ngera
/ngerang
/ngarang
/ngara		, pro.what; which; what kind of; anything (but or except).
ngerang
a
ker;
ngera
ke
melekoi?
tia
ng
ngerang?
ngera
soam?
ng diak a ngerangpro.nothing.
ua ngarangpro.how.
ngera meexpr.why? for what reason?
ngera ngar ngiiexpr.what's up? what's happening?
ngera uchul meexpr.why? for what reason?
Examples:
Ngara
belkul
tiang?
> What's the meaning of this?/What's this for?
Ngara
ke
omes
er
ngii?
Ke
oucharm?
> Why are you staring at me like that?
Ngara
me
ke
di
mekekokau
el
merael?
> Why are you walking so slowly?
Ng
ngara
oureachel
a
Mary?
> What kind of footwear is Mary wearing?
A
kloklek
a
klilia
er
a
kmo
ng
ngarang
a
di
kea
kudengei.
> I put my things somewhere or into something or other, but I can't remember where.
Proverbs:
Ngara
eseos
e
olengimech
el
mera
dalem.
> From the mature tree the sapling dribbles.
Eseos is a mature tree, dalm is a sapling; olengimch means to drip, drizzle, or dribble. Application is to the similarity of the child to its parents, generally its father.
More Examples:
Ng
ua
ngara
a
bul
a
iedel?
> What does mango smell like?
Ng
ngara
a
urerel
a
chad
er
a
komi?
> What is the job of a janitor or custodian.
Ng
ngara
a
urerel
a
sensei?
> What is the job of a teacher?
Altang
kuk
ngara
chung
er
kid.
> Maybe it's just our destiny.
Me
a
chomobekuk
e
ng
mo
ngerang?
> So what if you're my older brother?
Ngerang, n.hamlet in Melekeok.
Ngerang
a
rengedel
a
beluu
er
a
Melekeok.
Examples:
Se
ng
dichel
a
ngerang?
> What is that light?
Ng
di
ngii
mak
kiei
ra
iemoch
meng
uoi
diak
kudengei
a
ngerang.
> It's as if I live somewhere so far away that I don't know what's going on.
Te
di
diu
el
diak
lodengei
a
ngerang
e
leko
te
mesaod.
> They both don't know anything and yet they're trying to explain.
Tia
ngerang?
> What is this?
Ke
melim
a
ngerang?
> What are you drinking?
More Examples:
Ngerang
a
ungil
osongel
er
a
katsudokang?
> What is good to see at the movie theaters?
Tia
el
siasing
er
kau
el
ngar
er
a
chelbacheb,
tiang
ngerang
el
dengchokl
er
ngii?
Ng
brer
me
a
lechub
e
ng
totang?
> Your picture at the rock island, what are you sitting on? Is it bamboo raft or tin canoe?
Ng
diak
el
ngerang,
ng
kmal
betekngang
a
tellemall
er
a
beluu.
> The reason is, there are too many crimes in the society.
Ke
kmu
el
mo
ngerang?
> What do you say?
Te
locha
omdasu
a
ngerang
aika
el
bderrir.
> Wonder what they are thinking.

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