| 1. | “Eñin eḷak ḷanno, Epatōn. | “And that must be Epatōn the Boatswain sees.” P1201 | ḷanno |
| 2. | Ālikin an atomiik baaṃ eo debokḷok ilo ṃaḷoin Pikinni, eḷak ajeḷḷā ḷọk ek iparijet. | After the atom bomb was detonated in the Bikini lagoon, there followed a deluge of dead fish washed up on the shores of the islands. | ajeḷḷā |
| 3. | Ālikin an kaaṃtōūki eḷak memaan ilo aba eṇ Kuajleen emmejaja ṇa ioon dān. | After he repaired it, he anchored it in the Kwajalein harbor, and it looked very beautiful on the water. P14 | kaaṃtō |
| 4. | Dedeen ke eḷak ekkāke baḷuun i mejatoto ioon aelōñ in, jeitan wūdeakeak kōn ainikiier.” | You know, it’s like how the planes are flying above this island all the time, the noise makes me want to go crazy.” P199 | ainikie- |
| 5. | Ealikkar an kar jañin kajoor kōnke eḷak jutak ewātin ālokjak | He clearly wasn’t strong enough yet because as soon as he stood up he almost buckled over. P1223 | ālokjak |
| 6. | Ear bat kōrkōr eo waō jinoun ak eḷak wōtlọk juon ḷadikin eoon ere eliboorore wa ko jet im ḷe | At first my canoe was behind but a gusty wind fell, I chased and passed the others. | ḷadikin eoon ere |
| 7. | Ejjeḷam ettōlin ke eḷak mej aolepān aelōñ eo im ilomeje. | He was so charismatic that when he died the entire atoll mourned for him. | ettōl |
| 8. | Ejjeḷọk aij-bọọk ilo enañin aolep eṃ i Ṃajeḷ, bōtab eḷak wōr ilo jet wōt eṃ ko Kuajleen im Mājro kab jejjo ilo aelōñ ko ilikin. | There are no refrigerators in most Marshallese homes, except for some on Kwajalein and Majuro, and a few on outer islands. S27 | bọọk aij |
| 9. | Ejjeḷọk aij-bọọk ilo enañin aolep eṃ i Ṃajeḷ, bōtab eḷak wōr ilo jet wōt eṃ ko Kuajleen im Mājro kab jejjo ilo aelōñ ko ilikin. | There are no refrigerators in most Marshallese homes, except for some on Kwajalein and Majuro, and a few on outer islands. S27 | aelōñ |
| 10. | Ejjeḷọk aij-bọọk ilo enañin aolep eṃ i Ṃajeḷ, bōtab eḷak wōr ilo jet wōt eṃ ko Kuajleen im Mājro kab jejjo ilo aelōñ ko ilikin. | There are no refrigerators in most Marshallese homes, except for some on Kwajalein and Majuro, and a few on the outer islands. S27 | ilikin |
| 11. | Ejjeḷọk aij-bọọk ilo enañin aolep eṃ i Ṃajeḷ, bōtab eḷak wōr ilo jet wōt eṃ ko Kuajleen im Mājro kab jejjo ilo aelōñ ko ilikin. | There are no refrigerators in most Marshallese homes, except for some on Kwajalein and Majuro, and a few on the outer islands. S27 | lik |
| 12. | Eḷak aleak eitōn tūṃ aō ḷōmṇak | Every time she wears her hair loose on her back I nearly go out of my mind. | aleak |
| 13. | Eḷak baajkōḷ, eowoḷọkḷọk. | When he rides a bicycle, he falls all over the place. | oḷọk |
| 14. | Eḷak baj to laḷ ḷọk Jema eapdik men ko ippa. | After he jumped down, Father took some of the stuff from me. P137 | apdik |
| 15. | Eḷak baj tōbwe tok ek eo, ealikkar an Bojin eo aewanlik. | As he pulled in the fish, it was obvious that the Boatswain was an expert fisherman. P1309 | aewanlik |
| 16. | Eḷak bar ḷapḷọk an lelāle im ṃōt wa eo, dān eo lowa ejjādbūtbūt im kōṃro Jema ṇok ak ejab lilutōktōk dān eo kōṃro ej teiñi ḷọk ñan lowaan tāāñ eo. | The roll of the boat back and forth on the waves started to intensify, and the water inside the boat splashed and sprayed me and Father until we were soaking wet, but the liquid we were pouring from the can never once spilled over. P595 | lelāle |
