Ponapean Version
Pwehki eh sansalehr oh dehde me mie uhdahn kesempwelen de pwungin tohn sampa karos me duwepenehte oh ih poason en mour saledek, pwung oh meleilei nan sampa,
Pwehki seu petehkpen aramas de kasohwe kesempwelen aramas oh arail pwung me kahrehdahr wiewia me sohte konehng ah ngeder oh kawelahr mour mwahu en aramas, oh pil ansou mwahu oh konehng eh leledohr me aramas akan konehng ren perenki saledek en kosoia de rapahki arail pwung, oh arail saledek sang perki mehkot de masak de pil anahn akan me kosondier en wia irair keieu oh ileile nan en aramas sohte lipillipil arail mour,
Pwehki eh ininin kesempwal mehlel pwe ma aramas sohte pahn itoitieng ren medemedewe pei de mahwin, pwehki arail solahr itar de kakehng kanengamah iong lokolok pahn kaun suwed de nan ansou suwed, ihme karheda me en aramas eh mour oh pwung pahn mihmihte pahn epwelpen kosonned akan,
Pwehki eh kesempwal kitail en ngongki kekeirdahn nanpwung mwahu penehn tohn sampa kan,
Pwehki tohn tiepenehn sampa arail kosonehdier nan "Charter en United Nations" arail pwoson poahson en mour mwahu en aramas oh arail pwung kan, duwen ksempwelen aramas oh en aramas arail pwung eh pahrek, ohl de lih irail kan me towehda pwihn en tiepenehn sampa "United Nations" kosonehdier ren kakairada, kalaudehla oh kamwahwihla roson en aramas me pid mour mwahu oh saledek laud,
Pwehki wehi me towehda pwihn en "United Nations" arail inoukihdahr ren alehdi, pahn sewesepen "United Nations", sohng kan me pahn kakehlahda poahson en kawawih oh kapwaiada mour pwung oh saledek mehlel en aramas,
Pwehki nin duwen eh dehdehiong karos duwen mour pwung oh saledek ara nohn kesempwal oh ih sohng pwukat me pahn kamarainihdi karos inou wet,
Ihme Kahrehda,
PWIHN EN TIEPENEHN SAMPA KOSONEHDIER ME
POASON PWUNG EN KAWEID TOHN WEIN SAMPA KAROS duen eh dehde mehlel ong karos me tepin keirda, me aramas karos oh wein sampa karos uhdahn pahn ahniki oh ehu ansou ma korusie oh songen spwihn en aramas akan pahn tamataman ansou karos poason wet oh ngoangki de sukuhlki ong karos kekeirdahn sohng en pwung oh saledek pwukat ni irair en keirda, nan wehi kan oh nan pwungen wehikan, pwehn kak alehdt petehk parail rehn karos me towehda pwihn wet oh rehn irail tohn Kahn Sapwen Kohwa kan me mi pahn arail epwel oh manaman.
Tohn sampa karos ipwiwei nan saledek oh duwepenehte nan arail wasa oh arail pwung. Arail marain oh pehm ih utakerail kahrehda korusie konehng sawaspene nin duwen pirien ehu.
Korusie pai ki songen pwung oh saledek seu lipilipil me kosondier nan poason wet, pwilidak en wasa de mwomwen kilin aramas, lih de ohl, lokaiahn aramas, en aramas eh lamalam, Piros de Kadilik, de seu lipilipil, mwomwen "Government" seu lipilipil de medemedewehn aramas, tohn songen wehi de pwihn karos, semwehmwe de kepwehpwe, ahnek dipwisou de soh, oh kedeudok en emen emen oh pil sohng teikan sell lipilipil.
Aramas karos ahniki de paiki pwungin mour, pwungin saledek oh pil pwungin saledek sang apwal en paliwar.
Sohte aramas emen kak wia lidu men de doadoahk ni mwomwen lidu men; lidu de pesineski de pwainda lidukan uhong poason wet oh pil pahn inepwihdi ni soangen mwohmw karos.
Sohte me pahn mi pahn kalokolok en mahn de kamakam duehla mahn.
Aramas karos ahniki de paiki pwungin kawawih wasa karos pahn menemenen Kosonned.
Aramas karos ni nan irair pahrek ehu pahn kosonned oh ahniki de paiki epwel kan pahn kosonned. Aramas karos ahniki de paiki epwel pahrek pwehn kore songen apwal akan me uhong poason wet de me pahn kasohwe irehkan nan poason wet.
Aramas karos ahniki de paiki soangen epwel katapan akan me pwihn koiek en teneki sapwung kan me uhong poason en pwung kesempwal me kosonned kosnehiong irail.
Sohte me pahn pakadeida, de poardi, de selidi, de pekeusda.
Aramas karos aniki de paiki pwung karos me irair en kopwung pahrek oh pil kapeidek nan pokkon rehn pwihn ehu me seu peupali, pwehn kosonehdi de kasalehda arail pwung kan oh pwukoah kan oh pil songen pekeid me uhong irail karos.
Sohte me kak lidere emen nin sohte kahrepe, de eh peneinei, imwe oh kisin likou me e kadar de me emen kadarodohng, oh pil sohte me kak kauwehla eden emen de mwaren emen. Karos ahniki de paiki epwelpen pahn kosonned ohng songen liderewes de kawehla eden aramas kwukat.
Aramas karos ahniki de paiki manaman en saledengki eh lamalam de medemedewe, eh mour oh pein eh mwomwohdsou; manaman wet kihpene de iangahki saledek en welian de wikidala en emen emen eh mwomwodisou oh me e kameleleh kan, oh eh pil ahniki manaman en kasale seli songen lamalan de mwomwodiso me e pwoson de kamehlele soangen kasansal pwukat kakmihmi ni padahk, wiewia, pwongih de kapdaiada ireh kan me kosondi.
Aramas karos ahniki de paiki manaman en saledengki arail medemedewe oh saledengki arail kosoi; manaman wet pidada irair en saledek nan medemedewe me sohte pahn kadirepw de peki, ale, de kasalehda sohng kan de medemedewe kan me seu lipilipilki wasa kan.
Aramas karos ahniki de paiki manaman en wie kupwur nan onepek mwahu oh saledek nan pwihn kan.
Aramas karos pwehki arail tohn wehi pokon en sampa ahniki manaman en ale epwel sang pwihn en epwelpen roson oh re pil paiki ar ese me sang sawasepehwehi oh pil sawas epen tohn sampa nan duen kosondi oh pil dipwisou ehu en wehi, me pelien kekeirdahn wahn sahpw oh roson en aramas, mie arail manaman me uhdahn konehng oh saledek en kakairada emen emen.
Aramas karos ahniki de paiki manaman en kak kommol oh mwemweit, pil iangahki awahn doadoahk kan en dehr daulihla duen me konehng, oh pil insenamwahuki kommol lahsang doadaohk rahn kesempwal akan ahpw pil alepweipwei.
Aramas karos uhdahn pahn iang kosondi me pid wein sampa ni irair en saledek me "poason" wet kasalehdahr karos en iang wehwehki.
Ire karos me sansalehr nan poason wet sohte pahn wehwehki me re kosondi pwe ehu wehi, de ehu pwihn en aramas en mie arail manaman en wia de kosonehdi mehkot me pahn kak kasohwe de kawehla songen pwung de saledek me sansalehr nan poason wet.
Name
Ponapean
Total Speakers
27,700 (1993)
Usage by Country
Home Speakers: Micronesia
Background
Ponapean belongs to the Micronesian group of the Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) family of languages and is spoken by nearly 30,000 people. Language use is active.