1. | You shouldn't persist cause it's turning her off. | Kwōn jab kaabōbbōb bwe unin an naaj ṃakoko ṇe | abōbbōb |
2. | I’m turning it off and the two of us will go ashore and together with the Captain we’ll start loading our scrap. P337 | Ij kune im kōjro wōnāne ḷọk kōjjel Kapen eo jino ektaki tok jọkpej ko adjel. | ad |
3. | The electric saw sawed off the carpenter's thumb. | Jidpān jarom eo ejidpāne addi-lepān kaaṃtō eo. | addi-lep |
4. | An adenpe shark bit his hand off. | Adenpe ekij pein im jako. | adenpe |
5. | They killed off the kings' subjects. | Raar toorḷọkboke ri-aelōñin kiiñ ro an. | aelōñin kiiñ |
6. | Let's wait till it cools off first | Kōjro ej ja kaaemed ṃōṃkaj | aemed |
7. | Let's (the two of us) wait for evening (until it cools off) to go. | Kōjro kōttar an aemedḷọk im etal. | aemedḷọk |
8. | He's a chip off the old block. | Āinḷọk wōt jemān. | āinḷọk wōt |
9. | The person who was watching birds to locate their roosts fell off the Pisonia grandis tree. | Ri-akajok eo ewōtlọk jān raan kañal eo. | akajok |
10. | My toe nail is broken off. | Ejar akkiin neō. | akkiin ne |
11. | My toenails have come off. | Etūṃ akūkin neō. | akūk |
12. | He caught sight of me and took off. | Elo animroka im ko. | animroka- |
13. | Take that pot off the fire. | Kwōn kaatuwe ainbat ṇe | ato |
14. | When he spoke it looked like he was smoking because the rice had just come off the fire and was still steaming. P380 | Eḷak kōnono āinwōt ej kōbaatat ke raij eo ej kab ato jān kijeek im ej baatat wōt. | ato |
15. | The button is off my shirt. | Etūṃ batin in jōōt e aō. | batin |
16. | Who set off that firecracker? | Wōn eo ear kabokkoḷọk kein kabbokbok eo? | bokkoḷọk |
17. | The firecracker did not go off. | Ejāpem bokkoḷọk kabbokbok eo. | bokkoḷọk |
18. | He only took off the ones he knew were clogged with paint oil. P714 | Ekar jeḷati baib ko wōt me ejeḷā ke rōboṇ kōn peinael. | boṇ |
19. | Wipe that dirty spot off the engine with a rag. | Kwōn bōroik ijeṇe ettoon ilo injin ṇe | bōro |
20. | An eclipse of the moon comes about when the earth blocks off the sunlight from it. | Ej bōtōktōk allōñ ñe laḷ in ej pinej meramin aḷ jāne. | bōtōktōk allōñ |
21. | She took off when blood gushed from the wound. | Eḷak būbtūkḷọk (ibbūtūkḷọk) kinej eo eko. | būbtūktūk |
22. | Wash the turtle smell off of yourself. | Kwōn jọ jān būbwilwōnwōniṃ (ibbwilwōnwōniṃ). | būbwilwōnwōn |
23. | Let's wait until this water boils and take it off the fire. | Kōjro kōttar an buḷuḷḷuḷ dān e im katuwe. | buḷuḷḷuḷ |
24. | He’s been saying we were off course since Roi-Namur and that we should tack windward because land was to the east, but you said no. P1236 | Eḷak kar ba ke jebuñ jān Ruōt im jen bwābwe wōt bwe aelōñ eo epād i reeaar, ekwe kwōbar ba ke eaab. | buñ |
25. | Brush off the top of that table because it's dirty. | Kwōn būraje raan tebōḷ ṇe bwe ettoon. | būraj |
26. | Clean the whiskers off the husked coconut because we're going to extract the coconut meat from it to obtain coconut oil. | Kwōn kabuwōtwōte tok waini ṇe bwe pen. | buwōtwōt |
27. | Pour off the excess. | Lutōkḷọk bwe ṇe | bwe |
28. | I don't know what made him take off in such a hurry. | Iñak ta eo ekabwijāljāle. | bwijāljāl |
