| 1. | We're bound to be lucky when we fish with a surrounding net on a dark night with the tide coming in. | Eban jab jeraaṃṃan ad eọñōd ilo aejekin ibwijtok. | aejek |
| 2. | It's better that we tow it when the tide is ebbing. | Ekkar bwe jen akekein pāātḷọk. | akake |
| 3. | The tide is just right for spear fishing on the reef. | Eṃṃan bōkā in ñan aubō. | aubō |
| 4. | We thought the tide was low but when we got to the opening it was still high tide. | Kōmbaab epāāt ak kōm ḷak etal ñan mejje eo ej tūkōk wōt. | baab |
| 5. | We thought the tide was low but when we got to the opening it was still high tide. | Kōmbaab epāāt ak kōm ḷak etal ñan mejje eo ej tūkōk wōt. | baab |
| 6. | Is the tide good for fishing? | Eṃṃan ke bōkā in ñan eọñōd? | bōkā |
| 7. | The smell of the sea is all over the place because the low tide. | Eḷap an būbjetjet (ibbwijetjet) kōn an pāāt. | būbjetjet |
| 8. | The smell of reef is all over the place because it's low tide. | Ebbwilwōdwōd tok kōn an pāāt. | būbwilwōdwōd |
| 9. | When the tide came in, the boat floated loose. | Eḷak ibwij ejjelọk wa eo. | ejjelọk |
| 10. | How am I to get to the next island north of here since it's high tide? | Eḷma ḷọk ñan ān ṇe iōñ ke kiin eibwij mejje ṇe | eḷmān |
| 11. | I walked to that small islet during low tide. | Iar etal iene ke ej pāāt ñan āneṇ | etal iene |
| 12. | The men etalepeet during the low tide. | Ḷōṃaro raar etalpeet ke peet. | etalpeet |
| 13. | You should come when its low tide during this spring tide. | Kab itok ñe epāāt ilo iaḷap in. | iaḷap |
| 14. | You should come when its low tide during this spring tide. | Kab itok ñe epāāt ilo iaḷap in. | iaḷap |
| 15. | It's spring low tide now and we should go fishing. | Eiiaḷap kiiō im jenaaj ilān eañwōd. | iaḷap |
| 16. | The tide is coming in (rising). | Eibwij tok. | ibwij |
| 17. | The tide came up and the canoe drifted away. | Eibwiji wa eo im peḷọk. | ibwij |
| 18. | The lagoon side of this island is always having high tide. | Ekaibwibwij iaarin āniin | ibwij |
| 19. | Let's wait for the tide to come in. | Jen kaibwijḷọk. | ibwij |
| 20. | The strong high tide covers the island with water. | Eibwijleplepe ān eo. | ibwijleplep |
| 21. | Wait for the neap tide and we will go fishing. | Kōttar an idik im itok kōjro eọñwōd. | idik |
| 22. | It's neap tide now and its good for fishing with long nets. | Eidik kiiō im eṃṃan bōkein leok. | idik |
| 23. | We should heave to and wait for the low tide. | Jaikuj kaiptuik wa in im kōttar an pāāt. | iptu |
| 24. | It was an extremely high tide and my feet couldn't reach the bottom. | Ear kanooj ibwij im ear jabjab neō jān laḷ. | jabjab |
| 25. | It's not good to go fishing at this time because the tide is not favorable. | Enana ñan eọñōd kiiō bwe ejatloñ. | jatloñ |
| 26. | High and dry (low tide, reef exposed). | Pāāt jelōñlōñ. | jelōñlōñ |
| 27. | The tide is going out. | Ejen bōkā in. | jen |
| 28. | The tide was starting to come in and the boat was starting to float upwards to the same level as the dock. P312 | Ejino ibwij tok im wa eo ejino pelōñ tak im jepaan wōt ioon ọb eo. | jepaa- |
| 29. | The tide came in so they stayed on the island. | Ḷak ke eibwij, erro jujen pād wōt āneo | jujen |
| 30. | Let's the two of us fish with a net and scarer at the opening between those islets before the tide goes out. | Kōjro jurōke mejje eṇ ṃokta jān an pāāt. | jurōk |
| 31. | The tide will not be very high. | Eban kakkōt ibwij. | kakkōt |
| 32. | Let's go chase the parrotfish into the weir because this is the right tide for them. | Jero etal in kōttọọri merā ko bwe bōkāiier kiiō. | kōttọọr |
| 33. | “No, that’s not right, because Likabwiro comes during high tide, but the week you are talking about was high tide” — the old man was just demonstrating his knowledge. P92 | “Eban bwe Likabwiro ej itok ilo idik ak ear iaḷap ilo wiik ṇe kwōj kōnono kake,” ḷōḷḷap eo ebaj kwaḷọk jeḷā eo an. | Likabwiro |
| 34. | “No, that’s not right, because Likabwiro comes during high tide, but the week you are talking about was high tide” — the old man was just demonstrating his knowledge. P92 | “Eban bwe Likabwiro ej itok ilo idik ak ear iaḷap ilo wiik ṇe kwōj kōnono kake,” ḷōḷḷap eo ebaj kwaḷọk jeḷā eo an. | Likabwiro |
| 35. | Low, low tide (dry). | Pāāt ṃōṇakṇak | ṃōṇakṇak |
| 36. | Let's wait for the tide to go out. | Jen kōpāātḷọk. | pāāt |
| 37. | Is the tide low yet? | Enañin pāāt ke? | pāāt |
| 38. | Let's go fishing because there's an extremely low tide. | Jen ilān eọñōd bwe epāāt ṃōṇakṇak | pāāt ṃōṇakṇak |
| 39. | It's absolutely the lowest possible tide. | Ejej wōt rojin. | roj |
| 40. | It's ebb tide. | Eroj. | roj |
| 41. | The tide today is lower than yesterday. | Eroj ḷọk rainin jān inne. | roj |
| 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. | Evening tide is higher than morning. | Tūkōkin jota eḷap jān jibboñ. | tūkōk |