se
/sei
/isei		, pro.that object far from speaker and far from listener.
sei
a
melutk
er
a
cheroid
er
a
mengedecheduch;
ngar
sei;
diak
el
tiang;
sei
er
a
mong
a
skuul.
se elconj.when (in the future); whenever.
se el sekumconj.if (used in negative sentences).
selcont.se el
er se er aexpr.when (in the past).
er se er a Sebadongexpr.last Saturday.
er se er a taem er a mekemadexpr.during the war.
er seiexpr.over there; in that place.
mekera iseiexpr.[used to refer to a method of doing something that the speaker has forgotten.]
ngera iseiexpr.thingamajig; thingamabob; whatchamacallit. [used to refer to something whose name the speaker has forgotten.]
se di kauexpr.it's up to you.
se el soamexpr.whatever you want; it's up to you.
se el tebelexpr.that table (over there).
se er aexpr.conj. when (in the past).
techa iseiexpr.what's-his-name; what's-her-name. [Used to refer to someone whose name the speaker has forgotten.]
tela iseiexpr.[used to refer to a number that the speaker has forgotten.]
Examples:
A
reungil
el
chad
a
ungil
a
rengrir,
er
se
el
leseterir
a
remekngit
el
obals.
> Good people are glad, when they see the wicked punished.
Ak
mo
kmang
aike
el
tuu
me
se
el
ringngo.
> I am going to eat up those bananas and that apple.
Se
el
te
er
ngii.
> How clever of him!/What a style!
A
Sally
a
menguiu
er
se
el
hong.
> Sally is reading that book.
Se
el
ungil
el
teletelel
a
se
el
mosaod
a
klemerang.
> The good way is for you to explain the truth.
Proverbs:
Se
el
obutek
a
medak.
> When my eyes are closed.
When one dies the eyes are "closed"; hence, to be dead. The term for "death" is mad as is the term for "eye," (mad; madak: "my eye"). Some sources suggest that the term for death refers to the closed eyes of a dead person.
More Examples:
Ka
mnguu
se
el
sualek
e
dorael
mo
er
a
mesei.
> Go and bring my basket so we can go to the taro patch.
Techa
isei
ngka
el
merredel
er
a
Aleks?
> Who's Alex's boss again?
Se
el
kunga
a
kim
e
aika
el
ulechel
a
blechoel
el
metecherakl
er
a
ungelek.
> When I eat clam, the big muscle always gets stuck in my teeth.
Ochoi,
se
er
a
tutau
el
me
er
elechang
el
di
lechull.
> Yes, it's been raining since morning.
A
lmuut
el
ta
er
a
rolel
e
ng
sebeched
el
ochotii
omengull
el
mo
er
a
rebebil
a
oeak
se
el
demereched
el
lousubes
er
tir
se
el
letemellii
a
rengud.
> Another way we can show honor to others is by being quick to forgive them when they offend us.

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