ngera
/ngerang
/ngarang
/ngara		, pro.what; which; what kind of; anything (but or except).
ngerang
a
ker;
ngera
ke
melekoi?
tia
ng
ngerang?
ngera
soam?
ng diak a ngerangpro.nothing.
ua ngarangpro.how.
ngera meexpr.why? for what reason?
ngera ngar ngiiexpr.what's up? what's happening?
ngera uchul meexpr.why? for what reason?
Examples:
Ng
ua
ngara
a
blekerdelel
a
urerem?
> How are your working conditions?
Ng
mo
ua
ngara
a
sichel
a
odimem?
> How do you want your meat to be cooked?
Ngara
ke
omes
er
ngii?
Ke
oucharm?
> Why are you staring at me like that?
Ngara
el
mubi
a
chobo
momes
er
ngii?
> What kind of movie are you going to see?
Ngara
me
ke
di
mengchechelebed
er
a
rengalek?
> Why are you always hitting the children?
Proverbs:
Ngara
eseos
e
olengimech
el
mera
dalem.
> From the mature tree the sapling dribbles.
Eseos is a mature tree, dalm is a sapling; olengimch means to drip, drizzle, or dribble. Application is to the similarity of the child to its parents, generally its father.
More Examples:
Ng
ngara
a
urerel
a
chad
er
a
komi?
> What is the job of a janitor or custodian.
Ngera
a
dereuakl?
> What is the laughter about?
Me
a
chomobekuk
e
ng
mo
ngerang?
> So what if you're my older brother?
Ailechang
ngarang?
> What are those?
Ng
ngara
er
ngii
a
lmuut
el
somiu?
> Do you want anything else?
Ngerang, n.hamlet in Melekeok.
Ngerang
a
rengedel
a
beluu
er
a
Melekeok.
Examples:
Tia
ngerang?
> What is this?
Te
di
diu
el
diak
lodengei
a
ngerang
e
leko
te
mesaod.
> They both don't know anything and yet they're trying to explain.
Tilecha
ngerang?
> What is that (thing near you)?
Ke
melim
a
ngerang?
> What are you drinking?
Ng
di
ngii
mak
kiei
ra
iemoch
meng
uoi
diak
kudengei
a
ngerang.
> It's as if I live somewhere so far away that I don't know what's going on.
More Examples:
A
bo
lemeoud
e
ng
mo
ngerang,
ngii
di
le
mlei.
> So what if he is late, as long as he comes.
Ng
diak
el
dil
ngerang
e
moruul
er
a
lengelem.
> Don't always cry.
Ngerang
a
sebechem
el
rullii
er
a
delengcheklem
me
ng
mo
diak
msal
kurusii?
> What can you do in your household that would help relieve your stress?
Me
a
chomobekuk
e
ng
mo
ngerang?
> So what if you're my older brother?
Tia
el
siasing
er
kau
el
ngar
er
a
chelbacheb,
tiang
ngerang
el
dengchokl
er
ngii?
Ng
brer
me
a
lechub
e
ng
totang?
> Your picture at the rock island, what are you sitting on? Is it bamboo raft or tin canoe?

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