1. | There are no refrigerators in most Marshallese homes, except for some on Kwajalein and Majuro, and a few on outer islands. S27 | Ejjeḷọk aij-bọọk ilo enañin aolep eṃ i Ṃajeḷ, bōtab eḷak wōr ilo jet wōt eṃ ko Kuajleen im Mājro kab jejjo ilo aelōñ ko ilikin. | aelōñ |
2. | Better hurry because there are a few men who rush ahead of everyone else to fish for the goatfish in the morning. | Kwōn kaiur bwe elōñ ri-akḷañe jo eṇ in jibboñ. | akḷañ |
3. | Stand by because they'll start singing in just a few minutes | Pojak wōt bwe enaaj jino al eṇ aer jet wōt minit jān kiiō. | al |
4. | I'll be back in a few minutes | Inaaj iwōj ālikin jet minit. | āliki- |
5. | Few people know navigation. | Anjejjo wōt kapen. | anjejjo |
6. | A few more people and we can go. | Ṃōttan bar jet tok armej im jemarōñ etal. | bar jet |
7. | There are no refrigerators in most Marshallese homes, except for some on Kwajalein and Majuro, and a few on outer islands. S27 | Ejjeḷọk aij-bọọk ilo enañin aolep eṃ i Ṃajeḷ, bōtab eḷak wōr ilo jet wōt eṃ ko Kuajleen im Mājro kab jejjo ilo aelōñ ko ilikin. | bọọk aij |
8. | Before, it was difficult for a song to be well known, because there were few people who heard it. S26 | Ṃokta ear kanooj pen an juon al buñbuñ kōn an iiet armej eṇ ej roñ. | buñbuñ |
9. | They sing and dance for you, and you are expected to stand up and say a few words, and thank them. S4 | Rej al im eb ñan eok im kwōj aikuj in jutak in jipiij im kaṃṃoolol er. | eb |
10. | He told us to finish the fish because they were too few to be left for the next day. | Ear ba kōmin kañ ek ko bwe ekin boñ jab lo raan. | ekin boñ jab lo raan |
11. | After a few minutes I couldn’t hear the two of them talking anymore but I did hear the two of them light a match. P1078 | Ebar bōjrak aō roñ aerro kōnnaan iuṃwin jet minit bwe iroñ ainikien an juon iaerro iti juon mājet. | iaa- |
12. | Father shook the Chief’s hand and said goodbye to the Old Man and a few other people who where there. P474 | Jema ebar idik pein irooj eo im iọkiọkwe ḷọk ḷōḷḷap eo kab armej ro jet ijo. | idik |
13. | Don't take so few. | Kwōn jab kāiete aṃ bōbōk (ebbōk). | iiet |
14. | And there are few who make aje anymore. S11 | Im barāinwōt eiiet ro me rej kōṃṃane men in aje. | iiet |
15. | I have only a few clothes | Eḷap an iiet aō nuknuk. | iiet |
16. | There are no refrigerators in most Marshallese homes, except for some on Kwajalein and Majuro, and a few on the outer islands. S27 | Ejjeḷọk aij-bọọk ilo enañin aolep eṃ i Ṃajeḷ, bōtab eḷak wōr ilo jet wōt eṃ ko Kuajleen im Mājro kab jejjo ilo aelōñ ko ilikin. | ilikin |
17. | Few people nowadays can do a good lashing job. | Raan kein ejejā eṇ eṃṃan an inwijet. | inwijet |
18. | There are a few Marshallese in Hawaii. | Eor jejjo ri-Ṃajeḷ Awai. | jejjo |
19. | There are only a few people on that islet. | Jejjo wōt armej ilo āneeṇ | jejjo |
20. | Practicing traditional medicine is reserved for a select few. S8 | Jerbal in wūnook armej an jejjo wōt. | jejjo |
21. | “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 |
22. | Only a few people came to the meeting. | Eor wōt jet armej raar itok ñan kweilọk eo. | jet |
23. | We will need only a few breadfruits for the birthday party. | Jenaj aikuji wōt jet mā ñan keememeṇ. | jet |
