ka, mod.contentless word proceeding polite imperatives.
ka
a
kau;
Bung
ka
mei,
ka
morael,
ka
bo
ruchei.
Ka bong.expr.Go ahead.
Ka morael.expr.Leave.
Ka mosang.expr.Look at this.
Examples:
A
Droteo
a
dimlak
longang
me
a
ka
lullim
a
merael.
> Droteo neither ate nor drank and just left.
Ng
diak
lsoam
el
mo
er
a
mubi,
me
a
ka
lsoam
el
mo
er
a
restorangd,
e
kau
a
di
ngara
a
soam?
> You don't want to go to the movies, and you don't even want to go to the restaurant, so what do you really want to do?
Ng
diak
a
ungil
el
kerrekar
el
ourodech
a
mekngit
el
rodech,
el
ka
mekngit
el
kerrekar
el
ourodech
a
ungil
rodech.
> No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.
Ng
ka
lechad
me
a
ka
lkeang.
> He's a good-for-nothing.
Ka
mochotii
a
olechotel.
> Please provide an example.
Proverbs:
Ng
ko
er
a
Ngerechebal,
el
ka
lsingd
er
a
Imeliik
me
a
ka
lsingd
er
a
Ngerekebesang.
> He's like Ngerechebal Island, which is neither closer to Imeliik nor closer to Ngerekebesang.
i.e. He's indecisive or not clearly taking sides. A person who is "on the fence," changeable and indecisive. The saying may also be applied to a partly westernized Palauan.
More Examples:
Ka
mo
mechar
a
imeled
el
biang,
soad
el
taorer.
> Buy us beer before we faint.
Ka
bo
er
a
oreomel
e
mues
aike
el
rambotang
el
kmo
mla
mo
marek
e
mngai
a
bebil
mei.
Ke
mo
ungil
mart
me
ng
diak
leues
a
rechad
el
lolengit
er
a
uchei
er
a
be
mrei.
> Go check the rambutan in the rain forest. If there are ripe ones, bring them home but make sure to hide them so people don't bum them off you.
Ka
mnguu
se
el
sualek
e
dorael
mo
er
a
mesei.
> Go and bring my basket so we can go to the taro patch.
Rungalek,
ka
bo
mocheuir
a
ta
er
a
taxi
el
mei
me
lotekak
el
mo
er
a
bdelul
a
chang.
> My child, go hail me a taxi cab so that I can take it to the dock.
Ka
bo
mriso
aike
el
mekebud
e
dongerdoched
me
a
dousasimi.
> Go wash the sardines real good so we can fry some and have some for sashimi.

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