| 1. | “Ij jañin kajjioñ ak bōlen eban pen bwe āinwōt iḷak baj lale men eo jej wōjak de eṇ kōdapili taij kaṇ im ewaḷọk bōnbōn eo ad. | “I haven’t tried but it probably wouldn’t be hard, because it seems like I just saw how they do it; you just roll the dice and the number of points show. P167 | dāpilpil |
| 2. | “Kwōj lale ej pen wōt ke loklok ṇe ilo jila ṇe?” Kapen eo ekajjitōk ippān. | “Did you make sure the tiller is secured?” the Captain asked. P761 | jila |
| 3. | “Lukkuun lukwōji bwe ren pen ippān doon im jab mejaḷ ḷọk,” Kapen eo eba. | “Make sure you bind them tightly so they don’t come untied,” the Captain said. P685 | lelok |
| 4. | “Lukkuun lukwōji bwe ren pen ippān doon im jab mejaḷ ḷọk,” Kapen eo eba. | “Make sure you bind them tightly so they don’t come untied,” the Captain said. P685 | mejaḷ |
| 5. | Ālikin aṃro jar, iḷak itōn kar kajjioñ kiil meja in mājur elukkuun pen kōn wōt aō kar ḷōmṇake an baḷuun eo itok iiom tok im etal wōt ak ejab lo kōm. | After we were finished praying I was going to try to close my eyes and get some sleep but it was really hard because I kept thinking about how that plane had flown right over us but just kept going and didn’t see us. P952 | baḷuun |
| 6. | Bōtaab jerā eo aṃro ekar juon jerā eo elukkuun pen im ṃool | But after that we developed a very strong and true friendship. P471 | jerā |
| 7. | Edim im pen. | "firm and strong" | dim |
| 8. | Ej jab kakkōt pen. | It's not very hard. It's quite easy. | kakkōt |
| 9. | 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 |
| 10. | Ejeḷataeiki booj jerakrōk eo im pen an ṃōṃakūt (eṃṃakūt) jān ijo. | The sailboat got caught up in the third current zone and hardly made any headway. | jeḷatae |
| 11. | Ekadik pen kōpel ḷeeṇ bwe ejeḷā jeerinbale. | It is very difficult to chase him because he knows how to make quick, sharp turns. | jeerinbale |
| 12. | Eḷap an eo pen ṇe | That grated coconut is saturated. | eo |
| 13. | Eḷap an pen jepar in ni ṇe | The stems of the coconut bunches of that tree are strongly attached. | jepar |
| 14. | Eḷap an pen teej eo. | The test was very hard. | pen |
| 15. | Elukkuun pen kōjaaki jerbal ṃōṃanṃōn (eṃṃanṃōn) ko an. | It's really hard to match his wonderful achievements. | jaak |
| 16. | Eṃṃan ñe kwōañinwoḷāiki bwe en pen. | It would be better if you put braces to strengthen it. | añinwoḷā |
| 17. | Iṃōk in ba en jab jañ ak pen in deo an jañ. | She kept crying despite my plea for her to stop. | pen in deo |
| 18. | Inaaj matātōpe kōrkōr e bwe en pen. | I'll leave these as reinforcements for the canoe. | matātōp |
| 19. | Injin eo wōt ejab wāār bwe ekar jikūru im pen. | Only the engine didn’t slide because it was tightly secured. P689 | wāār |
| 20. | Iñūti ṇat ṇe bwe en pen. | Turn the nut to make it tight. | iñūti |
| 21. | Jekdọọn ñe ekankan to eo ak pen in deo an keepep. | Even though the rope was pulled taut, he continued to hold it. | keepep |
| 22. | Jekdọọn ñe rōṃane ak pen in deo an kakkōt. | Even though they beat him up, he kept trying. | pen in deo |
| 23. | Ke kōmmān kar tōpar likin tōkā eo tak ḷọk, ekā tak juon ajbōkruo im pen. | When we reached the ocean side of the reef stretching eastward, a tuna so big it would require two men to carry it leapt at the lure and was firmly hooked. P1302 | ajbōkruo |
| 24. | Kwōn booje bwe en pen. | Tie it up tight. | booj |
| 25. | Kwōn jouneake pen ṇe ṇa ilowaan raij ṇe | Use coconut cloth to squeeze the oil from the grated coconut into that rice. | jouneak |
| 26. | Kwōn kabuwōtwōte tok waini ṇe bwe pen. | Clean the whiskers off the husked coconut because we're going to extract the coconut meat from it to obtain coconut oil. | buwōtwōt |
| 27. | Kwōn koorale wōt bwe enañin pen wōt jidik. | Keep jerking the line because pretty soon you'll feel it hooked. | kooral |
| 28. | Lukwōj jọṃur ṇe bwe en pen wōjḷā ṇe | Tie the jo'ṃur (rope) so that sail will stay taut. | jọṃur |
| 29. | Ṃokta ear kanooj pen an juon al buñbuñ kōn an iiet armej eṇ ej roñ. | Before, it was difficult for a song to be well known, because there were few people who heard it. S26 | buñbuñ |
| 30. | Ñe kokeḷe, ej baj pen mour | When your skin disease gets really bad, you have a hard time staying alive. | keḷe |
| 31. | Ta wūnin an pen ke eḷam waan? | How could it be so difficult when it's quite simple? | ḷam waan |