| 1. | You should know you were responsible for people tucking things under their arms. | Kwōnaaj jeḷā bwe kwaar rūkaabōjāje ñan jar kaṇ. | abjāje |
| 2. | I'm treating him like a relative should. | Ij aerṃweiki. | aerṃwe |
| 3. | Because I showed him how a person should behave toward relatives, he finally learned. | Kōn aō kaaerṃweiki ejujen wōt im jeḷā. | aerṃwe |
| 4. | And now we tried to let you sleep and rest so you would get better, and you say we should have woken you up. P1237 | Kiiō kōṃro ḷak jab kọkkure aṃ kiki im kakkije bwe kwōn ājmourḷọk, kwōba ke kōṃro en kar kọruj eok. | ājmuur |
| 5. | You should refrain from painting your finger nails. | Eṃōj ṇe aṃ kabūrōrōik akkiin peiṃ. | akkiin pā |
| 6. | You should wear your hair loose on your back because it is becoming on you. | Kwōn aleak bwe ekōkōjaiji eok. | aleak |
| 7. | “The Captain says you should come onboard and wait for him on the boat,” I repeated to the old man standing on the dock. P65 | “Kapen e ej ba kwōn uwe tok in kōttare ioon wa e,” iāliji ḷọk ñan ḷōḷḷap eo ej jutak ioon wab eo. | ālij |
| 8. | The wind is good and two or three tacks should be enough. | Eṃṃan kōto in naaj bōlen ruom jilu wōt ālū | ālu |
| 9. | He's taking a stroll when he should be working. | Ej alwōj bajjek ak ej jab jerbal. | alwōj bajjek |
| 10. | However, you should try to talk to your Captain. P120 | Bōtaab kwōn kajjioñ kōnnaan ñan Kapen ṇe amieañ. | ami |
| 11. | You two should not make life with each other difficult. | Koṃro en jab kakāik amiro mour ippān doon. | amiro |
| 12. | There was nothing else, even a dark shadow that would have been there since it was so close; even though the lights went out we should still have made out its shape. P1154 | Ejej kain ṇe bar memarokrok ak lelorin annañ ke baj joñan eppak eo an, jekdọọn ñe ekun ak kōmin kar lo wōt annañin. | annañ |
| 13. | I think we should reload the lumber before it starts raining even if it will be more difficult then. P728 | Eṃṃan ñe jebar ektaki tok aḷaḷ kā ṃokta jān an wōt bwe ej kab naaj apañḷọk wōt. | apañ |
| 14. | I don't think I should do that. | Iaproro in kōṃṃane men eṇ. | apaproro |
| 15. | All island captains know that this month all boats should be beached so they can wait to see when Likabwiro appears.” P251 | Aolep kapenin aelōñ kein rōjeḷā bwe allōñ in wa otemjej rej ār bwe ren kōttar im lale ebuñlọk ke Likabwiro.” | ār |
| 16. | You should not be afraid of getting your hands dirty if you are going to get the job done. | Kwōn jab ārre eok bwe en ṃōjḷọk jerbal ṇe | ārre |
| 17. | Maybe you should use a wire leader so you won't lose the hook | Bōlen kwōn atade bwe en jab jako kāāj ṇe | atad |
| 18. | “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 |
| 19. | He should be fired right away before he incurs more damage. | Ren baere ḷọk ṃokta jān an ḷapḷọk jorrāān ippān. | baer |
| 20. | You should take the bus to school. | Kwōn kab bajḷọk ñan school. | baj |
| 21. | “What about you, Father, what do you think we should do now?” I asked. P827 | “Ak baj kwe Jema, ta ṇe kwōj lale ekkar kiin?” ikajjitōk. | baj |
| 22. | You should make him pay a fine because he was drunk and got into a fight. | Kwōn kōbakkiiñi bwe ear kadek im ire. | bakkiiñ |
| 23. | You should empty the cup. | Kwōn kōbare kab ṇe | bar |
| 24. | You should go fishing using the bōbō (ebbō) method toward the ocean side of that island. | Kwōn bōbōḷọk (ebbōḷọk) ñan likin ānuweo | bōbō |
