.)

> There are a lot of complaints about the noise from cars.

> The gate opened for them by itself.

> Who is the one farthest from the door?

> Open the door!

> Toki is now free to roam around./Toki's on the loose.

> The door opened.

> Tom is the one farthest from the door

> The windows of the bunker were equipped with steel shutters.

> He is trying to squeeze his hand through the window to open the door.

> Who is the one closest to the door?

> I didn't notice and accidentally slammed the door on my hand.

> Sis is washing her clothes in the ocean.

> Due to the weather conditions and increasing hazardous surf, the National Emergency Office (NEMO) is issuing a Small Craft Warning for the entire Republic of Palau. Water conditions from outside the reef through all exposures are very rough at this time. Travel between Peleliu and Angaur, Kayangel and Ollei and/or outside the reefs are strictly prohibited. Small craft warning flags have been raised and the republic is requested to observe this warning. NEMO will continue to monitor these marine conditions and advise the public accordingly.

> This medicine must be used with salt water (to be effective).

> The ocean of our islands is abundant in fish.

> A good leader, like rain, stills the ocean.

> The ocean crabs crowd out the village crabs.

> Sea crabs have pushed out land crabs.

> It's like the foam of the sea, which forms unexpectedly and then disappears.

> I was sleeping on the bench and listening to the waves breaking on the shore.

> Our president is focused on conserving and protecting the sea life.

> We didnt catch anything as the waves were really strong.

> My younger brother and I were making our canoe.

> He was climbing on the ladder when his foot slipped and he fell.

> Her hair reaches down to her knees.

> Why don't you sit down (lit., are you standing up because you don't have a bend in your legs)?

> You're still a newcomer around here, so watch your behavior.

> The tide reaches as high as my knees.

> Your legs are your taro patch.

> Like the purple swamp hen, flying off with its legs hanging down

> You're like the stork which flies with its legs dangling.

> I want to go (with you) but my legs are too painful.

> My foot(feet) hurts or I have sore feet.

> He or she fell out of the tree and broke his or her leg.

> Ouch! I stubbed my toe on a tree root.

> The doctor says that I need to heat up my boil so that it can burst and get better.

> He's gone adrift./He doesn't know what he's doing.

> The tank is getting filled.

> My stomach feel funny.