a lsekum
/lsekum
/sekum		, mod.if [with neutral implications].
lsekum
a
oumededenger;
locha,lsekum
e
ng
mo
chull
e
ng
diak
bo
er
a
mesei.
alsekumcont.a lsekum
Synonyms:
ALTAE
,
KILO
,
LEMLAK
,
OMKO
,
ULEKUM
Examples:
A
lsekum
ng
ungil
a
chei,
e
te
mo
er
a
chei.
> If the tide is good, (then) they'll go fishing.
A
lsekum
te
ngar
er
ngii
a
remo
50
el
melemalt
el
chad
el
ngar
er
se
el
beluu,
e
...
> If there are fifty innocent people in the city, then ...
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.
Se
el
sekum
ng
diak
lsoam,
e
ng
diak
mdu
er
ngak
me
kuruul
er
ngii.
> If you don't like it, then don't tell me to do it.
More Examples:
Aki
milekelebus
alsekum
e
aki
oldechelakl
er
a
skuul.
> We got punished for fighting at school.
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:
Ngara
me
ke
di
olibngokl
er
kau
er
a
rengelekel
se
el
morael.
> Why are you always leaving your children behind when you go out?
Ngka
el
Ulang
a
kmal
deleberuou
a
teletelel
me
ng
di
blechoel
el
olengesonges
se
el
ngar
er
ngii
a
mechesang.
> Ulang always mismanages her finances; she is always short when there is a need for her.
Ng
kedorem
se
el
bad.
> That stone is sharp.
Ak
milengang
aike
el
tuu
me
se
el
ringngo.
> I was eating those bananas and that apple.
Ak
milsuub
er
se
er
a
leme
a
Droteo.
> I was studying when Droteo came.
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:
Sel
ongerul
ellibel
a
mlo
mo
diak
lousbech
er
ngii
er
a
chelechang
e
leng
kmal
mla
mo
mechitechut.
> Portions of this building can no longer be safely accessed, notably on the second floor.
Ochoi,
se
er
a
tutau
el
me
er
elechang
el
di
lechull.
> Yes, it's been raining since morning.
chuleku
me
ak
mo
er
se
el
ings
>
Ngkang
techa
isei
el
mle
er
a
blai?
> Who was it that came to the house?
Kngibech!
Ak
dilu
er
kau
me
lak
mua
isei
e
rungalek.
> Aha, see? I told you not to do that, Son.

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