| 25. | He's only a kid and should not be smoking. | Boea im ej jab aikuj kōbataat. | boea |
| 26. | Should there be laws against the possession of arms by the citizens? | Ej aikuj ke wōr kien ṇae bōkkāwūdik? | bōkkāwūdik |
| 27. | “Alright, no big deal, but you should go get yourself ready so we won’t drift and end up on the island of Ṇauṇau,” the Boatswain said as he laughed. P290 | “Ekwe ej jab nana ak kwōn kōpopo ilo boojaṃ bwe jen jab peḷọk im peek aelōñin Ṇauṇau,” Bojin eo erere ke ej ba men in. | booj |
| 28. | You should make it loose. | Kwōn kabbooḷoḷe. | booḷoḷ |
| 29. | You should fill up the water container and bring it here. | Kwōn kabooḷtōñtōñe tok nien dān ṇe | booḷtōñtōñ |
| 30. | 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 |
| 31. | Flap the sail because we should wait for the other boats. | Kajopāl wa ṇe bwe jen kōttar
wa
kaṇ jet. | bwe |
| 32. | Every morning and evening the jekaro should be unloaded and the bottle renewed. S19 | Aolep jibboñ im jota, ej iien eakto jekaro im kōkkāāl jeib. | eakto |
| 33. | You should let the new girl compete in juggling. | Kwōn kakkokowaik ledik eo ej kab itok. | ekkokowa |
| 34. | What should we do with them, as they want to go fishing with us but don't want to help us look for bait. | Eḷmāer ke rōkōṇaan eọñwōd ippād ak raabwin jipañ kōj kōmọọr. | eḷmān |
| 35. | I just realized that I should have gone with him. | Ej kab eñaktok aō bwe in kar etal ippān. | eñak |
| 36. | You should start letting him learn how to climb coconut trees to pick green coconuts. | Kwōn jino kaentake bwe en katak entak. | entak |
| 37. | You should rub him toward his feet. | Kwōn eoeo ḷọk ñan unneen. | eoeo |
| 38. | “Should we sail to that island and fill up our water container before heading to the main island?” P1213 | “Iba eṃṃan ñe jeañ tar āne waj im teiñi kōb ṇe adeañ ṃokta jān ad itaḷọk wōt ñan eoonene.” | eoonene |
| 39. | You should listen to her. | Kwōn eọroñe. | eọroñ |
| 40. | You should go closer to the boat. | Kwōn kepaakeḷọk wa eṇ. | epaak |
| 41. | You should come alone. | Kwōn kab iaḷ aidiktok. | iaḷ aidik |
| 42. | You should come when its low tide during this spring tide. | Kab itok ñe epāāt ilo iaḷap in. | iaḷap |
| 43. | It's spring low tide now and we should go fishing. | Eiiaḷap kiiō im jenaaj ilān eañwōd. | iaḷap |
| 44. | You should paint the house yellow. | Kwōn iaḷoiki unokan iṃōṇe. | iaḷo |
| 45. | The number of employees should be reduced. | Kaiiet woran ri-jerbal. | iiet |
| 46. | You should carry the bag on your shoulder. | Kwōn ineek paāk ṇe | ineek |
| 47. | I should have come yesterday but I was sick. | In kar itok inne ak iar nañinmej. | inne |
| 48. | This should be an ideal night for catching flying fish because it's pitch black. | Buñūn bọbo men in bwe ei ninijek (innijek). | innijek |
| 49. | This should be an ideal night for catching flying fish because it's pitch black. | Buñūn bọbo men in bwe einnijek. | innijek |
| 50. | We should be together and work together. | Jaikuj ippān doon im jerbal. | ippān doon |
| 51. | We should heave to and wait for the low tide. | Jaikuj kaiptuik wa in im kōttar an pāāt. | iptu |
| 52. | You should strike a match and light the fire. | Kwōn it mājet ṇe im kōjọ kijeek ṇe | it |