24. | There is one high school—and a few lower schools—in the Marshall Islands as of 1965. S9 | Ewōr juon aijikuuḷ kab jejjo jikuuḷ jiddik ilo aelōñ in Ṃajeḷ | jikuuḷ |
25. | Few Marshallese reach the age of seventy. | Ejeja ri-Ṃajōḷ ej tōpar jiljilimjuonñoul iiō. | jiljilimjuonñoul |
26. | They are peeling just a few potatoes | Rej kakilkil piteto. | kakilkil |
27. | But there were a few things I didn’t even notice. P995 | Ak jet ko men ijabōṃ kar kakkōt mejeki. | kakkōt |
28. | “I would never forget my family; we have just been busy these last few days with the annoying engine in this boat. P106 | “Ekwe ejab bwe iban meḷọkḷọk nukū, ak kōn ad kar jaadin poub raan ko ḷọk ippān injin kakūtōtō in an wa in. | kakūtōtō |
29. | No one said anything for a few minutes until Father looked at the clock hanging in the engine room and said, “But it is morning. P657 | Ejej eṇ ekar bar kōnono iuṃwin jet minit, innem Jema ekalimjek ḷọk awa eo i kiin ṃōn injin eo tu lōñ im ba, “Bwe ke eraan. | kallimjek |
30. | “He came from the west end of the island a few days ago, on the local boat.” P126 | “Ear itok jān kapin aelōñ in raan ko ḷọk, ioon wa e waan aelōñ in.” | kapi- |
31. | A few swam right underneath and we could feel them biting the keel and chewing the rudder. P1001 | Jet rej aō tok iuṃwin tok im kōm eñjake aer kūkijkiji kiiḷ eo an wa eo im ñariji jebwe eo. | kiiḷ |
32. | I thought for a few minutes and then looked up and saw one of my friends on the pier. P460 | Ikōḷmānḷọkjeṇ bajjek iuṃwin jet minit im ḷak rōre lọk ñan ioon wab eo, ilo juon ṃōtta ḷaddik | kōḷmānḷọkjeṇ |
33. | “I just have to pick up a few clothes I gave some people to wash.” P383 | Ṃottan wōt jet aō nuknuk ippān jet armej raar kwali.” | kwaḷkoḷ |
34. | “Then open it up and take out a few for each of us so we can eat before we try to get some shut eye until morning.” P807 | “Kab jujen kōpeḷḷọke im elletok kijedmān bwe jen kapijje ṃokta jān ad wūne mejād ñan ilju jibboñ.” | letok |
35. | There are no refrigerators in most Marshallese homes, except for some on Kwajalein and Majuro, and a few on the outer islands. S27 | Ejjeḷọk aij-bọọk ilo enañin aolep eṃ i Ṃajeḷ, bōtab eḷak wōr ilo jet wōt eṃ ko Kuajleen im Mājro kab jejjo ilo aelōñ ko ilikin. | lik |
36. | “The engine is warm enough now,” Father said after the engine had been running for a few minutes. P335 | “Ebwe ṇe an injin ṇe kōmmāāṇāṇ,” Jema eba ḷọkin jet minitin an injin eo jọ. | māāṇāṇ |
37. | The arts of self-defense are known by but a few. | An jejjo wōt ṃaanpā | ṃaanpā |
38. | I divided up the biscuits and put a few in front of each of the three of them. P811 | Ikar ajeji petkōj ko im likūti i ṃaan mejāerjel. | māj |
39. | But there were a few things I didn’t even notice. P995 | Ak jet ko men ijabōṃ kar kakkōt mejeki. | mejek |
40. | I finally have a few free moments. | Ej kab mooḷ peiū. | mooḷ |
41. | After a few days, the Ratak Eañ field trip ship set sail and we sailed to Likiep with all our cargo. P1349 | Ālikin jet raan jān iien eo, ejerak waan raun eo ñan Ratak Eañ im kōmmān uwe kōn ṃweiuk ko ṃweiemmān ioon ñan Likiep. | ṃweiuk |
42. | That strip of reef has quite a few fish on it when the tide is low. | Eike ioon tōkā eṇ ñe ej pāāt. | tōkā |
43. | 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 |
44. | Practicing traditional medicine is reserved for a select few. S8 | Jerbal in wūnook armej an jejjo wōt. | wūno |