| 1. | I don’t know when he saw a glimpse of us on the road, and why he knew we were trying to reach the house. P227 | Iñak ñāāt wōt eo ekar lo animrokaṃro ilowaan iaḷ eo, kab etke ejeḷā ke kōṃro ej jibadek ḷọk ṃweo | animroka- |
| 2. | The way they make them, they dig down until it is near water, then cement the sides but put a rim around it with an oil drum or stones so that the sides don’t crumble and make it dirty. S22 | Wāween aer kōṃṃani, rej kibwiji ñan ñe epo dān innām jimeeṇe tōrerein ak apare tōrerein kōn kaajliiñ ak dekā bwe en jab rōṃ tōrerein im kōṃṃan an ettoon. | apar |
| 3. | “Then make two plates for the Boatswain and me, and maybe you should go get another can of meat because I don’t think this will be enough for all of us.” P377 | “Innem āte tok ruo amro Bojin pileij, kab bōlen eṃṃan ñe kwōbar kwaḷọk tok juon jālele bwe ij ḷōmṇak ejabwe men ṇe.” | ātet |
| 4. | “Yeah, don’t underestimate their strength,” Father said. P1051 | “Ekwe lale kwaar atowaani,” Jema eba. | atowaan |
| 5. | I said to myself, “I don’t believe there’s daylight already.” P221 | Iba ippa make, “Eban ñe eraan.” | ban |
| 6. | “Misfortune strikes sometimes when we see that we have made a mistake but don’t want to correct what we have done.” P1211 | “Ej ettōr im or jerata jet iien eḷaññe jelo ke jebōd ak jeṃakoko in pokake im kajiṃwe kōj make.” | bōd |
| 7. | “Too bad we don’t have a portable kerosene stove.” P805 | “Iọkwe bwe en kar or obwin ej kōjerbal karjin im jemaroñ bōkto-bōktak.” | bōk |
| 8. | Don’t use so much butter. | Kadikḷọk aṃ ebbōtata. | bōta |
| 9. | Don’t give that pork a tainted flavor. | Lale kwaar kabbūrọrọik piik ṇe | būbrọrọ |
| 10. | Don’t be taken in by him because he’s constantly so vain. | Kwōn jab po ippān bwe euttaiḷōṃ bajjek. | bwe |
| 11. | And because the week after next will be my son’s first birthday and I really don’t want to miss it. P95 | Dedeinke wiik uweo tok juon naaj iien an niñniñ eo nejū kemem im iabwin jako jāne. | dedeinke |
| 12. | “When we reach the lagoon side of the island, Mr. Boatswain, you can jump into the water and swim to the island with the water container because we don’t have a skiff.” P1248 | Ñe kōjmān tōpar arin ān ṇe kab kelọk, Bojin, im aō āne ḷọk eake kōb ṇe bwe ejej booj.” | eake |
| 13. | At this time I was seven or eight years old—I don’t exactly remember which. P2 | Ilo iien in eor jiljilimjuon ak rualitōk aō iiō—ij jab kanooj ememej. | ememej |
| 14. | Now people on outer islands don’t need to await the arrival of a ship so that they can hear news. S26 | Kiiō armej in aelōñ ko ilikin rejjab aikuj in kōttar wa bwe ren eọroñ ennaan. | eọroñ |
| 15. | Why don’t you just empty it there where you are?” the Boatswain said. P647 | Etke kwōjab ja lutōk ḷọk ke kwōpād ijeṇe?” Bojin eo eba. | ijeṇe |
| 16. | And don’t forget to pray before you go to sleep.” P557 | Kab jab meḷọkḷọk in jar ṃokta jān aṃ kiki.” | in |
| 17. | “I don’t know what’s wrong with him.” P1084 | “Iñak eita.” | ita |
| 18. | “Go ahead and don’t worry; I’ll stay here at the wheel,” he said to Father. P1086 | “Iwōj wōt im jab inepata bwe ña e ippān jebwe e,” euwaak ḷọk ñan Jema. | iwōj |