29. | I took off my shirt and wiped the sweat from my forehead and my face. P991 | Iutūk jiiñlij eo aō im iri ḷọk menokadu eo i deṃa im turin meja. | daṃ |
30. | It was so windy the tree stumps nearly came off the ground. | Joñan an ḷap kōto, ekiōk tūṃ debọkut. | debọkut |
31. | When he saw me, he took off like a flash. | Eḷak lo eō, edejjeḷọk em ko. | dej |
32. | Where did he slip off to | Ia eo edeor ie? | deor |
33. | A flight of planes took off from Guam. | Ear peḷḷọk juon depouk jān Kuwaaṃ. | depouk |
34. | It took off into the boonies and that was the last we saw of it. | Edibuki mar em ḷak etal kōm jab bar lowe. | dibuk |
35. | Get something off the ship because it's too crowded. | Koṃwin eakpele wa ṇe bwe eobrak. | eakpel |
36. | They got the drunkard off of the plane | Raar eaktuwe rikadek eo jān baḷuun eo. | eaktuwe |
37. | They pulled the boat off the reef. | Raar kanōk wa eo im kōjjelọke. | ejjelọk |
38. | The bulldozer has leveled off that area. | Baru eo eṃōj an eoreake ijo. | eoreak |
39. | Be careful in taking the meat off that fish for it has lots of bones. | Kanooj iiaake ek ṇe bwe edidi. | iiaak |
40. | “Well, all the pipes I have taken off so far are clogged,” Father said. P724 | “Ekwe, aolep baib kā ikar jeḷati im boṇ,” Jema eba. | im |
41. | Shake the flowers off the bush. (lit. Shake from its fruit that flowering bush.) | Iṃuk jān leen ut ṇe | iṃuk |
42. | Shake the oranges off that tree. | Kwōn iṃuki jān leen oran ṇe | iṃuk |
43. | Your line of thinking is off / twisted. | Eiñ ḷōmṇak ṇe aṃ. | iñ |
44. | He threw the engine's tuning off. | Ear iñūr injin eo. | iñiñ |
45. | You need to rub the mud off your shoes. | Kwoaikuj iri juuj kaṇe aṃ bwe repedkat. | iri |
46. | Who rolled off the stone from the entrance to Jesus' tomb? | Wōn eo ear kōjabwil ḷọk dekā eo jān mejān lōb eo libōn Jesus? | jabwil |
47. | The drum of gasoline rolled off from where it was. | Ejabwil ḷọk tūraṃin kiaaj eo jān ijo ear pād ie. | jabwil |
48. | From the way he talks, we know that he’s a show off. | Jān wōt an ekkonono ak jejeḷā ej juon ri-jājjāj. | jājjāj |
49. | He’s showing off and telling everybody he has lots of money. | Ej jājjāj im kwaḷọk ke elōñ an ṃani | jājjāj |
50. | The fish are not biting in the lagoon off this islet. | Eḷap an jakkūk iarin ānin | jakkūk |
51. | I'll use the adze and whittle off the bad part of the canoe bottom. | Inaaj jaḷtoke ḷọk ijeṇe enana ilo jouj ṇe | jaḷtok |
52. | The jānel on the canoe got torn off. | Epaḷḷọk jānelin wa eo. | jānel |
53. | They are getting ready to cut off his head. | Ḷeo eṇ rej pojak in jebbare. | jebbar |
54. | They went to see the ship off. | Remoot in kōjeblaak wa eo. | jeblaak |
55. | The skipjack picked them all off one by one. | Ḷañe ear jejoñjoñ (ejjoñjoñ) kake er. | jejoñjoñ |
56. | I bumped the bottle and it fell off the top of the table. | Ijelōt bato eo raan tebōḷ eo em wōtlọk. | jelōt |
57. | “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 |
58. | One of the Woleaians hacked off Lipepe's head. | Juon iaan riWōleai ro ear jepake bōran Lipepe. | jepak |
