kmung
/kmong		, v.i.used to introduce various expressions of imprecise knowledge in which an event is generally known to have occurred but some specifics are unknown.
kmung kerexpr.somewhere (I don't know where).
kmung kilskelii
/kmong kilskelii		expr.something happened to it (or him or her) (I don't know what).
kmung kusakl
/kmong kusakl		expr.something bad happened (I don't know what).
kmung mekerang
/kmong mekerang		expr.somehow (I don't know how).
kmung ngarang
/kmong ngarang		expr.something (I don't know what).
kmung ngera uchul
/kmong ngera uchul		expr.some reason (I don't know what).
kmung oingerang
/kmong oingerang		expr.sometime (I don't know when).
kmung ongetelang
/kmong ongetelang		expr.some number (I don't know which).
kmung techang
/kmong techang		expr.someone (I don't know who).
kmung telang
/kmong telang		expr.some quantity (I don't know how many).
See also:
DMUNG
,
KMO
Examples:
A
Droteo
a
mlo
er
a
kmong
ker.
> Droteo went somewhere or other.
Ng
ngar
er
ngii
a
kmong
techa
el
mle
osiik
er
kau.
> Someone or other came looking for you.
A
rengalek
a
milil
er
a
kmong
ker.
> The children are playing somewhere or other.
More Examples:
Ng
mla
ngmasech
er
a
mlai
e
merael
mo
er
a
kmung
ker.
> He climbed into the car and went I don't know where.
techa
/techang		, pro.who; whom.
techang
a
ker
er
a
diak
lodengelii;
ngilecha
ng
techang?
techang
a
ngklel?
Examples:
Te
rua
techa
tirke
el
mle
kesib
a
rengul
er
tir
a
Dios
el
40
el
rak?
> With whom was God angry for forty years?
Ng
techang
a
mildechemii
a
uel
el
mulemes
er
a
resechal
el
omtanget
er
a
chelibel.
> Who caught the turtle that you saw the boys who are polishing its shell?
Ng
techa
me
a
techa
a
ulebengkem
el
mo
er
a
chei?
> Who (pl.) went fishing with you?
Ng
techa
el
chelid
er
tir
a
sebechel
el
dulii
a
kirel
a
ngar
er
a
medad
el
sils?
> Which of their gods can predict the future?
Ng
ko
el
techa
a
mellomes
a
rengul
el
sebechel
el
mechur
a
eabed,
e
okellakl
me
ng
ruebet
a
chull?
> Who is wise enough to count the clouds and tilt them over to pour out the rain?
More Examples:
Ng
techa
ngklem?
> What is your name?
Ng
techang
a
kot
el
meduch
el
chad
er
a
iakiu
er
tia
el
skuul?
> Who is the best baseball at this school?
Ng
techa
a
mesaik?
> Who is lazy?
Ng
mle
kirel
el
melilt
el
kmo
ng
mo
mesiou
er
techang.
> He had to choose whom to serve.
Ngkang
techa
isei
el
mle
er
a
blai?
> Who was it that came to the house?

Search for another word: