ge mera (I'm doing) nothing

Part of Speech	Phrase
Pronunciation	ge ˈmera

• • (I'm doing) nothing
  • tarada; tidak bikin apa saja [Papuan Malay]

  • • Example 218:
      

      "Ka nebara paruotkin?" "Ge mera an muap teba."

      "

      ka

      2sg

      neba

      what

      =at

      =obj

      =a

      =foc

      paruo

      do; make

      -t

      T

      =kin

      =VOL

      ?"

      "

      ge

      not; no

      mera

      then

      an

      1sg

      muap

      eat

      =teba

      =prog

      ."

      "What are you doing?" "Nothing, I'm eating."

      "Kau mau bikin apa?" "Tarada, saya makan." [Papuan Malay]

      Sources

      conv10 48.1

Related entries

• Contains:
  • ge not; no
  • mera¹ then; later; so
• See also:
  • nebara paruo a greeting, lit. what are you doing