| 19. | “It sounds good and it doesn’t matter if we don’t test drive this boat because I know it works well. P336 | “Eṃṃan ainikien im āinwōt juon ñe jejab likbade wa in bwe ijeḷā ke eṃṃan an jerbal. | jab |
| 20. | “Oh, don’t get angry again,” the old man said, “because pretty soon we will leave this island and we won’t come back.” P200 | “Ooo, a jab bar illu,” ḷōḷḷap eo eba, bwe kiiō wōt kōjro moot ḷọk jān ān in im jero ban bar rọọl tok.” | jab bar |
| 21. | There are many ways to cook and prepare fish for eating, and even though it is constantly in the diet, people don’t get tired of it. S23 | Ekanooj in lōñ wāween kōmat im kōpooj ek ñan ṃōñā im jekdọọn ewi ikutkut in aer ṃōñā ak rōban in ṃōk kake. | jekdọọn |
| 22. | “Come down here so we can spend a few minutes together before we go since we don’t know when we’ll see each other again.” P462 | “Kwōn wanlaḷ tak kōjro kōjjemḷọk bwe jeñak jen bar lo ke doon.” | jeṃḷọk |
| 23. | I don’t see what’s so delicious about rice or bread with canned mackerel.” P334 | Ij jab lo ta ṇe ennọ ilo raij kab pilawā im jeṃṃa.” | jeṃṃa |
| 24. | “Captain, I don’t think I can take the pipes apart as you suggest because this lamp isn’t giving off enough light,” Father said. P655 | “Kapen e, ij jab ḷōmṇak imaroñ jeḷati baib kā āinwōt aṃ ba kōnke ejemram ḷaaṃ e,” Jema ekar ba. | jemram |
| 25. | The two of them went up to the front of the boat again and kept talking, but I don’t know what they said because I fell asleep. P563 | Erro kar bar wōnṃaan ḷọk im kōnono ak iñak ta ko jet erro kar ba bwe imājur. | jet |
| 26. | Why does it seem like the fieldtrip ships don’t travel around much anymore.” P234 | Etke āinwōt waan raun kaṇe ejakkutkut aer itoitak raan kein.” | jọkkutkut |
| 27. | “It seems to me that they think they are protecting us, but what they don’t know is that in doing so they are destroying the way of life we inherited from our ancestors," Father said. P401 | “Bwe iba rej ḷōmṇak rej kōjparok kōj jān jorrāān, ak rejaje ke ilo aer kōṃṃane men in rej kọkkure wāween mour eo ad jaar jolōte jān ro jiṃṃaad,” Jema eba. | jolōt |
| 28. | It’s breezy enough every day that we don’t even need to use fuel. P858 | Aelōñ kein ad leladikdik wōt raan ñan raan kōn men in jeban aikuj kaan waan aelōñ kein ad. | kaan |
| 29. | “So then, why don’t we see any birds or driftwood?” the Boatswain asked. P926 | “Ma, etke jej jab baj ellolo bao ak jokwā?” ekkajitōk Bojin eo. | kajjitōk |
| 30. | Don’t worry about him because he’s not with it. | Jab inepata kake bwe ikōnālkinṃwio. | kake |
| 31. | “Make sure you don’t get too close to the players because some of them are drunk and they could kick you,” Father advised me P152 | Lale kwaar kanooj kepaake rukkure raṇe bwe jet raṇe rōkadek im rōmaroñ juur eok,” Jema ekapilōk tok eō. | kapilōk |
| 32. | “Son, hold on a minute and don’t go to sleep yet,” he said. P816 | “Nejū e, bar kate eok jidik im jab kijer in mājur,” eba. | kate |
| 33. | “But don’t forget the old saying ‘staying within the realm of possibilities is short, but being adrift like this is long’; when you guys fill the boat with scrap, it will be more dangerous.” P99 | “Ak jab meḷọkḷọk naan eo an rūtto ro, ‘ekadu tōllọk in a eaetok peḷọk in’ ñe koṃ ḷokan kanne wa ṇe kōn jọkpej, ej kab naaj kauwōtataḷọk wōt.” | kauwōtata |