59. | Cut some stems of coconut bunches off that coconut tree because there are too many of them. | Jek jepar kaṇe ilo ni ṇe bwe eḷap an jeparpare. | jepar |
60. | Use the spokeshave and shave off the frayed section. | Kwōn jibọkjeepe ijeṇe eṃōdṃōd. | jibọkjeep |
61. | Spoon it off your plate. | Kwōn jibuuni jān pilej ṇe | jibuun |
62. | They had an argument and then squared off and fought. | Rar iakwāāl im jujne jibwe doon. | jibwe doon |
63. | The lagoon bottom of this islet drops off exceptionally steeply. | Ejjeḷọk wōt jirūṃlele in iar in ānin | jirūṃle |
64. | Wash the salt water off (of) yourself | Kwōn jọ jān jọọḷūṃ. | jọjo |
65. | “But I’m sure I felt the Pikeej island ocean side waves at dawn, just a little while before it shut off,” Father said. P792 | “Ak āinwōt iar eñjake ṇoin likin Pikeej ke ej joraantak, ṃoktaḷọk jidik jān an kun,” Jema eba. | joraantak |
66. | Don't show off. | Kwōn jab juwaḷōñḷōñ. | juwaḷōñḷōñ |
67. | He's such a show off. | Emake juwaḷōñḷōñ. | juwaḷōñḷōñ |
68. | Who did you see off? | Wōn eo kwaar juwōneiki? | juwōne |
69. | They went to see off the group that is making the voyage. | Rōmoot in juwōneik jar ko rej uwe. | juwōne |
70. | He's seeing off his son who is going away to school. | Ejuwōneiki ḷadik eo nejin ej ilọk in jikuuḷ. | juwōne |
71. | “They said hurry up because the fuel is almost empty and the engine is going to shut off.” P575 | “Rej ba kwōn ṃōkaj bwe ejako ekun injin e bwe emaat kaan.” | kaan |
72. | Because he possesses the intuition and knowledge of Marshallese navigation, he can sense that a boat is off its course even while he's inside the boat. | Kōn an jeḷā kabuñpet emaroñ pād ilowaan juon wa im jeḷā ke ebōd kooj eo an. | kabuñpet |
73. | He got the cobwebs off the chest. | Ear kōkadeọeouk tōptōp eo. | kadeọeo |
74. | The man took off in a hurry when he saw the bad guy coming toward him. | Ḷeo ekakōtkōt/ekaiur/ekkaiuiur im ko ke ej lo an ri-nana eo jibadekḷọk. | kaiur |
75. | And hurry up. The engine is about to shut off because there’s only a little bit of fuel left.P570 | Kab kaiur bwe ṃōttan wōt jidik ekun injin e admān bwe emaat kaan. | kaiur |
76. | I have something to take off rust | Ewōr aō kein kajjo. | kajjo |
77. | I'm cleaning the rust off of my rifle. | Ij kajjouk bu e aō. | kajjo |
78. | What are you taking the rust off from | Ta ṇe kwōj kajjoiki? | kajjo |
79. | Tony is one of the men who are taking the rust off the ship. | Tony ej juon iaan ri-kajjo ro an wa eṇ. | kajjo |
80. | He fell off the truck and was shaken by hitting the ground. | Ewōtlọk jān tūrak eo im kajkaj ṇai laḷ. | kajkaj |
81. | Install that louver which fell off. | Kwōn kōḷaak kājōjō ṇe ewōtlọk. | kājōjō |
82. | She's showing off her dresses. | Ej kakōl kōn nuknuk kaṇ an. | kakōl |
83. | First, we examine the shoot, so that if it is the right size, we trim and bind it, peel off its end, and bend it down a little. S19 | Ṃokta, jej kakilen utak eo, bwe ñe eṃṃan joñan, jej jepe im eọuti, kọudpake, im kietake jidik. | kakōlkōl |
84. | 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 |
85. | He got the plane off. | Ear kōkālọk baḷuun eo. | kālọk |
86. | The sailors are chipping off rust from the ship. | Jeḷa ro rej kañkañe tiṃa eo. | kañkañ |
