1. | “Ej ae niñaḷọk kiiō kōnke ekkā wōt an kūtak bwe ej iien rak wōt. | “The current is running northwards now, because there is normally wind from the southwest since it’s summer. P186 | ae |
2. | “Kab ke eṃōj aō jeke ippa ke jerak kōnke jekiden ṇa i ānin | “I also promised myself I would go because we get stir-crazy staying on one island all the time. P94 | kidel |
3. | “Kapen e, ij jab ḷōmṇak imaroñ jeḷati baib kā āinwōt aṃ ba kōnke ejemram ḷaaṃ e,” Jema ekar ba. | “Captain, I don’t think I can take the pipes apart as you suggest because this lamp isn’t giving off enough light,” Father said. P655 | jemram |
4. | Armej jeedwaan eo eaar uññare ri-ṃweie eo kōnke ekwōle | The hungry tramp begged for food from the rich person. | armej jeedwaan |
5. | Eaiṇokko kōnke nejin ri-pālle. | He's light skinned because his father is a white American. | aiṇokko |
6. | Eaiṇokko kōnke nejin ri-pālle. | He's light skinned because his father is a white American. | kōnke |
7. | 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 |
8. | Eamḷap kōnke ej ṃaan bwij. | He's got lots of land because he's the head of his lineage. | amḷap |
9. | Eamḷap kōnke ej ṃaan bwij. | He's got lots of land because he's the head of his lineage. | kōnke |
10. | Ear apareḷọk ñan aujpitōḷ kōnke eṃōjṇọ | He escorted him to the hospital because he was weak. | apar |
11. | Ear jab āñini ippāer kōnke ej tōḷọk pikōt āinwōt Lurōk eo raar kupiiki jān kumi eo aer. | He didn't go with them because he was as cowardly as Lurōk, who got fired from their team. | tōḷọk |
12. | Ear jab kanooj ḷap tōprak kōnke ej kab juon alen aer kwelọk bōtab ewōr ruo men eḷḷap raar karōki ñan an ri-Ṃaikronijia ḷoori | Not a great deal was accomplished, as it was their first session, but there were two important things set for Micronesians to follow. S16 | kōkar |
13. | Eban mat bwiro ṇe kōnke eko mọọlin uṃ ṇe | The bwiro won't be cooked as the heat in the earth oven has abated and isn't hot enough. | mọọl |
14. | Ej aikuj ejjepḷaakak kōnke piiḷ tūreep. | It has to always return because it's a field trip ship. | jepḷaak |
15. | Ej aikuj kar meḷeḷe eake men eo Jema ekar jiroñ ḷọk kōnke joñan an kijoñ jāālelin nemān kiaj eo i lowa, jeitan ban kōboutuut ijo. | The Boatswain must have understood what Father meant, because the smell of gas was so strong inside that we could hardly breathe. P771 | jāālel |
16. | Ej aikuj kar meḷeḷe eake men eo Jema ekar jiroñ ḷọk kōnke joñan an kijoñ jāālelin nemān kiaj eo i lowa, jeitan ban kōboutuut ijo. | The Boatswain must have understood what Father meant, because the smell of gas was so strong inside that we could hardly breathe. P771 | kōboutut |
17. | Ej booḷ wōt ak ileḷọk ñan Bojin eo kōnke epād ilo kōjām eo ej rōre laḷ tak. | When the bucket was full I handed it up to the Boatswain who was standing at the door looking down at us. P624 | le- |
18. | Ej jab aikuj wōr ri-amḷap raan kein kōnke eoktak wāween mour. | There shouldn't be anybody owning more land than others these days as the living situation has changed. | amḷap |
19. | Ejaad pen kile jete armej i lowaan ṃweo ak ealikkar ke juon eo leḷḷap ie kōnke iroñ ainikien an ḷōḷḷap eo ba, “Limen e, kwōn itōn kōṃṃan ḷọk kijen Injinia e im ḷadik e nejin.” | It was somewhat hard to tell how many people were in the house, but it was obvious that one was an old woman because I heard the old man say, “Honey, you should go make some food for the Engineer and his son.” P182 | Limen |
20. | Ejjibwilbwil āniin kōnke eiien ṃakṃōk | There is plenty of molded arrowroot starch on this island because it is the arrowroot season. | jibwil |
21. | Ejọkurbaatat ḷoon eo kōnke jibukwi ọọj bawōrin injin ḷọk eo ie. | The outboard motor boat made spray because it had a 100 horsepower engine. | jọkurbaatat |