| 53. | “Should we sail to that island and fill up our water container before heading to the main island?” P1213 | “Iba eṃṃan ñe jeañ tar āne waj im teiñi kōb ṇe adeañ ṃokta jān ad itaḷọk wōt ñan eoonene.” | itaḷọk |
| 54. | You should have the canoe facing east, with the end pointing eastward. | Kwōn kōjeḷtakḷọk wa eṇ bwe en jitōñ ḷọk reaar. | jaḷtak |
| 55. | “It should hurry up this way so we can let them know we are drifting.” P1126 | “En jarōb tok ḷọk bwe jen kōjjeḷāik er ke jepeḷọk. | jarōb |
| 56. | Then one day Father and the two men met together and the idea arose that Father should approach the man who owned the twenty-two foot boat and ask if he would allow them to charter it to Likiep. P20 | Innem juon raan Jema kab ḷōṃarein ruo erjel kar kwelọk ippān doon im lo juon ḷōmṇak bwe Jema en kepaak ḷeo waan booj in im roñoul ruo ne aitokan im kajjitōk ippān emaroñ ke kōtḷọk wa eo waan bwe erjel en jata kake ñan Likiep. | jata |
| 57. | That boy knows the jebwa so you should have him dance it. | Ejeḷā jebwa ḷadik eṇ im kwōn kōjebwaiki. | jebwa |
| 58. | You should destroy the building by setting fire to it. | Kwōn kajeepepḷok ṃweeṇ im tile. | jeepepḷọk |
| 59. | Every morning and evening the jekaro should be unloaded and the bottle renewed. S19 | Aolep jibboñ im jota, ej iien eakto jekaro im kōkkāāl jeib. | jeib |
| 60. | You should write to him that his father passed away. | Kwōn jeje ḷọk im kōjeḷāiki ke emej jemān. | jeje |
| 61. | You should let him write. | Kwōn kajejeiki. | jeje |
| 62. | You should expose the wound on your hand so it can heal faster. | Kwōn kejjerwawaik kinej ṇe peiṃ bwe en mo ṃōkaj | jejedwawa |
| 63. | You should give him exactly what he needs. | Kwōn kajejjeteḷọk ñan joñan eo ear aikuji. | jejjet |
| 64. | You should have the girl wear a slip because her dress is thin. | Kwōn kajemeje ledik eṇ bwe emāni nuknuk eṇ an. | jemej |
| 65. | You should have side-kicked the ball away. | Kwōn jeṃkateḷọk bọọḷ ṇe | jeṃkat |
| 66. | You should terminate his contract. | Kwōn kōjeṃḷọk koontōrāāk eṇ an. | jeṃḷọk |
| 67. | They are calculating how much each man should contribute | Rej jennade im lale naaj jete taḷa kuṇaan juon eṃṃaan. | jennade |
| 68. | “What I do know is that I’m not the one who said we should sail in the first place. P639 | “Men eo ijeḷā in ke iar jab ba jen jerak. | jerak |
| 69. | “The Captain says we should finish our breakfast, raise the sail, and be on our way,” he called over to me. P826 | “Kapen eṇ ej ba dedeḷọkin adeañ ṃabuñ, jejerake wūjḷā ñe im jibadek jidik,” ejiroñ tok eō.” | jerak |
| 70. | You should get up at the crack of dawn. | Kwōj aikuj in ruj in jibboñtata. | jibboñ |
| 71. | Everybody should contribute one hundred dollars toward the church building. | Aolep ej aikuj kajjibukwiḷọk ñan iṃōn jar eṇ. | jibukwi |
| 72. | Everybody should contribute one hundred dollars for the birthday party. | Aolep ej aikuj kajjibukwi taḷa ñan keemem eṇ. | jibukwi |
| 73. | We've run out of cheese and we should get some more. | Jaikuj kajiij tok bwe eṃaat. | jiij |
| 74. | You should have the bolt tightened. | Kwōn jikūruikḷọk jikūru ṇe | jikūru |
| 75. | You should paint that house dark green. | Kwōn kajil aṃ uno maroroik ṃōṇe | jil |
| 76. | You should bow your head and pray. | Kwōj aikuj jillọk im jar. | jillọk |
| 77. | You should get yourself up before dawn. | Kwōn kab kajimmaroke aṃ ruj. | jimmarok |
| 78. | You should put shoyu on their fish. | Joiukḷọk ek ṇe kijeer. | joiu |