| 17. | Eḷak būbtūkḷọk (ibbūtūkḷọk) kinej eo eko. | She took off when blood gushed from the wound. | būbtūktūk |
| 18. | Eḷak debak ḷọk ṇo eo i tōrerein wa eo iba wōt eitan rup. | As the wave smashed hard against the side of the boat, I thought it would break apart. P611 | ba wōt |
| 19. | Eḷak debakḷọk ṇo eo i tōrerein wa eo iba wōt eitan rup. | As the wave smashed hard against the side of the boat, I thought it would break apart. P611 | debokḷọk |
| 20. | Eḷak depdeptok iṃōkaj im baare. | As he swung at me I suddenly parried his blow. | depdep |
| 21. | Eḷak eñaktok aō ke eiọkwe eō, etto wōt ke ear moot. | When I finally realized she was in love with me, she had been long gone. | eñak |
| 22. | Eḷak epaak an maat jikka, ebūḷake oṇāān. | When the cigarettes were nearly sold out, he raised the price. | būḷak |
| 23. | Eḷak ibwij ejjelọk wa eo. | When the tide came in, the boat floated loose. | ejjelọk |
| 24. | Eḷak jādetok lio eto an kūṃaḷṃaḷ. | When she appeared, she was laden with frills. | kūṃaḷṃaḷ |
| 25. | Eḷak jitpeḷeḷ ñan ṇo ko eṃṃan aer itōm depdepete. | Then other waves hit the boat crossways and kept it from turning over. P687 | depdep |
| 26. | Eḷak kar ba ke jebuñ jān Ruōt im jen bwābwe wōt bwe aelōñ eo epād i reeaar, ekwe kwōbar ba ke eaab. | He’s been saying we were off course since Roi-Namur and that we should tack windward because land was to the east, but you said no. P1236 | buñ |
| 27. | Eḷak kōnono āinwōt ej kōbaatat ke raij eo ej kab ato jān kijeek im ej baatat wōt. | When he spoke it looked like he was smoking because the rice had just come off the fire and was still steaming. P380 | ato |
| 28. | Eḷak lo eō, edejjeḷọk em ko. | When he saw me, he took off like a flash. | dej |
| 29. | Eḷak lukore kūta eo aolep im pepaḷ (eppaḷ). | As he strummed on the guitar, everyone went agape. | lukor |
| 30. | Eḷak lutōk ḷọk ṃōttan ṃōñā ko i lọjet, ettōr tok ek jiddik kab kupkup ko itōrerein wa eo im wūnaaki. | When I threw the scraps of food into the water, a bunch of little skip jacks and other tiny fish swam over and started to eat. P385 | wūnaak |
| 31. | Eḷak mej jinen jāne elukkuun jeraṃōl. | After his mother's death he became very lonely. | jeraṃōl |
| 32. | Eḷak ṃōj aō jerbal, elukwōn boñ. | When I finally got through working, it was midnight. | ḷak |
| 33. | Eḷak pikmetoḷọk bao ko, jeban lo lọjet. | When the birds flew out to sea, they blocked our view of it. | pikmeto |
| 34. | Eḷak rọọl tok eri-aelōñin pepāllele ḷọk jān eo. | When he came back he acted more American-ish than before. | aelōñin pālle |
| 35. | Eḷak rọọltok jān Amedka, eweejej an kōnnaan. | When he returned from America he talked with a lisp. | weejej |
| 36. | Eḷak rọọltok jān kalbuuj etor. | He really shrunk after being in prison. | tor |
| 37. | Eḷak rōre tok ejjeḷọk men eṇ ej loe. | When he looked over at me, it was as if he didn’t even see me. P1058 | lelo |
| 38. | Eḷak to an pād Awai, epeljo ippān ri-Boodke raṇ. | After living a while in Hawaii he could pass for a Portuguese. | peljo |