22. | Ekkā wōt an eddek ilo aelōñ ko iōñ kōnke ṃakṃōk eṃṃan an eddek ilo jikin ko rejawōtwōt im kabokbok. | It usually grows on the northern islands because arrowroot grows in sandy places of little rainfall. S20 | bok |
23. | Ekkā wōt an eddek ilo aelōñ ko iōñ kōnke ṃakṃōk eṃṃan an eddek ilo jikin ko rejawōtwōt im kabokbok. | It usually grows on the northern islands because arrowroot grows in sandy places of little rainfall. S20 | jọwōtwōt |
24. | Ekkā wōt an eddek ilo aelōñ ko iōñ kōnke ṃakṃōk eṃṃan an eddek ilo jikin ko rejawōtwōt im kabokbok. | It usually grows on the northern islands because arrowroot grows in sandy places of little rainfall. S20 | ṃakṃōk |
25. | Eḷaññe jowi eo an jemān Tony ej Erroja-kijeek, ej meḷeḷen bwe jowi eo an Tony eban Erroja-kijeek, kōnke jej bōk ad jowi jān jined. | If the clan name for Tony's father is Erroja-kijeek, it means that Tony's clan name would not be Erroja-kijeek, because we inherit our clan from our mothers. | Erroja-kijeek |
26. | Ellu kōnke rej ba e boea wōt. | He’s mad because they say he’s just a kid. | boea |
27. | Ellu kōnke rej ba ej boea wōt. | He's mad because they say he's still just a kid. | boea |
28. | Eluwajetḷọk kiiō kōnke eto an jojo iar. | It's old and corroded because it's been in the sea for so long. | luwajet |
29. | Emaroke tiṃa eo ṇailik innem emijak kapen eo in ṃwear kōnke ewōdwōde lowaan to eo. | The ship was benighted at the ocean-side of the atoll and the captain was afraid to enter the lagoon for fear of running aground on any of the coral heads littering the channel. | marok |
30. | Eṃṃan aō roñ ainikien ekkopkopin kiaaj kōnke ekōṃṃan aō kojatdikdik bwe emōur injin. | The sound of gurgling gas gave me a good feeling as it meant for me that the engine would start. | kokopkop |
31. | Enana an kāātet kōnke eboṇ bọtin. | He has difficluty using his full sense of smelling because of his stuffy nose. | ātāt |
32. | Enana an kāātet kōnke eboṇ bọtin. | He has difficluty using his full sense of smelling because of his stuffy nose. | kōnke |
33. | Erōññōḷọk kōnke ear jab tōmak enāj kar bōk tūb eo. | He was overcome with joy in as much as he didn't believe he would be the winner. | raññōḷọk |
34. | Iāliklik kōn ṃōñā kā kōnke jejjab naajdik er. | I am ashamed that we're not sharing this food with them. | āliklik |
35. | Jema ear kile ippān make ke ḷeo ej itōn kajjitōk wa eo waan ej kain armej rot eṇ epen ṃweien kōnke eḷap an tiljek im kōjparok. | Father realized that the man who owned the boat who he was going to ask for his boat was a frugal kind of guy, because he was very careful and protective of the boat. P22 | itōn |
36. | Jowi e aō ej Ripit kōnke jinō ej Ripit. | I'm of the Ripit clan because that's my mother's clan. | jowi |
37. | Kōl eo de eo kōmmān maroñ kar kōṃṃane, eḷaññe eṃṃan kōto, lewūjḷā kōnke alikkar ke eban ṃōṃan injin eo ammān. | The only way we would make it was for the wind to die down enough for us to raise the sail; clearly the engine was not going to work. P787 | kōl |
38. | Kōmmān ñak ekar lo ke kōjjoram eo ak kōmmān ḷak aṇtọọne ḷọk, bōlen ekar jab loe bwe kōnke ejab rọọl in kar lale ak ekar etal wōt. | We didn’t know if it had seen the flare but we guessed that it hadn’t because it didn’t come back to see what it was but just kept going. P946 | kōmram |
39. | Kōnke e ri-Kuwajleen kōmmān tōmake ke ej ba men eo. | We think he said that because he’s from Kwajalein (lit. 'he's a Kwajalein person'). P505 | ri- |
40. | Kōnke erro kile ke ejej men eṇ erro naaj tokwōje ñe erro kōnono ṃaan ḷọk wōt, Jema im Bojin eo erro jab bar ba juon naan ak erro pād wōt im kōttar ta eo ebar ba erro en kōṃṃane. | When they realized they wouldn’t accomplish anything with their talk, Father and the Boatswain didn’t say another word and instead just stayed where they were and waited for the Captain to tell them what to do. P905 | tokwōj |
