er, prep.indicates specific (as opposed to non-specific) object noun phrase in certain constructions [similar to how 'the' is different from 'a']; used to precede the object of locational, directional, source, temporal, and causal phrases.

in; at; on; to; from; of; out of; because of; for; with; by means of; about.
er
a
omeketakl
a
ilekelel
a
tekoi
e
dirrek
el
omech;
chad
er
a
Belau,
ak
merael
er
a
chelechang.
eracont.er a
racont.er a
Examples:
Ng
kmal
seselk
a
renguk
er
aika
el
rekas.
> I'm very irritated by these mosquitos.
A
debel
a
ingsed
a
meteet
er
a
ngikel.
> The ocean of our islands is abundant in fish.
A
Droteo
a
uai
a
decham
er
a
omeruul
el
mlai.
> Droteo fixes cars as well as you.
Ak
mengeald
er
a
kelek.
> I'm warming up my food.
Ak
milengang
er
se
el
ringngo
me
aike
el
tuu.
> I was eating that apple and those bananas.
Proverbs:
Ng
ko
er
a
kobesos.
> Like the sea-horse worm.
The kobesos is a small eel-like creature with the head of a sea horse. It never faces another fish directly but always shies away sideways. The saying is applied to a person who is too bashful or backward in a public situation.
Ke
ko
er
a
otaor
el
di
omtitechakl
el
diak
a
blil.
> You're like a floating log without a resting place.
You have no fixed abode.
Kmakm
mechab:
charm
er
a
chab
el
kmeed
er
a
ngau
e
diak
lemedul.
> Like the insects which stays at ashes of fire but doesn't burn.
You're near a situation which needs immediate attention but you don't lend a hand.
Ng
ko
er
a
kim
er
a
Murael,
el
di
dengarech
e
oker
a
chais.
> She's like the clams at Murael, lying face up (and open) and asking for news.
i.e., she just sits at home asking passersby about what's going on outside. Murael is a reef near Ngerechelong where, as elsewhere in Palau, the various kinds of tradacna shell bask, open and feeding, in the shallow lagoon. The saying applies to gullibility combined with high curiosity for news and to persons who simply sit at home, letting the happenings of the community come to them via passing persons.
Ng
ko
er
a
mekemedil
a
Ulong,
el
doba
er
a
kebesengei
> Like the raid at Ulong, doing it in the evening
Pertains to a battle between the people of the once-inhabited islands of Ulong and Ngemelis in which the leader of the Ngemelis forces successfully defeated those of Ulong by attacking in the evening with the setting sun directly at his back, blinding the Ulong forces. Application is to a meeting or task, which might better have been started earlier, postponed until evening
More Examples:
A
rechad
el
smecher
a
mo
er
a
osbitar.
> Sick people go to the hospital.
Ng
kmal
meseked
a
Guam
er
a
rechad.
> There are lots of people in Guam.
Ngka
el
delal
a
bechik
a
ko
er
a
telkib
el
sesmecher.
> My mother in law is a bit under the weather.
Se
el
ongeru
el
chelbel
ngar
er
ngii
a
mesil
er
a
dembo
me
a
ike
el
berotel
tekoi
er
a
mekemad
e
dirrek
el
obis
er
a
ngar
bab
el
soldau
er
a
Siabal.
> On the second floor was a transmitting command post, aircraft-unit command post, and an officer's room.
Aki
mlo
mukai
er
a
ochedak
el
mlei
el
ngar
er
a
ngebard.
> We went to pick up my brother that flew in from the states.

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