| 79. | How much should it be? | Ewi joñan? | joña |
| 80. | Flap the sail because we should wait for the other boats. | Kajopāl wa ṇe bwe jen kōttar wa kaṇ jet. | jopāl |
| 81. | “Hold on,” he said, “Maybe we should lower the sail first; it’s not good for it to be flapping in the wind like this. P1119 | “Kōttar,” eba “Bōlen eṃṃan ñe jero poon wūjḷā ṇe ṃokta bwe enana an ejjopālpāl. | jopāl |
| 82. | You should make jowaanroñ for the chief. | Kwōn jowaanroñ ḷok ñan Irooj eṇ. | jowaanroñ |
| 83. | You should turn toward me. | Kwōn jujāltok. | jujāl- |
| 84. | If its getting dark you should stay for the night. | Kwōn jujem kiki ñe eboñe aṃ itok. | jujen |
| 85. | You should help him so that he can walk this way on his heels. | Kwōn jipañ im kajukkuneneiki tok. | juknene |
| 86. | You should kick him. | Kwōn juuji. | juuj |
| 87. | You should wear shoes. | Kwōn juujuj. | juuj |
| 88. | Every morning and evening the jekaro should be unloaded and the bottle renewed. S19 | Aolep jibboñ im jota, ej iien eakto jekaro im kōkkāāl jeib. | kāāl |
| 89. | When you are being honored at a feast, you should give away little presents to show your appreciation. | Ñe rej kaṃḷo ñan eok kwōj aikuj kabbōjrak. | kabbōjrak |
| 90. | You should be slowing down as you drive this way. | Kwōn kadikdik tok ilo aṃ ettōr tok. | kadikdik |
| 91. | You should let him play catcher. | Kwōn kōkajjiiki. | kajji |
| 92. | “Should I light the fire for coffee?” I asked all three of them. P984 | “Ij tile ke kijeekin kọpe e?” ikajjitōk ippāerjel aolep. | kijeek |
| 93. | “Should we sail to that island and fill up our water container before heading to the main island?” P1213 | “Iba eṃṃan ñe jeañ tar āne waj im teiñi kōb ṇe adeañ ṃokta jān ad itaḷọk wōt ñan eoonene.” | kōb |
| 94. | At that moment the boat started moving away from the side of the pier and the Captain called down that the engine should be put in reverse. P481 | Kiin ejino jen wa eo jān tōrerein wab eo im Kapen eo ekōjjeḷā laḷ ḷọk bwe en pāāk injin eo. | kōjjeḷā |
| 95. | “We should sail along the ocean side of the islands until we reach Kwajalein,” the Captain said after thinking for a while. P1239 | “Jen jerak tak ḷọk i lik tak ḷọk ñan bōran aelōñ in,” Kapen eo ekar ba ālikin an kar kōḷmānḷọkjeṇ jidik. | kōḷmānḷọkjeṇ |
| 96. | What will be your collateral should I give you the loan? | Naaj ta aṃ kōpetaklik ñe inaaj kaṃuriik eok? | kōpetaklik |
| 97. | After due consideration, I don't think you should go | Iḷak lale ejekkar aṃ etal. | ḷak |
| 98. | I'll determine what you should do | Inaaj ḷōmake ta eo kwōnaaj kōṃṃane. | ḷam |
| 99. | “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 |
| 100. | It was somewhat hard to tell how many people were in the house, but it was obvious that one was an old woman because I heard the old man say, “Honey, you should go make some food for the Engineer and his son.” P182 | Ejaad pen kile jete armej i lowaan ṃweo ak ealikkar ke juon eo leḷḷap ie kōnke iroñ ainikien an ḷōḷḷap eo ba, “Limen e, kwōn itōn kōṃṃan ḷọk kijen Injinia e im ḷadik e nejin.” | Limen |
| 101. | If you should come, bring it with you. | Eḷaññe koḷokwan itok kab bōktok ippaṃ tok. | ḷokwan |
| 102. | “You should throw better, because I bet on you, man,” one of the players told him. P157 | “Kwōn kōṃanṃan aṃ kadkad bwe iar pet ippaṃ ḷouweo,” juon iaan rūtaij ro ejiroñ ḷọk | ḷouweo |
