| 1. | I don't want to see you cry. | Iabwin lo aṃ jañ. | abōb |
| 2. | I'm so dizzy I want to throw up. | Baj addeboululū ke itōn eṃṃōj. | addeboulul |
| 3. | The coolness I get at this spot makes me want to stay. | Aeṃōḷoḷoū ṇa ijin ekōṃṃan aō abwin etal. | aeṃōḷoḷo |
| 4. | He didn't want to but he did it anyway | Eaer būruōn ak ear etal wōt im kōṃṃane. | aer |
| 5. | I want to touch shoulders with you. | Ikoṇaan aerār waj ippaṃ. | aerār |
| 6. | Why do you want pencils with blunt points? | Etke kwōkaaiḷḷip bōran pinjeḷ? | aiḷip |
| 7. | You know, it’s like how the planes are flying above this island all the time, the noise makes me want to go crazy.” P199 | Dedeen ke eḷak ekkāke baḷuun i mejatoto ioon aelōñ in, jeitan wūdeakeak kōn ainikiier.” | ainikie- |
| 8. | We don't want givers who ask to have their gifts back. | Jedike ri-ajejin Ḷōktab | ajejin Ḷōktab |
| 9. | You must regret it very much because you don't want to eat. | Baj ajḷọkūṃ ke kwoṃakokoin ṃōñā | ajḷọk |
| 10. | Don't always be lying down if you don't want to grow old fast. | Kwōn jab alebabu bwe kwōnaaj ḷōḷḷap ṃōkaj | alebabu |
| 11. | Why don't you want to take her with you to the movies? | Etke kwoṃakoko in kaaluje ippam"? | alwōj |
| 12. | Hurry up with the hammock because I want to use it, too. | Kwōn aṃak ḷọk bwe in baj aṃak. | aṃak |
| 13. | He doesn't want you to associate with one another. | Edike amiiañ iaetōl ippān doon. | amiiañ |
| 14. | There's a pot full of cooked Anbūri pandanus and help yourself if want to | Lale ainbatin anbūri ṇe im wōdwōd ñe kwokōṇaan. | Anbūri |
| 15. | Tell me what you want. | Batok kōṇaan ṇe aṃ. | ba |
| 16. | I want to say a little more. | Bar jidik wōt ikōṇaan ba. | bar jidik |
| 17. | I also know that you want to come. | Ibarāinwōt jeḷā ke kwokōṇaan itok. | barāinwōt |
| 18. | If there were radio communication on all islands in the Marshalls, sick people would not die for want of doctors or medicine, and it would also help prevent the occurrence of famine. S25 | Eḷañe ewōr retio in kōnono ilo aolep aelōñ in Ṃajeḷ, ri-nañinmej rōban aikuj in mej kōñ an ejjeḷọk taktō ak wūno, im barāinwōt jipañ bōbrae jān an waḷọk ñūta | bōbrae |
| 19. | “Misfortune strikes sometimes when we see that we have made a mistake but don’t want to correct what we have done.” P1211 | “Ej ettōr im or jerata jet iien eḷaññe jelo ke jebōd ak jeṃakoko in pokake im kajiṃwe kōj make.” | bōd |
| 20. | I throw wildly and I don't want to be a pitcher. | Iboor im ijjab kōṇaan pijja. | boor |
| 21. | Don't make him want to eat. | Kwōn jab kabbuririki. | būbriri |
| 22. | Looking at your food makes me want to taste it. | Ibbūriri ḷọk wōt kōn aō lali ṃōñā kaṇe. | būbriri |
| 23. | I want some medicine because I have a headache. | Ikōṇaan idaak wūno bwe emtak bōra. | bwe |
| 24. | And because the week after next will be my son’s first birthday and I really don’t want to miss it. P95 | Dedeinke wiik uweo tok juon naaj iien an niñniñ eo nejū kemem im iabwin jako jāne. | dedeinke |
| 25. | He doesn't want to go to school. | Eaabin jikuuḷ. | eaab |
| 26. | Do you have anything you want to take with you on your trip? | Ewōr ta kwōj ektake ippaṃ ilo tūreep ṇe | ektak |
| 27. | What's with you people, you're hungry and yet you don't want to work. | Eḷmāmi ke kōmi kwōle ak kōmi abwin jerbal? | eḷmān |
| 28. | 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 |
| 29. | 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 |
| 30. | How much rice do you want? | Ewi joñan raij eo kwōj bōke? | ewi |
| 31. | I just came to my senses and I want to go to school. | Ej kab iañaktok aō im ikōṇaan etal jikuuḷ. | iañak |
| 32. | Do you want a drink? | Kwōj daak ke? | idaak |
| 33. | I really want to eat ice cream. | Eḷap aō ijoḷ aijkūriim. | ijoḷ |
| 34. | The sight of that food makes me want to eat. | Eḷap an kaijoḷjoḷ tok ṃōñā eṇ. | ijoḷ |
| 35. | His talk about the ripe breadfruit baked in coconut oil gives me an appetite (makes me want to eat). | Ekaijoḷ eō ke ej kōnono kōn pọljej eo.