41. | Kōnke kajin Ṃajeḷ ear jab pād ilo peba ṃae iien eo ear itok ri-pālle, ej jab kanooj lōñ armej rej mour wōt kiiō rejeḷā inọñ ko an ri-Ṃajeḷ. | Because the Marshallese language wasn’t put into writing until Westerners came, not many people living today know the legends of the Marshallese people. S13 | inọñ |
42. | Kōnke ṃōttan wōt jidik ṇa i kapin tāāñin dān ṇe limedmān, jenaaj kōjparoke wōt ñan idaak. | We’ve almost reached the bottom of the container of drinking water for the four of us, so we need to be careful and use the water strictly for drinking. P985 | lime- |
43. | Kōnke rej ri-abba, meḷeḷein bwe rej bareinwōt ri-kaajeḷḷā ek. | Because they fish with dynamite it means that they'll also kill the fish indiscriminately. | ajeḷḷā |
44. | Kōnke wōjḷā ko etto rejọ kōn kōṃṃan jān maañin bōb, rūtto ro rōkōn aikuj āj atro kein lōbboiki bwe ren jab tutu im ṃọḷeḷe | Because the sails of old were made from woven pandanus leaves, our ancestors necessarily had to weave atro for covering their canoe sails to prevent them from getting soaked. | lōbbọ |
45. | Kwomat ḷọk jān ña kōnke eḷap kijōṃ. | You are better satisfied because your share was bigger than mine. | mat |
46. | Men eo ejjeḷọk de eo waan ektaki ḷọk men kein ñan Likiep, ijellọkin wōt tiṃa in raun eo, ak kōnke kōmmān aikuj naaj kar kōttar tok bar jilu allōñ. | The only thing they lacked was a vehicle to haul these things to Likiep, except for the fieldtrip ship, but we would have had to wait for that for three months. P19 | de |
47. | Men eo enana kake, kōnke jej ikkure kōn jāān. | The bad thing about it is that we play with money. P168 | jāān |
48. | Meñe eṃṃanḷọk aō roñ peḷḷọkin naan ko an Kapen eo, āinwōt eitok wōt bwe in kar tōmak naan ko an Jema kōnke elōñ de alen an kar Kapen eo jirillọk. | Although what the Captain said sounded good, I was more inclined to believe Father because the Captain had already made so many mistakes on this trip and so many bad things were happening as a result. P875 | jirilọk |
49. | Ñe ej wōr nejid laddik rej iep jaḷḷọk kōnke ekkā wōt aer naaj ḷoor kōrā ro ippāer. | Whenever we have male children, they are iepjaḷḷọk because they always stay with the wife's family. | iep jaḷḷọk |
50. | Ñe ikar ruṃwij jidik inaaj kar lukkuun ñarij lowa, kōnke ej ṃōj wōt aō lutōk ḷọk ak ebar tar tok juon ṇo im kōjbouki wa eo im ewātin lā. | If I had waited any longer I would have fallen down hard; just as I emptied the bucket a wave smacked the boat so hard that it almost capsized. P650 | kōjbouk |
51. | Piọ waan men eṇ ippān kōnke piọ in eppānene. | His is a minor case of the negligable chill one gets while on dry land. | eppānene |
52. | Rej jab nenọ (ennọ) mā kaṇe kōnke reālkūṃur | Those breadfruit are not good because they're from an old tree. | ālkūṃur |
53. | Unin aō ba men in kōnke ikar lo an rwe bōjọ eo an im kwaḷọk jikka eo kijen im juon mājet. | I only knew this because I saw him stick his hand in his pocket and take out a cigarette and a match. P768 | rore |
54. | Unin aō ba men in kōnke ikar lo an rwe bōjọ eo an im kwaḷọk jikka eo kijen im juon mājet. | I only knew this because I saw him stick his hand in his pocket and take out a cigarette and a match. P768 | bōjọ |
55. | Wūnin an kōkōṃ (ekkōṃ) jāje ṇe kōnke māāl waan. | It's an alloy, that's why your machete is breakable. | māāl waan |
56. | Wūnin tūreep in rawūn kein, kōnke en bōkḷọk ṃōñā im ṃweiuk im ektak waini jān aolep aelōñ ko ilikin Mājro. | The purpose of the round-trips is to take food and trade goods and bring copra from all the outer islands to Majuro. S17 | wūn |