ngar, v.s.be (located); exist; be alive.
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ngar ngiicont.ngar er ngii
ngarkercont.ngar ker
ngar er a bab a rengulexpr.conceited; disrespectful; proud; arrogant; haughty; snobbish.
ngar er a bab el chadexpr.one's superior; wealthy/well-to-do person.
ngar er a eou a rengulexpr.(person is) humble/respectful.
ngar er ngiiexpr.there is.
ngar kerexpr.where is it.
Examples:
> I have a small silver coin that I can give him.
> The walls have ears.
> If I had money, (then) I'd buy a new car.
> but there are 450 prophets of Baal.
> Someone or other came looking for you.
Proverbs:
> Are there any who spear at the ground and miss?
Used to describe something that is easily accomplished.
> To eat and drink by the mast tip.
The ucharm (bird) is the hardwood tip at the top of the canoe mast. The person to whom the idiom is applied is accused of thriving on gifts from other places. Particularly it may be applied to persons of a highranking village who rather expect that visitors in canoes from other villages will come provisioned with gifts-thus, those who watch for the canoes. Sometimes the idiom goes: Ngkora chad ra Oreor, "Like the man of Koror," with reference to the high ranking community of Koror in central Palau.
> Like coconut water, passing from darkness to darkness.
Water, drunk from a coconut, passes from the dark of the nut to the dark of the mouth. Some discussions, such as those of village leaders, are secretively passed from mouth to mouth without public discussion.
More Examples:
> Hey, theres work exchange on Saturday, do you want to go?
> On the second floor was a transmitting command post, aircraft-unit command post, and an officer's room.
> From which direction is the wind coming from?
> Men, young and old wore loin clothes.
> Your picture at the rock island, what are you sitting on? Is it bamboo raft or tin canoe?

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