| ijoḷ |
| 36. | What makes you want to go to school? | Ta ṇe ekōmṃan bwe kwōn ikdeelel in ilān jikuuḷ? | ikdeelel |
| 37. | I have just decided that I want to go to school. | Ij kab ikdeelel in jikuuḷ. | ikdeelel |
| 38. | I want you to stop being tardy. | Eṃōj ṇe aṃ iki-ruṃwij. | iki-ruṃwij |
| 39. | The Boatswain went up as he was told, even though it was obvious he didn’t want to. P916 | Bojin eo ejujen wanlōñ āinwōt an ba, meñe ekar jab aelọk an jab itok-limoin eake men eo. | itok-limoin |
| 40. | Do you want something more to eat?... Thanks, but I've had enough for now. | Kwokōṇaan ke bar ṃōñā? ...Koṃṃool ak ej ja ṃōj | ja |
| 41. | I don't want to eat. | Ij jab kōṇaan ṃōñā | jab |
| 42. | I want to eat jāibo | Iijoḷ jāibo. | jāibo |
| 43. | “I didn’t know if you guys were going to want to eat; our family had rice and tinned meat for supper,” the old man said. P189 | “Bwe jejaje koṃro en kar kōṇaan ke ṃōñā, ke raij im kuwat kōjota e am iṃwiin,” ḷōḷḷap eo eba. | jaje |
| 44. | I want more of that fish. | Ijaṃjaṃe ek eo. | jaṃjaṃ |
| 45. | I want to watch the game some more. | Ijaṃjaṃe kukure (ikkure) (eo). | jaṃjaṃ |
| 46. | He doesn't want to work. | Ejāniknik jerbal. | jāniknik |
| 47. | He doesn't want to study. | Ejāniknik katak. | jāniknik |
| 48. | What makes the baby not want to eat? | Ta ṇe ej kōjatōr niñniñ ṇe | jatōr |
| 49. | That baby doesn't want to eat. | Ejatōr niñniñ en. | jatōr |
| 50. | Don't swing the child around in a circle or it'll want to throw up. | Jab jelpaake niñniñ ṇe bwe enaaj ṃōḷañḷōñ | jelpaak |
| 51. | Do you want me to slap you on the back of your head? | Kwokōṇaan ke bwe in jepwaḷe eok? | jepwaḷ |
| 52. | We have to have ambition and not be phlegmatic if we want to succeed. | Jej aikuj jibadbad im jab aipādpād ñe jekōṇaan ḷe | jibadbad |
| 53. | Are you using a sheet? Do you want to use sheets? | Kwōj jiitit ke? | jiitit |
| 54. | If people want to presesrve fish, they salt them and make salted fish, or smoke them and make dried fish. S27 | Ñe armej rej kōṇaan kato an ek pād, rej jọọḷ im kōṃṃan ek jọọḷ ak atiti im kōṃṃan ek ṃōṇakṇak | jọọḷ |
| 55. | The baby doesn't want to be away from its mother. | Niñniñ eo ekaerer ippān jinen. | kaerer |
| 56. | He is the one who doesn't want to be separated from his wife. | Ri-kaerer eo eṇ ippān lieṇ ippān. | kaerer |
| 57. | I don't want to guess the answer. | Idike kajjidedeiki uwaak eo. | kajjidede |
| 58. | You won't get what you want because he's very inflexible. | Ekajjiṃwe im eban tōprak aikuj ṇe aṃ. | kajjiṃwe |
