| 1. | Don't stare with your mouth open or you will eat flies. | Kwōn jab aḷḷañ bwe kwōnaaj ṃōñā ḷọñ | aḷḷañ |
| 2. | Make that flower open before you take it. | Kwōn kabbōl ut eṇ ṃokta jān aṃ bōke. | bōbōl |
| 3. | The bottom of the boat is split open. | Ebōḷñak kapin booj eo. | bōḷñak |
| 4. | Is he splitting the board open like I said? | Ej kōbōḷñake ke aḷaḷ eṇ āinwōt aō kar ba? | bōḷñak |
| 5. | It was clear that the Likabwiro was filled to capacity and carrying as much as it could as soon as it moved away from the side of the pier and starting sailing out through the pass into the open ocean. P490 | Ej kab bar alikkar an Likabwiro ḷe jān joñan an jok ke ekar ṃōṃakūt jān turin wab eo im tōtōr ḷọk ñan an buñlik. | buñlik |
| 6. | When the boat made it through the pass and into the open ocean Father came up from the engine room. P525 | Ej buñlik wōt wa eo im pād i lik ak ewaḷọk tok Jema jān iṃōn injin eo. | buñlik |
| 7. | Feeling chilly while on dry land is not the same as the chill one experiences on open ocean | Piọ in eppānene ej jab joñan wōt piọ in eoon lọjet. | eppānene |
| 8. | Don't leave the loaf out in the open because it'll get hard. | Kwōn jab kajjedwawaik(i) pilawā ṇe bwe enaaj kijñeñe. | jejedwawa |
| 9. | It is not proper for the girls to leave their underthings in the open. | Ejekkar an ledik raṇ kōjjerwawaik anilowa kaṇ aer. | jejedwawa |
| 10. | Cut a coconut open for me to drink. | Jek tok juon liṃō ni. | jekjek |
| 11. | Help him get his eyes open. | Kwōn jipañe kabūrōrōik mejān. | kabūrōrō |
| 12. | As the two of them were talking, my eyes kept closing, because I was so tired of trying to keep them open. P255 | Ke erro ej kōnono, eitok wōt in kilōk tok meja, meñe iṃōk in kate eō bwe en jab. | kakkōt |
| 13. | Knock and I will open. | Kōḷḷaḷḷaḷ im inaaj kōpeḷḷọk. | kaḷḷaḷḷaḷ |
| 14. | As the two of them were talking, my eyes kept closing, because I was so tired of trying to keep them open. P255 | Ke erro ej kōnono, eitok wōt in kilōk tok meja, meñe iṃōk in kate eō bwe en jab. | kilōk |
| 15. | Hold that bag open so I can fill it with copra. | Kōjāle pāāk ṇe bwe in kanne eake waini. | kōjjāl |
| 16. | “Open the hatch and get some anchor line; we can use that to tie up the boards,” I heard the Captain yell over to the Boatswain. P674 | “Kōpeḷḷọke aj ṇe i ṃaan im kwaḷọki tok emjak ko bwe kein arro naaj loklok,” iroñ an Kapen eo jiroñ ḷọk Bojin eo. | kowaḷọk |
| 17. | “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 |
| 18. | As the two of them were talking, my eyes kept closing, because I was so tired of trying to keep them open. P255 | Ke erro ej kōnono, eitok wōt in kilōk tok meja, meñe iṃōk in kate eō bwe en jab. | meñe |
| 19. | Is the safe open? | Epeḷḷọk ke pāāñ eṇ? | pāāñ |
| 20. | That door is always open. | Eppeḷḷọkḷọk kōjām eṇ. | peḷḷọk |
| 21. | The door is open. | Epeḷḷọk kōjām eo. | peḷḷọk |
| 22. | “I can now say for sure that drifting in the dangerous open ocean is a horrible experience.” P1337 | “Peḷọk ilo meto kauwōtata imaroñ ba kiin ke elukkuun nana.” | peḷọk |
| 23. | I was so amazed my mouth was hanging open. P1193 | Joñan aō pepaḷ ikar aḷḷañ. | pepaḷ |
| 24. | Don't open your eyes in the water because it's murky. | Jab tumej bwe eliṃ. | tumej |