87. | Beware of associating with him or he'll bum everything off of you. | Lale aṃ aetōl ippān bwe enāj kañkañe eok. | kañkañ |
88. | They picked fungi off his skin with needles. | Raar kōkkarkokouk ānbwinnin kōn nitōḷ. | karko |
89. | Bite off the end of the pandanus. | Kakiāre bōb ṇe | kiār |
90. | First, we examine the shoot, so that if it is the right size, we trim and bind it, peel off its end, and bend it down a little. S19 | Ṃokta, jej kakilen utak eo, bwe ñe eṃṃan joñan, jej jepe im eọuti, kọudpake, im kietake jidik. | kietak |
91. | Don't take it off the fire yet because it is not done. | Jab kijer in katuwe bwe ejjañin mat. | kijer |
92. | When Marshallese commit suicide, they jump off coconut trees. | Ñe ri-Ṃajeḷ rej kilaba, rej kālọk jān ni. | kilaba |
93. | As the time for us to set sail approached, people to see us off started to arrive. P441 | Innem ekar jino wātok ri-kōjjājet ke ejino epaak an awaan jerak. | kōjjājet |
94. | Regardless of where you take off in fear you will always be found. | Jekdọọn ia eo kwōnāj kọkorkor ḷọk ñane ak āliktata rej nāj lo wōt eok. | kọkorkor |
95. | Break off the stem of that leaf. | Bwilọke kōḷein bōlōk ṇe | kōḷā |
96. | Nobody can chase me off this land. | Ikōn ṇa ilo jikin in. | kōn |
97. | They are goofing off from their work. | Rej kona jān aer jerbal. | kona |
98. | He took off in that direction. | Ekōplọkḷọk ijjuweoḷọk. | kōplọk |
99. | I don't know who took off with my coat. | Ijaje wōn eo ekōrabōle kopā eo aō. | kōrabōl |
100. | Clean the whiskers off this sennit for me. | Kwōn kōrōnāle tok kokwaḷ (ekkwaḷ) (e). | kōrōnāl |
101. | Did you peel off the end of that coconut shoot? | Eṃōj ke aṃ kọudpake utak eṇ? | kọudpak |
102. | First, we examine the shoot, so that if it is the right size, we trim and bind it, peel off its end, and bend it down a little. S19 | Ṃokta, jej kakilen utak eo, bwe ñe eṃṃan joñan, jej jepe im eọuti, kọudpake, im kietake jidik. | kọudpak |
103. | After Father turned off the engine, he and the Boatswain went ashore to look for the Captain so they could start loading up the boat. P340 | Ṃōjin an Jema kune injin eo, erro Bojin eo wōnāne ḷọk im pukōt Kapen eo bwe ren jino ektak im kanne wa eo. | kune |
104. | Brush the dirt off your food. | Kwōn kutake ḷọk tōtoon (ettoon) ṇe jān ṃōñā ṇe | kutak |
105. | He said he wanted to cool off a bit in the breeze because he was hot. P492 | Ekar ba ej kōlladikdik bwe ebwil. | leladikdik |
106. | We shove off once it stops raining. | Ḷokin wōt an wōt ak kōjro jibadek jidik. | ḷọk |
107. | They are pulling keys off of pandanus. | Rej ḷotḷot bōb. | ḷotḷot |
108. | Pull me off a key of pandanus. | Kwōn ḷot(e) tok juon daō bōb. | ḷotḷot |
109. | Wipe the perspiration off yourself with that towel. | Kwōn kamenokaduuk eok kōn tọọl ṇe | menokadu |
110. | They ate a farewell dinner with him before he went off to war. | Raar ṃōñāin kōjab ippān ṃokta jān an ilān tariṇae. | ṃōñāin kōjab |
111. | Don't go showing off with her because she and I used to be intimate. | Kwōn jab kabbil kake bwe ṃor lieṇ. | ṃor |
112. | Provide shelter for the boat to ward off the rain and sun. | Ṇaiṃōn wa ṇe bwe en jab kōjeje im ute.
