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:
Ng
ngar
er
ngii
a
kmong
techa
el
mle
osiik
er
kau.
> Someone or other came looking for you.
A
Droteo
a
mlo
er
a
kmong
ker.
> Droteo went somewhere or other.
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:
Tirke
el
teru
el
chad
te
rua
techang?
> Who are those two people (i.e. what are their names)?
Ng
techa
a
kot
el
kebelu
el
ngalek
er
a
skuul?
> Who's the stupidest student?
Ng
techa
a
chomulsa
a
delal?
> Whose mother did you see?
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?
Tia
el
ngerachel
ng
mo
er
a
techang?
> This is whose responsibility?
More Examples:
Ng
techa
a
smecher?
> Who is sick?
Ke
ua
techang
el
chad?
> What are you like?
Ng
techa
ngklel
a
chudelem?
> What is your older sister's name?
Ng
techang
a
kot
el
mesisiich
el
chad
er
a
rurt
er
tia
el
skuul?
> Who is the fastest runner at this school?
Ng
techa
ngklel
a
delam?
> What's your mother's name?

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