te, n., [From Japanese] ability; skill; style.
meoud a teexpr.slow witted.
mereched a teexpr.clever.
Examples:
Te
menga
a
cheremrum.
> They're from Ngeremlengui or Ngardmau where cheremrum are abundant.
Te
oumesingd
el
omuchel
el
me
a
rechad
er
a
ta
el
klok.
> People tend to start arriving at one o'clock.
Te
ko
er
a
kmal
bereked.
> They are intimate with or close to each other.
Te
mla
er
a
skuul
e
milrael
el
mo
er
a
chelechol.
> They were at the school and then walked to the beach.
A
rechad
er
a
Belau
te
mekera
a
loruul
a
bekai?
> How do Palauans make pottery?
Proverbs:
Te
menga
a
ekil.
> They're from Angaur.
They eat rope; rope is used to tie slaves and is therefore a symbol of inferiority.
Te
ko
er
a
kila
a
deldalech.
> They are as though eating deldalech.
Deldalech is the material once used to blacken teeth in Palau. When the deldalech was applied it was "eaten" by keeping the mouth and lips completely immobile for several hours until the dye had set. May be applied to a meeting at which some problem is presented for discussion and no discussion takes place, all the participants sitting in stony silence; also to a person or group that receives a reprimand in silence.
More Examples:
Te
tela
el
redil
a
oukebkab?
> How many females are wearing rings?
Kerai,
ng
di
kmedung
e
te
mdechemau
a
rebulis
e
lochetau!
> Kerai, very soon the police will catch you and tie you up!
Tirka
el
ngalek
er
a
skuul
a
mera
el
mekedung,
te
meruu
a
komi
er
a
tkul
a
rael.
> The kids from school are so well behaved, they are picking up the trash on the sides of the road.
A
delak
me
a
tonari
er
kemam
a
mlo
er
a
sers,
aleko
te
mo
meruul
a
billum.
> Our neighbor and my mom went to the farm, they will be making grated cassava.
Aki
mlo
mesauch
a
buuch
er
a
ked,
e
aki
bong
e
te
mla
smauch.
> We went to pick the betelnuts on the hills but when we got there, someone already picked them.
te, pro.they/them (nonemphatic).
te
a
tir,
te
ngar
ker?
te
mor
ker?
te
ngerang?
Examples:
Te
liluches
aike
el
siasing
er
a
chelsel
a
ta
el
sikang.
> They drew those pictures in an hour.
Te
ko
er
a
ngemokel
el
bilis
el
diak
leturk
a
nglemekelel.
> They are like greedy dogs that never get enough.
Te
dart
el
chad
el
mle
sengkio.
> One hundred people voted.
Te
ko
er
a
kmal
bereked.
> They are intimate with or close to each other.
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.
Proverbs:
Te
ko
er
a
kila
a
deldalech.
> They are as though eating deldalech.
Deldalech is the material once used to blacken teeth in Palau. When the deldalech was applied it was "eaten" by keeping the mouth and lips completely immobile for several hours until the dye had set. May be applied to a meeting at which some problem is presented for discussion and no discussion takes place, all the participants sitting in stony silence; also to a person or group that receives a reprimand in silence.
Te
menga
a
ekil.
> They're from Angaur.
They eat rope; rope is used to tie slaves and is therefore a symbol of inferiority.
More Examples:
Ngika
el
rubak
a
kilderii
a
ngelekel
el
meringel
a
ochil
el
loia
er
a
ongelengelel
e
te
merolang
el
mo
remei.
> Her father picked his daughter onto his shoulder as her foot was hurting and they walked home.
A
lekedang
a
sengkio,
me
te
kuk
mochu
mediderurt
el
omesiich
er
a
beluu.
> As the election nears, they'll be singing coated lies for the people to digest.
Aki
ulerrenges
er
a
rasio.
Te
ulerael
a
chelitakl
er
a
Belau.
> We were listening to the radio. They were playing Belauan songs.
Te
dorouakl
er
a
tekingel
a
Bung.
> They are laughing at what Bung said.
Ak
locha
di
telkib
e
te
odikak.
> Pretty soon they'll disown me.

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