| 1. | Why don't you try using your middle finger? | Kwōn ṃōk addi-eoḷape. | addi-eoḷap |
| 2. | When I try to, it's hard to stand on the tip of my toes. | Iḷak itōn kajjioñ epen aō ajjuknene. | ajjuknene |
| 3. | It's too inaccessible to try and enter. | Eḷap an akā ñan delọñ. | akā |
| 4. | Father thought for a long time, but because the two men continued to insist, he said he would try. P21 | Eto an Jema ḷōmṇak ak ke ḷōṃaro ruo rōkar akweḷap wōt, ekar ba ke enaaj kajjioñ. | akweḷap |
| 5. | Why don't you try hitting him with the club and see if he moves? | Kwōn aḷaḷ in deñdeñe ṃōk im lale eṃṃakūt ke. | aḷaḷ in deñdeñ |
| 6. | Why don't you try again so we can see what happens? | Kwōn ṃōk bar alene bwe jen lale ej et. | alen |
| 7. | Try hard not to be coming in late. | Kajjioñ kate eok bwe en jako aṃ aḷo. | aḷo |
| 8. | However, you should try to talk to your Captain. P120 | Bōtaab kwōn kajjioñ kōnnaan ñan Kapen ṇe amieañ. | ami |
| 9. | Let's see you try this | Kijeṃ eo aod. | aod |
| 10. | Try to make him pass | Kwōn kōbaaje. | baaj |
| 11. | After we were finished praying I was going to try to close my eyes and get some sleep but it was really hard because I kept thinking about how that plane had flown right over us but just kept going and didn’t see us. P952 | Ālikin aṃro jar, iḷak itōn kar kajjioñ kiil meja in mājur elukkuun pen kōn wōt aō kar ḷōmṇake an baḷuun eo itok iiom tok im etal wōt ak ejab lo kōm. | baḷuun |
| 12. | Try to hurry and get the engine ready and test drive it before tomorrow afternoon.” P110 | Kajjioñ kadede ḷọk aṃ booje injin ṇe im likbade ilju ṃōṃkaj jān raelep.” | booj |
| 13. | What did you try out | Ta ṇe kwaar idajoñjoñe? | idajoñjoñ |
| 14. | Don't try to change the lifestyle of the family. | Lale kwaar ikūr wāween an baaṃle ṇe mour ippān doon. | ikūr |
| 15. | Don't try to act like a dummy. | Kwōn jab kajjioñ kōjājimaate eok. | jājiṃaat |
| 16. | Try not to lie on your back so much. | Kwōn kadikḷọk aṃ jejarleplep (ejjarleplep). | jarleplep |
| 17. | Could you try to get some cigarettes for us. | Kwōn jawōd tok kijerro jikka. | jawōd |
| 18. | We need to sail into the wind and try to reach that islet. | Jej aikuj jeje im jibadekḷọk āneṇ | jeje |
| 19. | But no matter what, I will try to talk with him. P132 | Jekdọọn ak inaaj bar kajjioñ ṃōk kōnono ippān jeṃṃaan.” | jeṃṃaan |
| 20. | Try to have the new buildings arranged evenly. | Kajjioñ kōṃṃan bwe aolep eṃ rej ekkal ren jepaer wōt juon. | jepaa- |
| 21. | Try and spin that top. | Kajjioñ ṃōk kajete likaeb(eb) ṇe | jet |
| 22. | Try the pants on and see if they fit. | Kwōn joñe jedoujij ṇe dettaṃ wōt ke. | joñe aorōkin |
| 23. | You shouldn't try to spear that fish because your aim isn't good enough. | Ejjab kuṇaaṃ dibōj ek eṇ bwe kwojowālel. | jowālel |
| 24. | Don't try to ignore his talking by pretending to sleep. | Kwōn jab jujuurḷọk an ekkonono im kiki. | jujuurḷọk |
| 25. | Don't try him because he's a voodoo expert. | Kwōn jab kadkadajaj bwe eanitta. | kadkadajaj |
| 26. | Don't try to predict that there will be a typhoon. | Kwōn jab kajjiṃaleleik an naaj wōr taibuun. | kajjikur |
| 27. | I'll try to come to your place. | Inaaj kajjioñ iwōj. | kajjioñ |
| 28. | “Try climbing up on top of the mast, Mr. Boatswain, and if you can see anything up ahead,” Father told him. P1190 | “Kajjioñ ṃōk wanlōñ ḷe, Bojin, im lale ta kwōlo i ṃaan,” Jema ekar ba ñane | kajjioñ |
| 29. | Try to recognize who that is fishing in that canoe. | Kwōn kakilen ṃōk wōn eṇ ej eọñōd ilo kōrkōr eṇ. | kakōlkōl |
| 30. | Try to find me a pencil. | Kwōn kappukottok juon pinjeḷ. | kappok |
| 31. | Try to make that anchor fast. | Kajjioñ in kakijeke añkō ṇe | kijek |
| 32. | Try to make that anchor fast. | Kajjioñ kakilōke añkō ṇe | kilōk |
| 33. | Don't try and get yourself accepted (by doing different things) because you're only second class. | Jab kōkarrūkarōkḷọk (ekkarrūkarōkḷọk) eok bwe kwe jeeknaan. | kōkar |
| 34. | Try squeezing it. | Keeṇe ṃōk | kōkeeṇ |
| 35. | Try not to make any gurgling sound as you fill the tank with gas or they'll catch us doing it. | Kājjioñ jab kakkopkope aṃ teiñi tāāñ ṇe bwe kōjro maroñ po. | kokopkop |
| 36. | Don't try to take more than your share. | Koṃwin jab kōkotaak (ekkotaak). | kōkotaak |
| 37. | Don't try to sit here cause there's no room. | Jab koobob. | koobob |
| 38. | “Yeah…” the Boatswain was going to try to give the Captain his opinion on the matter but he saw there was no point. P902 | “Iññā. …” Bojin eo ekar bar tōn kajjioñ likūt kuṇaan ippān Kapen eo ak eloe bwe ejej tokjān. | kuṇaan |
| 39. | We will try to look at some legends in coming lessons. S13 | Jenaaj kajjioñ in lale jet inọñ ilo katak kein tok i laḷ. | laḷ |
| 40. | “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 |
| 41. | Try to hurry and get the engine ready and test drive it before tomorrow afternoon.” P110 | Kajjioñ kadede ḷọk aṃ booje injin ṇe im likbade ilju ṃōṃkaj jān raelep.” | likbad |
| 42. | I watched the two of them try to treat the Captain as he thrashed around. P1165 | Ikar erre lọk wōt im lale aerro kōṃadṃōde Kapen eo ke ej iñiñtōk ijo. | ṃadṃōd |
| 43. | If there is, well then we can try to thread it through the pipes and clean them that way.” P732 | Eḷaññe eor ekwe jemaroñ kajjioñ wekar buḷōn baib kā im karreoiki.” | wākar |