| 103. | The last word I heard before I fell asleep was the chief saying Father should drink some coffee. P256 | Naan eo āliktata ikar roñ ṃokta jān aō ṃōdān ḷọk ej ke irooj eo ekar ba Jema en idaak kọpe. | ṃadenḷọk |
| 104. | “Maybe we should start unloading some of this lumber into the water so that we’ll be ready when there’s enough light for the Engineer to see and start fixing the engine,” the Captain said. P668 | “Bōlen eṃṃan ñe kōjjel jino ākto aḷaḷ kiin ṇa i lọjet im pojak ñan ñe eraan im merame mejān Injinia ñan an ṃadṃōde injin ṇe,” Kapen eo eba. | ṃadṃōd |
| 105. | Girls should not be seen all over the place. | Enana an leddik mimiroro (immiroro). | miro |
| 106. | “So what do you figure we should do?” he said. P735 | “Eṃōj kiiō ta ṇe koṃro loe tok ñan kōj?” eba. | ṃōj |
| 107. | “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 |
| 108. | “I think we should set sail and see what’s ahead,” he replied. P828 | “Ekwe eṃṃan jen jerak im wōnṃaan tak in lale ta iṃaan,” euwaak. | ṃōṃan |
| 109. | You should crane your neck to look inside the house to find what you're looking for. | Kwōn mū ḷọk ñan lowaan ṃōṇe bwe kwōn maroñ lo men eo kwōj pukōte. | mū |
| 110. | They should hurry up and provide space for him so we can be on our way. | Ren ṇajikin ḷok bwe jekijoroor. | ṇajikin |
| 111. | You should provide for air to go into the box to allow the chicken to breathe. | Kwōj aikuj ṇamejatotoin bọọk ṇe bwe bao ṇe ilowaan en jab jabjānmenwan. | ṇamejatotoin |
| 112. | I think you should deal with his request appropriately. | Ij ḷōmṇak kwōj aikuj in ṇawāween kajjitōk eo an. | ṇawāween |
| 113. | It was completely calm as the evening came on but we were surprised that there weren’t any stars in the sky when we should have seen them as there wasn't a speck of cloud in the sky. P1031 | Ḷak jọteen ḷọk eo elur pedejdej ak kōmmān bwilōñ ke ejej iju i lañ meñe en kar or bwe ejej kōdọ i mejatoto. | pedej |
| 114. | The Engineer said we should go eastward so we would stay on course to Likiep, but you said we were already to the east. P1235 | Injinia eḷak kar ba ke jen itaḷọk wōt bwe jej pād wōt i rōtlein Likiep, kwōba ke jeḷe i reeaar. | rāātle |
| 115. | Do you have any plan that I should endorse | Ewōr ke aṃ ḷōmṇak bwe in rie? | rie |
| 116. | “I think we should bring all the lumber back in and put it away before the wind and rain pick up again and spread them all around in the water. P736 | “Iḷak lale eṃṃan ñe kōjjel bar kōrrọọl waj aḷaḷ ñan lowa im kọkọṇi ṃokta jān an buñ utọr ṇe im kōjjeplōklōki. | rọọl |
| 117. | You guys should wait and see until next week so it won’t strand you in the middle of the ocean.” P122 | Koṃeañ en kōttar ṃokta im lale ñan wiik uweo tok bwe en jab tabuuk koṃ ṇa i lọmeto.” | tabu |
| 118. | Jabōn kōnnaan (proverb): You eat to your fill on the ocean side (in secret); your eyeballs are about to pop out. When you're in need you beg for help!" In other words, no man is an island. We should always all look out for one another. | Kwoṃōñā itujablik kaṇ; kwōdodoor timmej. Ḷak ban kūr eo in! | timmej |
| 119. | Maybe we should sail over that way and see.” P1109 | Bōlen eṃṃan ñe jekōttōpar ḷọk.” | tōpar |
| 120. | “You should go to the island and find a truck for us to use to load our scrap,” Father told him. P280 | “Kwōn kab wanāne waj im kappok tūrakin ektaki jọkpej kaṇ ad,” Jema ejiroñ ḷọk | tūrak |