| 34. | And if that happens, well then I don’t know when we’ll see the island plants and trees, if ever. P901 | Im ñe āindein, ekwe iñak jenaaj bar ellolo ñāāt keinikkanin āne.” | keinikkan |
| 35. | “Maybe it’s better if you don’t smoke here,” Father said. P770 | “Bōlen eṃṃan ñe kwōjab kōbaatat ijin,” Jema eba. | kōbaatat |
| 36. | “Don’t forget to warn the Captain about the Old Man’s advice,” I said to Father once the Boatswain had left. P413 | “Lale kwōmeḷọkḷọk in kakkōle Kapen eṇ kōn naanin rōjañ eo an ḷōḷḷap eo,” irre lọk im ba ñan Jema ke ej moot ḷọk Bojin eo. | kōkōl |
| 37. | “Don’t jinx us or we will have bad luck,” Father said. P254 | “Kwōn jab bar ekkọọl bwe jenaaj jerata,” Jema eba. | kokọọl |
| 38. | Don’t worry about the baby. | Jab inepata kōn / kake niñniñ eo. | kōn |
| 39. | “Okay, okay, you can talk but don’t stop passing me the lumber,” the Captain said. P754 | “Ekwe, ekwe, kwōn kōnnaan ak en jab bōjrak aṃ jebjeb tok aḷaḷ,” Kapen eo eba. | kōnnaan |
| 40. | “They are all stiff with paint oil and I don’t know how I am going to clean them since I don’t really have the right tools.” P725 | “Rōkwōj kōn peinael im ijaje ewi kilen aō naaj karreoiki ke ejjeḷọk kein jerbal rot eṇ.” | kwōj |
| 41. | “They are all stiff with paint oil and I don’t know how I am going to clean them since I don’t really have the right tools.” P725 | “Rōkwōj kōn peinael im ijaje ewi kilen aō naaj karreoiki ke ejjeḷọk kein jerbal rot eṇ.” | kwōj |
| 42. | “Don’t go close to the edge of the boat.” P499 | “Lale kwaar iwōj tōrerein wa ṇe.” | lale |
| 43. | If the two of us don’t go, we will have to wait until October when there will be another fieldtrip ship. P130 | Eḷaññe kōṃro to, kōṃro kab ḷe wōt ilo Oktoba, iien eṇ enaaj bar wōr piiḷtūreep. | ḷe |
| 44. | “If we waited for the fieldtrip ship, I don’t know when we would go, probably three or four months from now.” P236 | “Eḷaññe kōṃro kōttar waan raun, ijaje kōṃro naaj ḷe taḷọk ñāāt, bōlen naaj ḷọkin jilu ak emān allōñ jān kiiō.” | ḷe |
| 45. | “I don’t know, man,” the Captain answered. P89 | “Ijaje ḷe,” Kapen eo euwaak. | ḷe |
| 46. | “Make sure you bind them tightly so they don’t come untied,” the Captain said. P685 | “Lukkuun lukwōji bwe ren pen ippān doon im jab mejaḷ ḷọk,” Kapen eo eba. | lelok |
| 47. | “I don’t believe that the Captain will listen to me, because I’m always telling him what I think, worries and complaints. P128 | “Ij jab tōmak bwe Kapen eṇ enaaj eọroñ eō bwe aolep iien ij leḷọk aō ḷōmṇak ñan e, ellootaan im ḷōkatip | lelotaan |
| 48. | “I don’t believe that the Captain will listen to me, because I’m always telling him what I think, worries and complaints. P128 | “Ij jab tōmak bwe Kapen eṇ enaaj eọroñ eō bwe aolep iien ij leḷọk aō ḷōmṇak ñan e, ellootaan im ḷōkatip | ḷōkatip |
| 49. | “The wind and waves are getting stronger but don’t worry or be scared because everything is okay,” Father yelled over to me. P594 | “Eḷapḷọk jidik kōto im ṇo ak jab inepata im lōḷñọñ bwe ej eṃṃan wōt jabdewōt,” Jema ejiroñ tok eō. | lōḷñọñ |
| 50. | “Don’t move yet. We need to empty the rest of this can into the engine and then you can continue bailing water,” Father said. P602 | “Jab kijer in eṃṃakūtkūt bwe kōjro kōmaat ḷọk kāān in ṇa lowaan tāāñ e, innem kwōmaroñ jino aṃ ānen,” Jema eba tok. | maat |
