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
di
kea
lungil
el
omengur
me
a
ka
lungil
el
mechiuaiu.
> Droteo can neither eat nor sleep well any more.
Ng
ka
lechad
me
a
ka
lkeang.
> He's a good-for-nothing.
Ka
mochotii
a
olechotel.
> Please provide an example.
Ka
molukl
el
mo
er
se
el
ta
er
a
kingall.
> Please move into another chair.
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?
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
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
bo
mchais
a
eru
er
a
llel
ongael
el
mei.
> Go pluck two leaves from the Purple Viper's-bugloss tree and bring them back here.
Ka
mo
mechar
a
imeled
el
biang,
soad
el
taorer.
> Buy us beer before we faint.
Ka
mnguu
tia
el
terekill
el
mo
er
a
blil
Dachelbai
e
msbedii
el
kmo
ng
mla
er
a
Ulang
el
sbedel
a
Ocherolel
a
Kitalong.
> Bring this basket of prepared food to Dachelbai's house and tell him that it's from Ulang for Kitalong's house-party.
Ka
mesa
blim
me
a
delengcheklem
e
bochu
molemalt
er
a
rengelekir
a
rubliil.
> Look at where you came from let alone your household before you try to wise up a stranger.

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