| 1. | Didn’t the two of you notice from the way the wind was blowing that we were on the lee side of the island, but now as the wind blows, it’s clear we’re at a distance from the island? P922 | Koṃro kar kile ke an añināne raan eo ak kiiō eñin eḷak detak ekalikkar ad ettoḷọk jān āne | añ |
| 2. | I didn’t say anything else, but went below again and started bailing water, because there was a lot of it. P987 | Ikar jab bar kōnono ak ibar to laḷ ḷọk im ālimi dān eo bwe eḷapḷọk. | ānen |
| 3. | Didn’t the two of you notice from the way the wind was blowing that we were on the lee side of the island, but now as the wind blows, it’s clear we’re at a distance from the island? P922 | Koṃro kar kile ke an añināne raan eo ak kiiō eñin eḷak detak ekalikkar ad ettoḷọk jān āne | añinene |
| 4. | I was still sleepy and didn’t know right from left. P585 | Ikar arruñijñij wōt im ij jañin lukkuun meḷeḷe ewi eañ im rak. | aruñijñij |
| 5. | The Captain didn’t say anything else when he heard from the old man. P67 | Ebar ejjeḷọk men eṇ Kapen eo eba ke ej roñ ijin jān ḷōḷḷap eo. | ba |
| 6. | When I got down there I didn’t notice the muffler and I rubbed against it and burned my leg. P343 | Ke ij to laḷ ḷọk ijab mejek baibin būṃbūṃ eo an injin eo ak ijuri im bwil neō. | baib |
| 7. | 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 | 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. | baḷuun |
| 8. | It didn’t flop about one bit. P1314 | Ekar jab bar dipikpik ñan jidik. | didpikpik |
| 9. | The next morning I woke up on my own and looked all around but didn’t see anyone else. P955 | Jebboñon eo juon imake ruj im ḷak reilik reiṃaan i lowaan wa eo, eejej eṇ ikar loe ak ña wōt. | ejej |
| 10. | He looked all around, to the north and to the south, but he didn’t see anything. P917 | Erreto erre tak, erre niñeañ erre rōkeañ, ak ejej āne ekar loe. | ejej |
| 11. | I didn’t think Father had heard what he said because when I looked over he didn’t seem to be paying attention. P450 | Ij ḷōmṇak Jema ekar jab roñ men eo bwe iḷak lale ej jab kanooj el ḷọk | el |
| 12. | I didn’t think Father had heard what he said because when I looked over he didn’t seem to be paying attention. P450 | Ij ḷōmṇak Jema ekar jab roñ men eo bwe iḷak lale ej jab kanooj el ḷọk | el |
| 13. | “I didn’t go fishing because I felt my gout coming on. P190 | “Ijab eọñōd bwe iar bar eñjake an metak tok kūrro e aō. | eñjake |
| 14. | “How long have I been lying down?” the Captain didn’t ask Father specifically, but just asked. P1227 | “Ewi toon aō kar babu?” Kapen eo ejab uwaake Jema ak ebaj kajjitōk. | ewi |
| 15. | The plane didn’t do anything and instead just kept flying its course. P945 | Ejjeḷọk men eo baḷuun eo ekar wōjake ak ekar kelọk wōt ilo iiaḷ eo an to ḷọk | iaḷ |
| 16. | Our boat just floated in the water and didn’t go anywhere. P1171 | Wa eo eppepe wōt bajjek ijo im ejej ijeṇ etal ie ḷọk | ijeṇ |
| 17. | I didn’t move; I just stayed where I was and waited. P85 | Ijab ṃakūtkūt ak ipād wōt ijo im kōttar. | ijo |
| 18. | But the two of us just remained silent and didn’t talk. P1255 | Ak kōmro kar ikōñ jān doon im jab kōkeroro. | ikōñ |
| 19. | The Boatswain went up as he was told, even though it was obvious he didn’t want to. P916 | Bojin eo ejujen wanlōñ āinwōt an ba, meñe ekar jab aelọk an jab itok-limoin eake men eo. | itok-limoin |
