e ng di, mod.but.
engdicont.e ng di
Examples:
A
sensei
a
menguiu
me
a
lechub
e
ng
di
ngii
a
ngalek
el
lmuut
el
chuieuii
a
kot
el
paragraph.
> The teacher reads, or the child reads the first paragraph again on his own.
Ak
ileko
er
a
blim
e
ng
di
ke
mle
dibus.
> I came to your house, but you were out.
A
lsoal
a
rengum
el
me
kmeed
er
a
renguk,
e
ng
di
ua
chad
el
soal
el
merael
el
mo
er
a
chiloil
el
ngar
er
a
chelmoll.
> When your heart wants to come close to my heart, it's like a person who wants to travel to the rocks in the reef.
Ng
diak
a
ngara
el
soal,
e
ng
di
soal
a
biang.
> He doesn't want anything but or except a beer.
Ak
millebedebek
el
kmo
a
Toki
a
me
er
a
klas,
e
ng
di
dimlak
lemei.
> I was thinking or expecting that Toki would come to class, but she didn't come.
Proverbs:
Msisichau
e
ng
di
kmeed
a
meched.
> Be strong, shallows are close
Crossing the lagoon, a canoe is poled in shallow water, paddled in deep. The phrase refers to canoeists tiring after a long paddle over deep water. Applied when someone is about to give up, though better times are ahead.
More Examples:
Ng
mera
el
ungil
a
cheritel
me
a
klekedellel
e
ng
di
aika
el
berdel
a
ngerel
a
ko
er
a
ulechero
er
tia
el
kutsibeni
er
ngii.
> She looks so beautiful with her traditional grass skirt and decorations except her lips look inside out with that lipstick.
A
chelebirukel
a
diak
lochellii
a
llemalt,
e
ng
di
chebirukel.
> Crookedness will not bear straight, it will always be crooked.
E
ng
di
>
Ng
mla
er
ngii
a
chermek
el
bilis
e
ng
di
mla
mad.
> I had a pet dog but he died.
Ak
kmal
mesululang
e
ng
di
a
kmal
tekangel.
> I'm so sleepy but im so adamant.

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