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.
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Examples:
> Get out of here!
> He fell out of the tree and broke his leg.
> She's an amazing cook that she doesn't even need anyone to try the food she makes.
> Kukumai brought the food to her mother.
> This is making me very worried about Fern.
Proverbs:
> You're like a beetle that burns itself by flying into the fire.
You're always getting yourself into trouble.
> Like the gods of Ngebukd, completed up above.
As part of the festivities of a village feast or in celebration of some event, such as the completion of a community hall, Palauan young people produce a variety of named dances. One type of dance, called ruk, was never conducted in Ngebukd (in Ngaraard, northern Palau). It was said that the gods of the village had done their dancing in heaven before coming to earth and thus it was not necessary for the people of Ngebukd to dance. The saying pertains to a completed task, indicating to another that the work need not be repeated.
> Don't be like the man from Ngerchemai who lost both the turtle and the canoe.
Don't bite off more than you can chew...don't be selfish.
> You're a flying kite, but i hold the guide string.
No matter how much you play around, you always come back to me.
> Without looking afield, it was cut down behind the house.
From the folk tale concerning Mesubed Dingal, the inventor of the Palauan kite (see also No. 73). After his wife had been kidnapped, he constructed a kite using feathers from all the birds of Palau and he needed also wood from an Edebsungel tree to fashion the body of the bird-kite. After looking all over Palau and being on the point of giving up, he found the tree he needed behind his own house. The saying may be applied to anyone who does things the hard way, or who goes far afield to find something which is close at hand.
More Examples:
> My ears are ringing. Someone is talking about me.
> I heard we can literally fry eggs on the sidewalk because of the heat.
> The people of Melekeok are very attractive.
> Put your things on the bench and rest yourself.
> Do you want anything else?

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