| 1. | It wasn’t long before we had passed up all the boards that needed to go in the water. P712 | Ekar jab to ammān āindeeo innem emaat aḷaḷ ko rōkar aikuj wanlōñ ḷọk im pād i lọjet. | āinde- |
| 2. | He clearly wasn’t strong enough yet because as soon as he stood up he almost buckled over. P1223 | Ealikkar an kar jañin kajoor kōnke eḷak jutak ewātin ālokjak | ālokjak |
| 3. | Because the Marshallese language wasn’t put into writing until Westerners came, not many people living today know the legends of the Marshallese people. S13 | Kōnke kajin Ṃajeḷ ear jab pād ilo peba ṃae iien eo ear itok ri-pālle, ej jab kanooj lōñ armej rej mour wōt kiiō rejeḷā inọñ ko an ri-Ṃajeḷ. | inọñ |
| 4. | “It wasn’t like that in the old days. P396 | “Ejọ kōn jab āindein etto. | jọ |
| 5. | The wind was coming from the north favorably filling the sail, and the boat wasn’t tacking and was going ahead at full sail. P1183 | Kōto eo ejokḷā im eṃṃakroro im wa eo ekar jab diak ak kankan wōt im etal. | jokḷā |
| 6. | “Mr. Boatswain, that wasn’t a gas can you gave me,” Father said as he shined a light on the pipe he had removed. P625 | “Bojin e, kwōjeḷā ke ej jab kāānin kiaj men eo kwaar letok,” Jema eba ke ej rome baib eo ekar jeḷate. | kāān |
| 7. | The wind that day wasn’t especially strong in the morning. P909 | Kōto eo raan jab eo ekar jab kanooj kajoor jibboñon eo. | kanooj |
| 8. | Since it was calm and the boat wasn’t moving, I was able to bail all the water pretty quickly. P988 | Kōn an wa eo jab ṃakūtkūt bwe elur, ekar ṃōkaj aō ānen | lur |
| 9. | I looked over at the Captain, who was still breathing fast and his face was all red and he wasn’t blinking. P1057 | Iḷak kalimjek Kapen eo ej memenono wōt ak mejān ekar kabūrōrō wōt im jab rom. | menono |
| 10. | The wind and rain had died down since the night before and the boat wasn’t moving around as much. P822 | Edikḷọk kōto im ṇo jān kar boñon eo im elukkuun dik an ṃōḷeiñiñ wa eo. | ṃōṃōḷeiñiñ |
| 11. | Supper was late because they hadn't started cooking until noon. Supper wasn’t served on time because they had started cooking late. | Kōjota eo ear jab jejjet an jinoe bwe eḷap an raelepe aer kōmatti mōñā ko. | raelep |
| 12. | There was no part of the boat that wasn’t lit and bright. P1150 | Ejej jeṇ ej jab urur im kabōlbōl ilo wa eo. | urur |
| 13. | Since he wasn’t moving, I went down and approached him. P1218 | Ḷak ke ekar jab ṃōṃakūtkūt, ijujen wanlaḷḷọk wōt im kepaake. | wanlaḷ |
| 14. | Maybe it was last week, but it wasn’t really strong.” P91 | Bōlen kar eñeo ilo wiik eo ḷọk ak ejab kanooj kar kajoor.” | wiik |