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Noun phrase:
| bekerkard el mamed |
| red ? cloth |
| 'a red cloth' |
Verb phrase:
| melim a ralm |
| drink ? water |
| 'drink water' |
Prepositional phrase:
| tekoi ra Belau |
| language of Palau |
| 'in Palauan' |
Word order:
| A ta ra klebesei ea Omail a milil-il e metik ra kma el ungil ulekou e kmal mlo soal. |
| ? one night PST Omail ? play-CONT ? find a very ? good hat ? very PST like. |
| One day (past) Omail was playing and found a beautiful hat which he liked. |
Yes/no questions:
| ke songerenger? |
| you hungry-YNQ |
| 'Are you hungry?' |
| ke merolung? |
| you going-YNQ |
| 'Are you going?' |
Content questions:
| ke mlar? |
| you where-from-CQ |
| 'Where did you come from?' |