| 1. | The cisterns built by the Japanese were still standing up. | Ear jutak wōt aebōj-jimeeṇin Jepaan ko. | aebōj-jimeeṇ |
| 2. | How many cisterns are there on this island. | Jete aebōj-jimeeṇ iānin? | aebōj-jimeeṇ |
| 3. | Before Westerners came to the Marshalls, people used to use tree catchments, cisterns, and ocean water for bathing, washing hands, and drinking. S22 | Ṃokta jān an itok armej in pālle ñan Ṃajeḷ, ri-Ṃajeḷ rōkein kōjerbal eṃṃak, aebōj laḷ, kab lọjet ñan tutu, aṃwin, im idaak. | ṃōṃak |
| 4. | Now there are cisterns near almost all homes. S22 | Kiiō enañin wōr aebōj laḷ iturin aolep eṃ. | nañin |
| 5. | Nowadays cisterns are better and cleaner. S22 | Raan kein ekanooj in eṃṃanḷọk im erreoḷọk aebōj laḷ. | raan |
| 6. | Tree catchments and olden-time cisterns were not really clean. S22 | Eṃṃak im aebōj laḷ ko etto raar jab kanooj in rōreo (erreo). | rōreo |
| 7. | More people clean their cisterns so that they are pure and don’t make them sick if they bathe, drink, or make food at these cisterns. S22 | Eḷap ḷọk an armej ro aer aebōj laḷ kein karreoiki bwe ren erreo im jab kōṃṃan nañinmej ñan er ñe rej tutu, idaak, ak kōṃṃan ṃōñā ilo aebōj laḷ kein. | rōreo |
| 8. | More people clean their cisterns so that they are pure and don’t make them sick if they bathe, drink, or make food at these cisterns. S22 | Eḷap ḷọk an armej ro aer aebōj laḷ kein karreoiki bwe ren erreo im jab kōṃṃan nañinmej ñan er ñe rej tutu, idaak, ak kōṃṃan ṃōñā ilo aebōj laḷ kein. | rōreo |
| 9. | There were very few cisterns in olden times, and everyone used them and contaminated them. S22 | Ear kanooj iiet aebōj laḷ etto im jabdewōt armej rej kōjerbale im kattooni. | tōtoon |