| 1. | They (foursome) were under great pressure staying up to take care of him when he was ill. | Eḷap aereañ kar eñtaan im emmej ippān ke ej nañinmej. | aa- |
| 2. | When are they putting the fender on? | Renaaj abọiki ñāāt | abọ |
| 3. | “You can call me when it’s time for us to go.” P151 | “Kwōn kab kūr eō ñe iien arro etal.” | ad |
| 4. | “Where do you think we were when our engine went out?” Father asked. P790 | “Kwōj ḷōmṇak jekar tōpar ia ke ej kun injin e admān?” Jema ekajjitōk ippān. | ad |
| 5. | I was dizzy when I went to Jeeki's house yesterday to get some medicine. | Iar addeboululḷọk ñan ṃōn Jeeki inne in kappok liṃō uno. | addeboulul |
| 6. | 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 |
| 7. | His appearance was like those people who when they talk, everyone listens and believes what they say. P60 | Epao tokin kain eṇ eaejemjem. | aejemjem |
| 8. | When he came back he acted more American-ish than before. | Eḷak rọọl tok eri-aelōñin pepāllele ḷọk jān eo. | aelōñin pālle |
| 9. | When he returned after being absent for some time, he seemed more American. | Epād im ḷak jāde tok, eri-aelōñin pālle. | aelōñin pālle |
| 10. | When are you going to stop following me around? | Kwōj aemọkkweik eō ñan ñāāt | aemọkkwe |
| 11. | He's noisiest when angry | Eaeñwāñwā tata ñe ej illu. | aeñwāñwā |
| 12. | When will he stop tarrying? | Ej aepādpād ḷọk ñan ñāāt | aepedped |
| 13. | When I got back up to the deck I heard the Captain planning out steering duties for the three of them for the night. P536 | Ke ij tōprak ḷọk ioon teek iroñ an Kapen eo kōppeḷaak ikijjien awaan jebwebwe ko aerjeel Jema im Bojin. | aer |
| 14. | When it's their turn to work, they'll do their best. | Eḷaññe enaaj aerwōj iien jerbal renaaj kate er joñan wōt aer maroñ. | aerwōj |
| 15. | When are we going to get us some Aij pandanus? | Kōjro ej kaaij ñāāt | Aij |
| 16. | Why do you worry so much when she's expressing her needs to you? | Etke kwōj inepaata ke ej aikuj waj ñan eok? | aikuj |
| 17. | She's more possessive than way back when. | Eaillilōkḷọk jān etto. | aililōk |
| 18. | He's a flop when it come to visitors. | Eñak aililōk ruamaejet. | aililōk |
| 19. | At the times when we were fishing and hooked a fish, we only grilled it, or boiled it in a pot with seawater. P1013 | Ilo iien kaṇ ej kọjek ñe kōmij eọñōd, kōmmān ej jinkadool wot, ñe jab ainbati kōn dānnin lọjet. | ainbat |
| 20. | How is it that you could climb that tall coconut tree when you're weak in the legs? | Āindeet aṃ kar tallōñe ni kenato ṇe ke kwōlijjipido? | āinde- |
| 21. | The city was hit with a tornado when I phoned him yesterday. | Eaire jikin kwelọk eo ke ij talboone inne. | aire |
| 22. | You're taller than when you left to go to school. | Kwaitokḷọk jān ke kwaar etal in jikuuḷ. | aitok |
| 23. | When we reached the ocean side of the reef stretching eastward, a tuna so big it would require two men to carry it leapt at the lure and was firmly hooked. P1302 | Ke kōmmān kar tōpar likin tōkā eo tak ḷọk, ekā tak juon ajbōkruo im pen. | ajbōkruo |
| 24. | When the drummer started beating on his drum the audience was amazed. | Ri-aje eo eḷak pikūri aje eo nājin, eḷọkjān an armej ro. | aje |
| 25. | When a school of bonitos enter the lagoon in Ebon and can't find it way out it means the entire school is in the basket. | Ajilowōdin ikōn arin Epoon meḷeḷein bwe emejlep. | ajilowōd |
| 26. | He was lugging his trunk when I saw him. | Ej ajjibanbane kōbañ eo an ke ij loe. | ajjibanban |
| 27. | When is he going to stop pretending? | Enaaj kaajjimāleleḷọk ñan ñāāt | ajjimālele |
| 28. | When I try to, it's hard to stand on the tip of my toes. | Iḷak itōn kajjioñ epen aō ajjuknene. | ajjuknene |
