| 1. | “Nejū e, kadikdik bwe ej naaj maat wōt,” Jema eba ke ej lo aō menonoin kijdik. | “Son, slow down; the water is almost gone,” Father said when he saw how fast I was breathing. P675 | menono |
| 2. | Aolep maat ḷọk ñan kweilọk eṇ. | Let's all go to the meeting. | maat |
| 3. | Eitōn maat dānnin aebōj eṇ. | The water in that cistern is almost all gone. | eitōn |
| 4. | Ej kab kar juon iien an ri-Ṃajeḷ maat im kālōt ri-kwelọk ro aer im ear kanooj ḷap ejjeurur. | It was finally a time when the Marshallese had chosen their own representatives, and there was great excitement. S16 | jejeurur |
| 5. | Ej maat wōt ejouj jab eo ak ebar ettōr āne ḷọk tūrak eo im kanne tok. | When the first pile was gone the truck left and brought in another load. P359 | ejouj |
| 6. | Ej maat wōt kobban kāān eo ak eletok bwe in kọkoṇe. | When the can was empty, he gave it to me to put away. P603 | ak |
| 7. | Eḷak epaak an maat jikka, ebūḷake oṇāān. | When the cigarettes were nearly sold out, he raised the price. | būḷak |
| 8. | Eṃōj ṇe aṃ baṃe eō bwe enāj maat jikka kā kijō. | You'd better stop bumming my cigarettes before I run out. | baṃ |
| 9. | Enaaj ṃōṃōraṃrōṃḷọk (eṃṃōraṃrōṃḷọk) em maat. | It'll keep crumbling till it finally disintegrates. | ṃōraṃrōṃ |
| 10. | Enañin maat ke ri-aikiu? | Have we counted all those we were to ration out food to? | aikiu |
| 11. | Erjel ej aikuj kar kōrọọl jimettanin ḷōut jab eo bwe eban kar maat in uwe. | They had to take half a load back because it wouldn’t have fit on the boat. P365 | kar |
| 12. | Joñan, ej jañin kar maat wōt jikka eo kijen ak ejibwe im kadkad to ḷọk eake ak ebar tile juon. | So much so that even though he hadn't finished his cigarette, he threw it away and lit up another. P881 | eake |
| 13. | Kab ke juon raan enaaj tōtōr im maat kaan injin otemjej i laḷ in. | Some day, there won’t be any fuel left at all. P860 | im |
| 14. | Kab ke juon raan enaaj tōtōr im maat kaan injin otemjej i laḷ in. | Some day, there won’t be any fuel left at all. P860 | kaan |
| 15. | Ke ekar maat aō ālimi, ibar wanlōñ ḷọk | When I was done bailing, I went back up on deck. P989 | ālim |
| 16. | Reeitōn maat men kā. | These things are almost all gone. | eitōn |