| 20. | So even though we had a lot of rice and flour, we didn’t use any because we didn’t have enough fresh water to cook with. P1017 | Ej ja āindeeo an kar ḷap raij im pilawā eo kijemmān ak rōban jerbal kōn wōt an kar jabwe dānnin idaak ñan kōmat. | jabwe |
| 21. | So even though we had a lot of rice and flour, we didn’t use any because we didn’t have enough fresh water to cook with. P1017 | Ej ja āindeeo an kar ḷap raij im pilawā eo kijemmān ak rōban jerbal kōn wōt an kar jabwe dānnin idaak ñan kōmat. | jabwe |
| 22. | “I didn’t know if you guys were going to want to eat; our family had rice and tinned meat for supper,” the old man said. P189 | “Bwe jejaje koṃro en kar kōṇaan ke ṃōñā, ke raij im kuwat kōjota e am iṃwiin,” ḷōḷḷap eo eba. | jaje |
| 23. | The bird was so gentle and deceptive there on the Captain’s shoulder that when it moved he didn’t know what had happened. P1042 | Bao eo eineeṃṃan wōt im kōjatdikdik ioon aeran Kapen eo ke ekā wōt im ñak en ita. | jatdik |
| 24. | “Is anything wrong down there?”—I was so wound up that I didn’t even know who had asked. P692 | “Eor ke jorrāān ijeṇe?” kōn aō kar jeparujruj, iñak wōn eo ekar kajjitōk men in. | jeparujruj |
| 25. | He didn’t say anything but he got up and tried to go up on deck. P1222 | Ejej men eo ekar bar ba tok ak ejerkak im kajjioñ wanlōñ ḷọk | jerkak |
| 26. | The next morning I woke up on my own and looked all around but didn’t see anyone else. P955 | Jebboñon eo juon imake ruj im ḷak reilik reiṃaan i lowaan wa eo, eejej eṇ ikar loe ak ña wōt. | jibboñ |
| 27. | But Father didn’t have to do anything because when we arrived at his side he was already lying down and fast asleep. P1089 | Ejej men eṇ Jema ekar kōṃṃane ñane bwe kōṃro ḷak jikrōk ḷọk ijo ippān ej babu im mājur. | jikrōk |
| 28. | The way he talked to me was like he didn’t know I knew the engine had started. P322 | Āinwōt ñe iñak ke ejọ injin eo an wa eo, ilo an kōnono tok. | jọ |
| 29. | Back then if people wanted to go sailing they didn’t have to ask anyone. P397 | Ñe rūtto ro rejọ kōn kōṇaan jerakrōk rej jab kajjitōk ippān bar juon. | jọ |
| 30. | Since the Captain didn’t say anything, Father went on. P734 | Ḷak ke ejjeḷọk men eṇ Kapen eo eba, Jema ejujen wōnṃaan ḷọk wōt. | jujen |
| 31. | But there were a few things I didn’t even notice. P995 | Ak jet ko men ijabōṃ kar kakkōt mejeki. | kakkōt |
| 32. | When the Boatswain saw the plane, he didn’t hesitate and instead went down and brought up the boat's flare gun some Americans had given us before we set sail. P932 | Ke Bojin eo ej lo baḷuun eo, ekar jab bar pād ak eto laḷ ḷọk im bōk lōñ tak kein kōkaḷḷe eo an wa eo jet ripālle rōkar letok ṃōṃkaj jān ammān kar jerak. | kakōḷḷe |
| 33. | I was going to ask if I could rest a little first but when I realized the prevailing sentiment, I didn’t speak, I just jumped back onto the pier and went down off the side of the stairs and washed my legs in the ocean. P48 | Iaar tan kajjitōk aō ja kakkije jidik ṃōṃkaj ak iḷak kile mejatotoin ijab kōnono ak ibar kelọk ñan ioon wab eo im to laḷ ḷọk ilo jikin uwe eo i tōrerein im kwaḷe neō i lọjet. | kālọk |
| 34. | They didn’t tack the boat quite yet and instead just floated for a while waiting and watching the glowing light. P1113 | Erro jab kijer in diake wa eo ak kōmmān pepepe wōt ijo im apāde kabōlbōl eo. | kijer |