| 51. | I don’t know when Father and the Boatswain finished talking because I fell asleep listening to their stories. P980 | Iñak ñāāt wōt eo erro kar bōjrak bwe etal im imājur jān aerro bwebwenato. | mājur |
| 52. | “Make sure you bind them tightly so they don’t come untied,” the Captain said. P685 | “Lukkuun lukwōji bwe ren pen ippān doon im jab mejaḷ ḷọk,” Kapen eo eba. | mejaḷ |
| 53. | “Don’t be afraid,” he told me. P1094 | “Jab mijak,” eba tok. | mijak |
| 54. | “Well, I don’t know how many times we have said we should change our course and go east, because the island is over that way, but it’s as if we are talking into thin air,” Father replied. P1019 | “Eṃōj jenāj ita ke jeṃōkin añōtñōt bwe en oktak kooj in ad im jen bōk ṇa i reaar bwe ān eo epād ie, ak āinwōt ñe jej kōnono ñan mejatoto,” Jema eukōt ḷọk | ṃōk |
| 55. | “Don’t worry; I can manage,” the Boatswain answered. P358 | “Jab inepata bwe iōōe i ṃur,” euwaak Bojin eo. | ṃur |
| 56. | “Don’t worry, I'm on top of it,” the Boatswain replied. P760 | “Jab inepata bwe iōōe i ṃur,” Bojin eo euwaak. | ṃur |
| 57. | “I don’t know when we will see you again.” P218 | “Jeñak jenaaj bar lo koṃ ñāāt.” | ñak |
| 58. | “I don’t know,” he said. P296 | “Iñak,” eba. | ñak |
| 59. | Now people on outer islands don’t need to await the arrival of a ship so that they can hear news. S26 | Kiiō armej in aelōñ ko ilikin rejjab aikuj in kōttar wa bwe ren eọroñ ennaan. | nenaan |
| 60. | “Those guys don’t keep anything secret,” the Captain said. P78 | Ḷōṃarere ejej men eṇ enaaj ṇojak,” Kapen eo eba. | ṇojak |
| 61. | “A foreigner gave it to me, but now it’s broken and I don’t know how to fix it.” P213 | “Juon ri-pālle ear letok nejū ak kiiō ejorrāān im ijaje kōṃṃane.” | pālle |
| 62. | 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 |
| 63. | “We don’t have that kind of wire on the boat that I know of,” the Boatswain replied. P733 | “Ejjeḷọk wea rot ṇe i wa in eṇ ijeḷā kake,” Bojin eo euwaak. | rot |
| 64. | I don’t know how many minutes or even hours I had been doing that when I heard the sound of a truck on the pier. P349 | Ijaje jete minit ak awa tokālik, ak iroñ aininkien juon tūrak ioon wab eo. | tokālik |
| 65. | “Come down and look for yourself if you don’t believe me,” Father said. P629 | “To laḷ tak ṃōk lale ñe kwōj jab tōmak,” Jema eba. | tōmak |
| 66. | “Don’t talk back, just get over here; you are the one who caused this problem,” the Captain yelled at him. P635 | “En jab bar ilūlōt aṃ kōnnaan ak kwōn atok ḷọk bwe wūnin an or jorrāān kwe,” Kapen eo ejiroñ ḷọk | ūlūlōt |
| 67. | “It sounds good to me,” the Boatswain said, “but if that’s the plan, let’s do it quickly before the storm starts up; we don’t have much time. P739 | “Eṃṃan ippa,” Bojin eo eba. “Im ñe je ḷoor ḷōmṇak in, ekwe jen ṃōkaj ṃokta jān an wōtlọk utọr ṇe bwe enaaj ejjeḷọk iien. | utọr |
| 68. | “Why don’t you guys wait for a while to sail, because it’s almost time for Likabwiro?” the old man asked. P87 | “Etke koṃeañ jab kōttar wiik uweo tok juon im jerak ke āinwōt epaak tok iien Likabwiro?” ḷōḷḷap eo ekar kajjitōk. | uweo |