| ṇaiṃōn |
113. | The small porpoises are in motion, off Nakwōpe everything's fine for the o birds (to feed). (words from a chant about the sign.) | Kōṃṃakūtkūt ke dikdik ko, ilikin Nakwōpe eṃṃan o. | Nakwōpe |
114. | The fish are feeding off the reef. | Eñarñar ek. | ñarñar |
115. | The pandanus have been picked off that tree. | Eṃōj okaj bōb eo. | okok |
116. | If a student is caught smoking, his hair will be shaved off. | Ñe eor ri-jikuuḷ eṇ ekōbaatat, rōnaaj oḷūbi. | oḷūb |
117. | You'll keep putting off getting your hand fixed until it gets infected. | Kwōnaaj pādjake peiṃ ḷọk em eanilen. | pād |
118. | It rains off and on. | Ej pāddo wōt. | pād o |
119. | They're off to search for his pet bird. | Rej ilān peet im kappukottok bao eo jibwin. | peet |
120. | “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 |
121. | The two off us can float these off the side of the boat. P671 | Kōjro naaj kappepeiki i tōrerein wa in. | pepepe |
122. | The two off us can float these off the side of the boat. P671 | Kōjro naaj kappepeiki i tōrerein wa in. | pepepe |
123. | “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 |
124. | Brush off that piece of rice. | Kwōn pikūri ṃōttan raij ṇe | pikūr |
125. | The baby's diapers are slipping off. | Epir kaḷ eo an ajri eo. | pir |
126. | The boat's railings came off. | Etūṃ reeḷ in wa eo. | reeḷ |
127. | We burned the hair off the pig. | Kōm ar rirare piik eo. | rirar |
128. | “The pipes need to come off now so you can clean them,” the Captain said. P643 | “Baib kaṇe rej aikuj jaḷjaḷ kiin wōt bwe kwōn karreoiki,” Kapen eo eba. | rōreo |
129. | He's off his rocker. | Erowālọk. | rowālọk |
130. | Move close to shore so I can jump off. | Kōpaak tarkijet bwe in kelọk. | tarkijet |
131. | The thief scooped up the entire pile of copra on the rear cart and took off with it. | Rūkọọt eo ear tarlepe ejoujikin waini eo im etal kake kōn dieka eo. | tarlep |
132. | 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 |
133. | “We can look until our eyeballs fall off before we see land,” the Boatswain said when he got down from the mast.” P919 | “Enaaj to timmejid ak jeban ellolo āne,” Bojin eo ekar ba ke ej ṃōj an to jān kaju eo. | timmej |
134. | Why don't you stop getting off (and getting back on)? | Eṃōj ṇe aṃ tōtoto (ettoto). | to |
135. | Remember that the path may be short, but not when you drift off course.” P487 | Kememej bwe ekadu tōllọk in ak eaetok pelọk in.” | tōllọk |
136. | A wheel came off. | Etooj juon wiiḷ. | tooj |
137. | The boat's rudder is always falling off. | Ettoojoj jebwe in wa eṇ. | tooj |
138. | Don't show off. Don't be a show-off. | Kwōn jab kattoojoj. | tooj |
139. | Once the engine was off and the boat was just floating, the sound of the wind became much more obvious. P663 | Ilo iien eo ke ekar kun injin eo im wa eo ej pepepe bajjek ej kab toojḷọk ainikien kōto eo. | tooj |
140. | Now you're really completely cut off from my heart. | Kwōj kab āteo tūṃṃwijkōk jān būruō. | tūṃṃwijkōk |
141. | Just rinse yourself off because it's time (to go). | Kwōn tutu in kwōlej bwe eawa. | tutu in kwōlej |
142. | Take off his diapers because they are wet. | Utūkaḷe bwe etutu. | utūkaḷ |
143. | He plucked the fruit off his breadfruit tree (bearing fruit before maturing). | Ear kọuwaik mā eo kōtkan. | uwa |
144. | When I cut the chicken's head off, it writhed in pain. | Iḷak ṃwijit kōnwaan bao eo, ewūdikke. | wūdikke |