| 35. | The Captain didn’t answer the Boatswain and instead started talking to Father. P869 | Kapen eo ekar jab kijer im uwaake Bojin eo ak ekar kōnono ḷọk ṃōṃkaj ñan Jema. | kijer |
| 36. | The bird was so gentle and kōjatdikdik: deceptive? there on the Captain’s shoulder that when it moved he didn’t know what had happened. P1042 | Bao eo eineeṃṃan wōt im kōjatdikdik ioon aeran Kapen eo ke ekā wōt im ñak en ita. | kōjatdikdik |
| 37. | Divination was something olden-time Marshallese doctors used to learn about something they didn’t understand. S21 | Bubu ej juon maroñ ri-wūno in etto ilo Ṃajeḷ raar kōjerbale ñe rej kōṇaan jeḷā kōn juon men eo rej jab meḷeḷe kake. | kōkōpāl |
| 38. | But I looked over and saw that Father and the Boatswain didn’t appear to be happy. P847 | Ak iḷak rōre lọk ilo bwe Jema im Bojin eo erro kar jab kilen ṃōṃōṇōṇō | kōl |
| 39. | “Why didn’t you wake me up before land appeared?” P1232 | “Etke kōmiro kar jab kọruj eō ṃōṃkaj jān an waḷọk āne?” | kōmi |
| 40. | 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 | 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. | kōmram |
| 41. | 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 | 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. | kōmram |
| 42. | John didn’t know what to say because of his embarassment for James when he fell. | Jọọn eñak ta eo en ba kōn an mejko kake Jemej ke ear buñ. | kōn |
| 43. | They didn’t swim for long; they soon reached the island and came out of the lagoon and went across the sand and then were out of sight on a small path between the Scaveola. P1252 | Ekar jab to aerro aō ḷọk ak erro tōpar āne im ato ḷọk i arin ān eo im wōnāne ḷọk ioon bok im penjak ḷọk ilo juon mejate ilo kōṇṇat ko. | kōṇṇat |
| 44. | We didn’t see the other boat again after its lights disappeared. P1172 | Ak ñe wa eo juon ekar jab bar waḷọk ālikin an kar kun. | kukun |
| 45. | “I didn’t go fishing because I felt my gout coming on. P190 | “Ijab eọñōd bwe iar bar eñjake an metak tok kūrro e aō. | kūrro |
| 46. | Since the Captain didn’t say anything, I went topside with Father. P353 | Ḷak ke ejjeḷọk men eṇ Kapen eo eba, iwanlōñ ḷọk ippān Jema. | ḷak |
| 47. | “Man, I didn’t even know you were leaving until I looked over and saw all these people next to the boat, and I thought I should come see what’s going on,” he said. P463 | Ḷeiō, ilukkuun jaje ke koṃwij jerak ak iḷak erre tok im lo an lōñ armej i turin wa in ibaj itok in lale ta,” eba. | ḷeiō |
| 48. | The Captain tried to look ahead for land but didn’t see anything. P877 | Kapen eo ekar baj kakkōt jure tok turin lañ ak ejej āne eṇ eloe. | lelo |
| 49. | When he looked over at me, it was as if he didn’t even see me. P1058 | Eḷak rōre tok ejjeḷọk men eṇ ej loe. | lelo |
| 50. | “Why did he say it didn’t matter if there was no compass but now he’s trying so hard to make sure it doesn’t fall?” I asked myself. P515 | “Etke ekar ba āinwōt juon ñe ejjeḷọk kaṃbōj, ak en baj ḷap wōt an loloodjake bwe en jab wōtlọk?” ikajjitōk ippa make. | loloodjake |
| 51. | The Captain cleared his throat but then was silent and didn’t say anything. P782 | Kapen eo emmelkwarkwar bajjek ijo im ḷak kar jillọk im lōr. | lur |
