1. | “Enaaj to timmejid ak jeban ellolo āne,” Bojin eo ekar ba ke ej ṃōj an to jān kaju eo. | “We can look until our eyeballs fall off before we see land,” the Boatswain said when he got down from the mast.” P919 | timmej |
2. | “Jeban ellolo kain ṇe i ṃaan,” Kapen eo eakweḷap im ālijinmen | “We won’t see those kinds of things up ahead,” he continued to insist. P928 | ālijinmen |
3. | “Ma, etke jej jab baj ellolo bao ak jokwā?” ekkajitōk Bojin eo. | “So then, why don’t we see any birds or driftwood?” the Boatswain asked. P926 | kajjitōk |
4. | Ñe jebar kijenmej jidik, jemaroñ ellolo āne ilju jota. | “If we keep going like this for a while, we might see the island by tomorrow evening. P892 | kijenmej |
5. | Aṃoot rot in ke ij kab ellolo? | What type of tag game is this, that I haven't seen anything like it before. | anoot |
6. | Eko tok kilū ñe ij ellolo aḷkita | Seeing an alligator gives me the creeps. | aḷkita |
7. | Ellolo ḷeen riiṃ. | Your husband has a lover everywhere he goes. | lelolo |
8. | Iban ellolo jikka kiiō bwe eḷap an akā ñan kombani. | I can't get any cigarettes because the companies can't get any. | akā |
9. | Ij jain kar lelolo (ellolo) kōkkauu āinwōt e. | I never saw a greater begger for food than he is. | kōkkau |
10. | Ij jañin ellolo abōḷ kilmeej. | I have not seen a black apple. | abōḷ |
11. | Ij jañin kar lelolo (ellolo) boñ āinwōt in an diboñ. | I've never seen such a dark night as this. | diboñ |
12. | Ilo raan kein i Ṃajel ekanooj in jeja ellolo aer kōjerbal aje. | Today in the Marshalls one rarely sees aje being used. S11 | jeja |
13. | Im ñe āindein, ekwe iñak jenaaj bar ellolo ñāāt keinikkanin āne.” | And if that happens, well then I don’t know when we’ll see the island plants and trees, if ever. P901 | keinikkan |
14. | Lieṇ ej bar lelolo (ellolo). | She's unfaithful to her husband. | lelo |
15. | Ṃōttan rijetale ro raṇe bwe ejjañin ellolo pāleen | He is one of those lacking in sex appeal because he hasn't yet found a wife. | jataḷe |