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:
Ke
mlo
ngera
el
chei?
> What kind of fishing did you do?
Ngera
melungd
er
kau
me
ke
di
diak
chomngar
er
a
blai?
> What is it that makes you stay away from home so much?
Tia
a
ngarang
a
obang?
> What is causing this (situation where nothing is working out right)?
Ng
ngera
a
uchul
me
ke
mlo
er
a
Saibal?
> Why did you go to Saipan?
A
kloklek
a
klilia
er
a
kmo
ng
ngarang
a
di
kea
kudengei.
> I put my things somewhere or into something or other, but I can't remember where.
More Examples:
Ng
ua
ngara
a
eanged?
> How is the weather?
E
ngara
soam
el
melim?
> And what do you want to drink?
Ke
mo
omechar
a
ngarang?
> What are you going to buy?
Ng
mo
ngerang
a
lemechut,
ng
sebechek
el
oubail
er
ngii.
> So what if it's old; I can still wear it.
Me
a
chomobekuk
e
ng
mo
ngerang?
> So what if you're my older brother?
Ngerang, n.hamlet in Melekeok.
Ngerang
a
rengedel
a
beluu
er
a
Melekeok.
Examples:
Se
ng
dichel
a
ngerang?
> What is that light?
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.
Ng
di
ngii
me
ak
kiei
er
a
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.
Ke
melim
a
ngerang?
> What are you drinking?
Tilecha
ngerang?
> What is that (thing near you)?
More Examples:
Te
locha
omdasu
a
ngerang
aika
el
bderrir.
> Wonder what they are thinking.
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?
Ngerang
me
ke
di
mengisngull?
> Why are you frowning all the time?
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?
Ng
mo
ngerang
a
loluchel
er
a
dui?
> So what if he holds a title?

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