ma, mod.first.
See also:
BA
Examples:
Kengti,
a
eanged
a
uchul
e
a
National
Emergency
Management
Office
(NEMO)
a
mla
otebedii
A
Small
craft
warning
er
a
beluu
er
Belau
rokir.
Daob
er
a
delongelel
a
Beliliou
me
a
Ngeaur,
Ollei
ma
Ngcheangel
me
a
ikrel
a
chelmoll
a
kmal
mekngit
er
elecha
el
taem.
Me
a
leuaisei,
e
aike
el
banderang
er
a
small
craft
warning
a
mla
mengerd
el
mo
er
bab
el
merrob
a
rokui
el
omerael
el
mo
tuobed
el
mo
er
aike
el
basio.
A
obis
er
a
NEMO
a
melemolem
el
omes
er
a
teletelel
a
daob
e
ouchais
er
a
buai
lokiu
tia
el
radio
station.
> Due to the weather conditions and increasing hazardous surf, the National Emergency Office (NEMO) is issuing a Small Craft Warning for the entire Republic of Palau. Water conditions from outside the reef through all exposures are very rough at this time. Travel between Peleliu and Angaur, Kayangel and Ollei and/or outside the reefs are strictly prohibited. Small craft warning flags have been raised and the republic is requested to observe this warning. NEMO will continue to monitor these marine conditions and advise the public accordingly.
Ke
ma
kot
el
mo
er
a
skuul,
e
ngak
ekong.
> You go on ahead to school, and then I'll follow.
More Examples:
Chikung
ma
uriul
>
Ng
diak
lsal
medengei
el
kmo
ngii
er
ngii
el
mekedidai
el
rullii
a
Francy
er
kemam
a
klalo
er
ngii
el
merael
ma'a
ngau
rullii
el
ngii
a
rechad
el
tutau
er
a
ringngo,
ng
ngar
er
ngii
a
rechad
el
tutau
er
ngii.
> English
Me
a
remesiungel
a
mirrael
el
mo
er
aike
el
rael
e
melai
er
a
rokui
el
chad
el
mle
sebechir
el
metik
er
tir,
el
dimlak
longetukl
er
a
reungil
ma
remekngit.
> And those servants went out into the roads and gathered all whom they found, both bad and good.
Ng
ma
el
bekokeuii
el
ngalek
meng
mal
soak.
> I like this child because he's/she's very polite.
me a, conj.and.
macont.me a
makcont.me ak
makicont.me aki
meconj.and.
me
a
omech
a
tekoi;
kau
me
ngak
me
ngii,
Calista
me
tir
a
mong.
mengcont.me ng
Examples:
A
lsekum
ng
ngar
er
ngii
a
chad
el
omdasu
el
kmo
ng
profet
me
a
lechub
e
ng
ngar
er
a
klereng
e
bo
lodenge
aike
el
tekoi
el
kuluches
el
eko
er
kemiu
el
kmo
ng
meirei
er
a
Rubak.
> If anyone thinks he is a prophet or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things I write to you are the commandments of the Lord.
A
Toki
me
a
Droteo
a
dilak
el
mo
er
a
kederang.
> Toki and Droteo went to the beach together.
A
Droteo
a
dimlak
longang
me
a
ka
lullim
a
merael.
> Droteo neither ate nor drank and just left.
Ak
kot
el
mesaul
el
lmuut
el
me
er
a
blai
el
me
melai
a
ralm.
> I'm too tired to come back to the house to get the water.
Ng
ngar
er
a
me
mong.
> It's further in back of me.
Proverbs:
Ng
ko
er
a
debar
er
a
Ngechur,
el
klungang
e
me
ngal
modekriker.
> Like the duck of Ngechur, he became industrious after growing old.
The idiom is applied to a person who has more or less vegetated into maturity and old age and who, already far past his prime, suddenly tries without success to do all the things he might have done when younger. It may be used with reference to an elder who tries to be a dandy.
Ng
ko
er
a
chad
er
a
Ngcheangel,
el
di
me
chemed
er
a
Ngkesol.
> Like the man of Kayangel, who procured his gifts from Keso
The saying refers to a man from the atoll of Kayangel, some twenty miles north of the main islands of Palau, who, on his way south to visit friends, stopped at an intermediate reef, Kesol, to fish for a present for his host. Refers to a person who, en route to a visit, tries to borrow a present from another guest; any person who suddenly wants to borrow money.
Ng
mlenga
a
telochel
a
demal
me
ng
uai
ngii.
> Like his father, for he ate his father's premasticated food.
Applied to a child by adoption, with the implication that the adopted child resembles his adoptive father
Ke
ko
er
a
kuaol
el
sbungel
er
bab
me
iou.
> You're like a fish bait which can be eaten or pecked from the top and bottom.
You don't know what to do because chores keep coming in from left and right.
Ak
meruul
me
kau
er
a
terudel?
> I build it and you destroy it?
May be applied to a person who feels his aims or projects are being destroyed by the actions of another.
More Examples:
A
lebong
a
Lukes
e
te
mla
omuchel
el
omengur
me
ng
chemer
e
mo
remei.
> When Lukes went, they had already started eating so she pouted and went home.
Ka
bo
mesang
ngke
el
dechuu
el
malk
el
mla
omechell
e
mngai
teblol
er
a
ngisel
me
desengoes.
> Go see the hen that has laid her eggs and bring a couple so we can cook them.
Ak
bai
mlo
er
a
chei
ngak
me
a
demak
er
a
elii.
> I went fishing with my dad yesterday.
Ak
di
mlo
mededechor
e
loia
er
a
kllel
chebiei
er
ngii
me
ng
metulek.
> I hit him in the solar plexus and knocked him out.
Mechikung
me
a
uriul.
> Bye? See you later.

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