| 1. | “Bar ṇatọọne tak jidik bwe en jako baḷok kaṇe i turin kaab eṇ” Bojin eo ekar ba ke ear jejed jān turin rikin eo i reeaar. | “Sheet the sails in a bit to get rid of the folds next to the gaff,” the Boatswain said as he scanned the horizon standing by the rigging on the starboard side. P854 | baḷok |
| 2. | “Bwe enaaj ewi wāween an waḷọk aḷ ke ebọṇ ḷam jako lañ,” Bojin eo eba. | “How is the sun supposed to come out in this terrible weather," the Boatswain said. P661 when the sun is totally obstructed by storm clouds and is invisible | boṇ |
| 3. | “Ijeḷā ke enaaj jako an ḷōḷḷap ṇe kūrro ñe kōṃro pād i aeto. | “I know the old man’s gout would disappear if we were living on the small islands. P198 | kūrro |
| 4. | “Mool ke ej jañin jako jeḷā ko aṃ,” Jema enebare. | “It’s true you haven’t lost your expertise,” Father praised him. P209 | nebar |
| 5. | “Rej waḷọk lōñ tak in wūnaak im bar jako. | “They come up to look for fish and then go back down. P1007 | wūnaak |
| 6. | Adenpe ekij pein im jako. | An adenpe shark bit his hand off. | adenpe |
| 7. | Ānbwinnid enaaj mej im jako ak an kein ad renaaj mour wōt ñan indeo. | Our bodies will die and disappear but our souls will live on forever. | an |
| 8. | Bōlen kwōn atade bwe en jab jako kāāj ṇe | Maybe you should use a wire leader so you won't lose the hook | atad |
| 9. | Bubu eḷap tokjān ñan wūno, ñan kapok ri-kọọt, im ñan kapok men ko rej jako. | Divination was important for medicine, for discovering thieves, and for locating lost objects. S21 | bubu |
| 10. | Bwōlen ñe kwōnaaj kaaṃonikaiki enaaj jako an jañ. | Maybe if you gave him the harmonica to play with, he'll stop crying. | aṃonika |
| 11. | Dedeinke wiik uweo tok juon naaj iien an niñniñ eo nejū kemem im iabwin jako jāne | And because the week after next will be my son’s first birthday and I really don’t want to miss it. P95 | dedeinke |
| 12. | Eaerar keinikkan ḷam jako. | The trees got thoroughly scorched | aerar |
| 13. | Ealikkar an pojakin jako bwe eaitwōnmej. | He is ready to go as death broods over him. | aitwōnmej |
| 14. | Ear jako kiin jeṃaanḷọk. | He passed away recently. | kiin jeṃaanḷọk |
| 15. | Ebbūrarrar ḷam jako ijeṇe | That area there by you is all smeary. | būrar |
| 16. | Ejjeḷọk wōt toun aṃ jako. | You were gone an awfully long time. | to |
| 17. | Ekabūroṃōjṃōj kōn an jako jinen im jemān. | His being an orphan is pathetic. | kabbūroṃōjṃōj |
| 18. | Eḷaññe ej ṃōṃakūt jān turin baaṃle eo an ej jab kōṇaan bwe en to an jako jān er. | When he travels away from his family, he does not like to be gone from them for too long. P37 | baaṃle |
| 19. | Elōñ ṃuriniej eṃōj aer jorrāān ak jako jān wōt an armej in āneo kar aikuj jikin aer kalōki ṃōko iṃweer ie. | A good number of traditional landmarks have been damaged or have disappeared altogether due to the need for the people to build their homes. | ṃuriniej |
| 20. | Emmāmā ḷam jako lowaan ṃwiin | The inside of this house is really covered with breadfruit scraps. | mā |
| 21. | Eṃōj an jako ḷeo | The man has already died. | jako |
| 22. | Enañin aloklok ke bao eo ear jako. | Have you seen that lost chicken? | aloklok |
| 23. | Enañin to aṃ jako? | You were gone quite a while, weren't you? (give an account of yourself). | to |
| 24. | Ettonaajaj ḷaṃ jako ṃwiin | There are lots of doughnuts in this house. | tonaaj |
| 25. | Etutu ḷam jako kōn menokadu. | He was soaked with sweat. P321 | ḷam jako |