| 59. | I want you to stop being late all the time. | En ṃōj aṃ kōṇaan ruṃwij. | kōṇaan |
| 60. | Does he like it? does he want it | Ekōnaan ke? | kōṇaan |
| 61. | “Son, go back to the same place you were before if you want,” Father said. P743 | “Nejū, kwōnaaj bar pād ijo kar jikūṃ ṃokta, ñe kwōkōṇaan,” Jema eba. | kōṇaan |
| 62. | He doesn't want to use a blanket. | Eṃakoko in kọọjoj. | kọọjoj |
| 63. | I want to lay my head between those heavenly orbs (line from a love song). | Ikōṇaan babu ikōtaan ittūt kaṇ rokkut. | kut |
| 64. | Quit your wistful yearning if you want to accomplish anything. | Eṃōj ṇe aṃ lilikakōjkōj (illikakōjkōj) bwe eban or men etōprak. | likakōj |
| 65. | If people want to presesrve fish, they salt them and make salted fish, or smoke them and make dried fish. S27 | Ñe armej rej kōṇaan kato an ek pād, rej jọọḷ im kōṃṃan ek jọọḷ ak atiti im kōṃṃan ek ṃōṇakṇak | ṃōṇakṇak |
| 66. | Take all you want until you can't take any more. | Kwōn ṇaṃweiōṃ ñan ban. | ṇaṃweien |
| 67. | He didnt want to give him a pillow so he used a coconut as one. | Ekar abwin ṇapitōn innem ear petpet kōn waini. | ṇapitōn |
| 68. | If people want to presesrve fish, they salt them and make salted fish, or smoke them and make dried fish. S27 | Ñe armej rej kōṇaan kato an ek pād, rej jọọḷ im kōṃṃan ek jọọḷ ak atiti im kōṃṃan ek ṃōṇakṇak | ñe |
| 69. | “Son, let’s go down and say our evening prayers because you may want to go to bed soon,” he said. P948 | “Nejū e, kōjro wanlaḷ waj im nokwōnin jota bwe kwōnaaj ḷak baj mejki wōt,” ekar ba. | nokwōn |
| 70. | You'd better arrange the contents of that sack if you want it to contain more. | En jab ortabtab aṃ kanne pāāk ṇe bwe enaaj booḷ wōt kiiō. | ortabtab |
| 71. | Then when you sail westward from the island in the east and slip by this island, you know that you will pass by to the north,” the old man took a breath, and then said, “Don't you two want to eat a little?” P187 | Innem eḷaññe kwōnaaj tarto jān aelōñ ṇe i reeaar im rōḷọk jān aelōñ in, kwōj jeḷā bwe kwōḷe i iōñ,” ḷōḷḷap eo ebōk kūtwōn jidik im bar ba, “Koṃro ej jab ṃōñā jidik ke?” | tar |
| 72. | I want to be an expert in speaking French. | Ikōṇaan tijeṃḷọk ilo kajin Būranij. | tijeṃḷọk |
| 73. | If people want to presesrve fish, they salt them and make salted fish, or smoke them and make dried fish. S27 | Ñe armej rej kōṇaan kato an ek pād, rej jọọḷ im kōṃṃan ek jọọḷ ak atiti im kōṃṃan ek ṃōṇakṇak | to |
| 74. | You'd better stop being fearful if you want to get anywhere in life. | Kwōn joḷọk aṃ tūtṃurṃur (ittūṃurṃur) bwe wūnin aṃ wōtlọk ṇe | tūtṃurṃur |