| 1. | That sick person is drawing his last breath. | Ḷeo enañinmej eṇ ej bōk-ubōn. | bōk ob |
| 2. | Hold your breath. | Kwōn dek menowaṃ. | dek |
| 3. | I can't dive deeper or I'll run out of breath. | Iban tulọk ḷọk wōt bwe enaaj jabjab-menowa. | jabjab-menowan |
| 4. | I ran out of breath when I tried to dive deeper. | Ejabjab-menwa ke iar kajjioñ tulọk laḷḷọk wōt. | jabjab-menowan |
| 5. | He ran and became short of breath. | Ear ettōr im jeekḷọk. | jeekḷọk |
| 6. | Just from the Boatswain’s chant, when the fish landed on the boat; there was no breath left in it. P1313 | Jān wōt roro ko an Bojin eo, eḷak jok ek eo ioon wa eo, ejej kūtwōn. | kōto |
| 7. | She kept talking till she ran out of breath and fainted. | Ear kōnono ḷọk ḷọk emaat kūtuon im ḷotḷọk | ḷọk |
| 8. | When we were all finished I climbed through the doorway to the outside and took a big breath because I was really starting to get seasick from the smell of gas and oil inside. P757 | Ṃōjin an dedeḷọk jerbal eo itallōñ ḷọk i lowaan kōjām eo im ḷak ijo nabōj, ibōk menwa bwe āinwōt iwātin kar bar ḷōlao kōn nemān kiaj im wōil eo i lowa. | lowa |
| 9. | Eating fish brains will cause you to be able to hold your breath for a long time. | Kōmālij in ek enaaj kōppakij eok. | pakij |
| 10. | I can hold my breath longer than you. | Ippakij jān kwe. | pakij |
| 11. | Then when you sail westward from the island in the east and slip by this island, you know that you will pass by to the north,” the old man took a breath, and then said, “Don't you two want to eat a little?” P187 | Innem eḷaññe kwōnaaj tarto jān aelōñ ṇe i reeaar im rōḷọk jān aelōñ in, kwōj jeḷā bwe kwōḷe i iōñ,” ḷōḷḷap eo ebōk kūtwōn jidik im bar ba, “Koṃro ej jab ṃōñā jidik ke?” | tar |