| 26. | Etutu ḷam jako. | He's wet to the bones. | ḷam jako |
| 27. | Ewōt ḷam jako. | It's raining cats and dogs. | ḷam jako |
| 28. | Iar etetal im jintōb kōn an jako juuj ko aō. | I went barefoot because my shoes disappeared. | jintōb |
| 29. | Iar jāāleḷọk em jako. | I watched him till he disappeared in the distance. | jejāāl |
| 30. | Iar kōttar eok ak kwaar jab itok. Baj ke iar iwōj ak kwaar jako. | I waited for you and you didn't show up. In fact, I had come and you were not there. | baj ke |
| 31. | Ijaje taunin an jako an aorake meje eṇ. | I don't know why there aren't as many spider shells in the opening between this island and the next one as there used to be. | aorak |
| 32. | Ikar kōjparok wōt aō ṃōṃakūtkūt i lowaan wa eo bwe ejjir ḷam jako ijo kōn wōil. | I was careful as I moved around the boat because everything was covered with oil and it was very slippery. P716 | jijir |
| 33. | Ikar kōjparok wōt aō ṃōṃakūtkūt i lowaan wa eo bwe ejjir ḷam jako ijo kōn wōil. | I was careful as I moved around the boat because everything was covered with oil and it was very slippery. P716 | wōil |
| 34. | Iḷak aṇtọọne ḷọk ekar or jilñuul minitin aerro kar jako. | I estimated they had been gone for about thirty minutes. P1254 | aṇtọọn |
| 35. | Iḷak erre lọk ilo an Bojin eo tōbal ṃaan ḷọk im jako ḷọk i buḷōn marok ko. | I watched the Boatswain crawl toward the front of the boat and disappear in to the darkness. P571 | buḷōn |
| 36. | Ilo iien eo kwaar jako, iar bōk jikūṃ im kōnono ilo etaṃ. | I spoke on your behalf while you were gone. | jako |
| 37. | Ilo peen eo aō ear jako. | I recovered my pen that was lost. | lelo |
| 38. | Inaaj kar jako ñe iar jab ṃōkaj in iñtōk jān an ubatake eō kōn jebwe eo. | I'd have been a goner if I hadn't moved when he hit me with the broad side of the canoe paddle. | ubatak |
| 39. | Iroñjake an kōnono tok im ḷak rōre to ḷọk ñan kapilōñ, ilo an aḷ jino jako ḷọk i buḷōn lọjet. | Listening to what he said I looked over to the west and saw that the sun was starting to set in the middle of the ocean. P500 | roñjake |
| 40. | Jakoūṃ ekōṃṃan ad luuj ilo jiāe eo. Aṃ jako ekōṃṃan ad luuj ilo jiāe eo. | Your absence cost us the competition. | jako |
| 41. | Jemān ear pejajuuk kōn an kar jako boñ | Her father spanked her for going out last night. | pejaju |
| 42. | Joñan an to aō jako jān ṃweo eijurwewe ḷọk | I had been away from my house so long that it was dilapidated. | ijurwewe |
| 43. | Joñan rōkilmeej ḷam jako.” | And they are really dark.” P753 | ḷam jako |
| 44. | Kajjioñ kate eok bwe en jako aṃ aḷo. | Try hard not to be coming in late. | aḷo |
| 45. | Komaroñ ke jeiḷọk katak ko ear jako jāni | Could you write down those lessons he missed when he was absent? | jei |
| 46. | Kwaar jako jān aṃ pijja innem unin an kumi eo arro kar luuj.” | Our team has been losing ever since we lost you as pitcher.” P467 | pijja |
| 47. | Kwōj kab nāj jako ak kiiō. | You're definitely finished this time. | jako |
| 48. | Kwōn tutu bwe en jako aṃ ajjiḷapḷap. | Take a bath to get rid of your offensive body odor. | ajjiḷapḷap |
| 49. | Raar iiaieo ippān doon ālikin aer jako jān doon iuṃwin elōñ iiō. | They had a reunion after many years of absence from one another. | iiāio |
| 50. | Rōḷak tọọr tok ñan lowaan meja emāāṇ ḷam jako. | Beads of sweat had gone into my eyes and they were really burning. P992 | ḷam jako |