| 39. | Eḷak tōtōñtōñ bakōj eo im kuwat eo i lowa, rōkọuwaroñroñḷọk jān kar ainikien injin eo ke ekar jọ. | The bucket and can were rattling and making even more noise than the engine when it was running. P691 | uwaroñ |
| 40. | Eḷak tutu kaḷ eo an, erraakak ajri eo. | When his diaper got wet, the child wailed. | rōraakak |
| 41. | Eḷak urur ḷaaṃ eo ejako an marok ijo. | The flame came up and lit up the room. P534 | urur |
| 42. | Eḷak wōtlọk ḷọk i turōkin wa eo ijo ekar kunḷọk ṇa ie. | It fell just south of the boat where it extinguished itself. P944 | kukun |
| 43. | Eḷak wōtlọk ḷọk i turōkin wa eo ijo ekar kunḷọk ṇa ie. | It fell just south of the boat where it extinguished itself. P944 | turōk |
| 44. | Emarok jilōñlōñ im eḷak errobōlbōl dedojat i buḷōn lọjet, iwātin kar abwinmake eaki. | It was pitch-black and as the plankton glowed deep down in the sea, I was almost afraid there might be ghosts around. P568 | rorobōlbōl |
| 45. | In kar jeḷā ta eṇ ej kōṃṃane ke eḷak kar wanlik-wōnar aolepān rainin. | I wonder what he is up to; he has been criss-crossing the island all day. | wanlik-wōnar |
| 46. | Injinia eḷak kar ba ke jen itaḷọk wōt bwe jej pād wōt i rōtlein Likiep, kwōba ke jeḷe i reeaar. | The Engineer said we should go eastward so we would stay on course to Likiep, but you said we were already to the east. P1235 | rāātle |
| 47. | Jān wōt roro ko an Bojin eo, eḷak jok ek eo ioon wa eo, ejej kūtwōn. | Just from the Boatswain’s chant, when the fish landed on the boat; there was no breath left in it. P1313 | kōto |
| 48. | Jemān elui ḷadik eo nejin im eḷak kar lōr, ekar jab bar kwaḷọk juon naan aolepān jọteenin eo. | The father's scolding silenced his son the rest of the evening.
| lōr |
| 49. | Joñan an kadek eḷak tan jutak eālokjak neen. | He was so drunk when he tried to stand his legs buckled. | ālokjak |
| 50. | Joñan an kar ḷokwanwaik tok aeḷōñ kein ke ear pād ijekaṇ eḷak rọọltok elukkuun ṃō | He was so homesick for the Marshalls while he was abroad that when he returned he was really skinny. | ḷokwanwa |
| 51. | Kiiō eḷak ejjelōblōb dān ṇe, ejādbūtbūt tok ñan ioon rā kaṇe. | Then when the water splashed it sprayed all over the boards. P719 | jādbūtūktūk |
| 52. | Koṃro kar kile ke an añināne raan eo ak kiiō eñin eḷak detak ekalikkar ad ettoḷọk jān āne | Didn’t the two of you notice from the way the wind was blowing that we were on the lee side of the island, but now as the wind blows, it’s clear we’re at a distance from the island? P922 | añ |
| 53. | Koṃro kar kile ke an añināne raan eo ak kiiō eñin eḷak detak ekalikkar ad ettoḷọk jān āne | Didn’t the two of you notice from the way the wind was blowing that we were on the lee side of the island, but now as the wind blows, it’s clear we’re at a distance from the island? P922 | añinene |
| 54. | Ri-aje eo eḷak pikūri aje eo nājin, eḷọkjān an armej ro. | When the drummer started beating on his drum the audience was amazed. | aje |
| 55. | Ri-aṃonika eo eḷak kōjañ aṃonika eo nejin, kōmwōj eppaḷ. | When the harmonica player played his harmonica we were all flabbergasted. | aṃonika |