| 52. | “If you didn’t wander around so much and play until it gets dark, you would always know where your Father is,” the Captain said to me. P50 | “Eḷaññe kokadikḷọk aṃ ṃōṃōkadkad im jab kōmarōk wōt kukure, kwōnaaj jeḷā ia eo Jeṃaṃ epād ie aolep iien,” Kapen eo eba tok. | marok |
| 53. | It didn’t matter at that point, though, because the coffee was ready and we all had some. P886 | Jekdọọn ak ekar mat kọpe eo im kōmmān kar idaak. | mat |
| 54. | But there were a few things I didn’t even notice. P995 | Ak jet ko men ijabōṃ kar kakkōt mejeki. | mejek |
| 55. | I almost couldn’t bend over—I was so full—but didn’t feel nearly as good as I would if I were eating local Marshallese food. P391 | Iwātin ban jillọk joñan an ḷap aō mat, ak iḷak eñjaake ippa ej jab eṃṃanin aō mour wōt ñe ikar ṃōñā kōkanin aelōñ kein. | ṃōṃan |
| 56. | “What’s going on?” the Captain yelled down, as if he didn’t know. P618 | “Eita,” Kapen eo elaṃōj laḷ tak, āinwōt ñe en ñak | ñak |
| 57. | He didnt want to give him a pillow so he used a coconut as one. | Ekar abwin ṇapitōn innem ear petpet kōn waini. | ṇapitōn |
| 58. | “Didn’t I say you would drift off course and then end up right back here where you started?” That was the only thing I heard the Chief say to Father. P1347 | Āinwōt iar ba ke koṃeañ naaj bar petok im eọtōk ān in?” men eo ikar roñ an irooj eo jiroñ ḷọk Jema de in. | peḷọk |
| 59. | “Didn’t I say you would drift off course and then end up right back here where you started?” That was the only thing I heard the Chief say to Father. P1347 | Āinwōt iar ba ke koṃeañ naaj bar petok im eọtōk ān in?” men eo ikar roñ an irooj eo jiroñ ḷọk Jema de in. | petok |
| 60. | The Old Man looked at Father but Father didn’t say anything. P431 | Ḷōḷḷap eo erre ḷọk ñan Jema ak ejjeḷọk men eo Jema eba. | rōre |
| 61. | So he didn’t even finish what he was going to say. P903 | Innem ejujen jab kaṃōj men eo ekar tōn ba. | tan |
| 62. | He was beside himself with excitement because of his new vehicle that he didn’t know what to do except to drive around and show it off. | Eñak en et kōn an kāāl waan ettōr eo waan innem tarto-tōrtakin de eo. | tarto-tartak |
| 63. | 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 | 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. | tokwōj |
| 64. | “Well I didn’t look very carefully at the ocean at that time, but I have a hard time believing we are that far away from Likiep,” the Captain said. P796 | “Ekwe ikar jab baj kakkōt mejōk ioon lọjet ilo awa ṇe kwōj ba, ak āinwōt epen aō tōmak ke joñan de in admān tōtoḷọk jān Likiep,” Kapen eo eba. | tōtoḷọk |
| 65. | I didn’t wait and ran down right away. P1216 | Ikar jab bar pād ak ittōr laḷ ḷọk | tōtōr |
| 66. | I didn’t bother any more with the things but ran right down and brought up the tin. P1273 | Ikar jab bar eḷḷọk ñan men ko ak ittōr laḷ ḷọk im bōk tok tiin eo. | tōtōr |
| 67. | Only the engine didn’t slide because it was tightly secured. P689 | Injin eo wōt ejab wāār bwe ekar jikūru im pen. | wāār |
| 68. | I didn’t know what was wrong—whether he was panicking or what. P573 | Iñak eita, ewiwijet ke ak ta. | wiwijet |
| 69. | Divination was something olden-time Marshallese doctors used to learn about something they didn’t understand. S21 | Bubu ej juon maroñ ri-wūno in etto ilo Ṃajeḷ raar kōjerbale ñe rej kōṇaan jeḷā kōn juon men eo rej jab meḷeḷe kake. | wūno |