| 29. | A temporary hut to take shelter in when it rains. | Ajjuurin kōjato jān wōt. | ajjuur |
| 30. | When I walk in the dark I have to whistle. | Ñe ij etetal ilo marok eitok wōt bwe in ajwewe. | ajwewe |
| 31. | He was whistling down the road when he was caught. | Ej ajweweḷọk ilo iaḷ eo ḷọk ke rej jibwe. | ajwewe |
| 32. | When the can was empty, he gave it to me to put away. P603 | Ej maat wōt kobban kāān eo ak eletok bwe in kọkoṇe. | ak |
| 33. | He's observing where the rooster is sleeping so he can catch it when it gets darker. | Ej akajoke an kaako eṇ edde bwe en kab jibwe ñe eboñḷọk. | akajok |
| 34. | It's best to watch birds alight to locate their roosts when the sun is setting. | Eṃṃan tata akajok ilo an jotaḷọk. | akajok |
| 35. | It's better that we tow it when the tide is ebbing. | Ekkar bwe jen akekein pāātḷọk. | akake |
| 36. | You're so preemptive when I got there you were already there. | Baj akḷañūṃ ke iḷak tōparḷọk ijo ibbate eok? | akḷañ |
| 37. | When I reached the spot to fish, he had already started fishing hours before. | Iḷak etal in eọñōd ettoot ke ear akḷañe ek eo. | akḷañ |
| 38. | When are we (four) going there? | Kōjeañ ej aktal ñāāt | aktal |
| 39. | When do you think you will be catching us some akwōlā for supper? | Kwōj ḷōmṇak in kaakwōlātok kijed ñāāt | akwōlā |
| 40. | He's feigning age when he's really young. | Eḷap an kaaḷape. | aḷap |
| 41. | When my uncle, who's also the lineage head, dies, my older brother will take his place. | Ñe emej aḷap eṇ jeū enaaj pinej jenkwan. | aḷap |
| 42. | Make a garland with buds so when they bloom they'll fit closer together. | Kwōn ḷōḷō albok bwe ren ḷak bōbōl (ebbōl) ekoṇ mejān ut ṇe utūṃ. | albok |
| 43. | When will you go get some albokbōrọro plants? | Kwōnaaj kaalbokbōrọro ñāāt | albokbōrọro |
| 44. | When I was done bailing, I went back up on deck. P989 | Ke ekar maat aō ālimi, ibar wanlōñ ḷọk | ālim |
| 45. | When I was in Tonga I was deeply moved by the hymns sung by the Catholic congregation. | Ke iar pād i Tonga iar kanooj ketak kōn an kōbbōkakkak alin jar kaṇ an Katlik raṇ ie. | alin jar |
| 46. | We eat wrasse only when there's no other fish available. | Jej ṃōñā alle wōt ñe ej bar ejjeḷọk ek. | alle |
| 47. | The bad guy was running by on the horse when the good guy lassoed him. | Ri-nana eo ej ja ettōrḷọk wōt ioon ọọj eo ak kaubowe eo ealluke. | alluke |
| 48. | He was so drunk when he tried to stand his legs buckled. | Joñan an kadek eḷak tan jutak eālokjak neen. | ālokjak |
| 49. | It's forbidden to be singing up above when there is an irooj around according to Marshallese custom. | Ilo ṃantin Ṃajeḷ, emọ aluej ñe ej or irooj. | aluej |
| 50. | He's taking a stroll when he should be working. | Ej alwōj bajjek ak ej jab jerbal. | alwōj bajjek |
| 51. | When the boat was securely anchored, Father and the Boatswain jumped into the water and swam toward the island with our water container. P1251 | Ke ekar dedeḷọk emjake wa eo, Jema im Bojin erro kar kālọk im aō āne ḷọk kōn kōb eo ammān. | am |
| 52. | When the harmonica player played his harmonica we were all flabbergasted. | Ri-aṃonika eo eḷak kōjañ aṃonika eo nejin, kōmwōj eppaḷ. | aṃonika |
| 53. | He always bites his lips when he's angry. | Aolep iien ḷeeṇ ej aṃtōk ñe ej lilu (illu). | aṃtōk |
| 54. | Will we take along a chummer when we go bottom fishing? | Ewōr ke ri-anan ñan kōjro ñe kōjro etal in urōk? | anan |
| 55. | “Well, too bad for us when they take this island,” the old woman said. P201 | “Ojjej a iọkwe kōj ke rōbōk ān in āneed,” ḷeḷḷap eo eba. | āne |
| 56. | You shouldn't let him do anything he wants now when he's still young because you won't be able to control him when he grows up. | En jab ḷap aṃ kaanemkwōje ilo an dik bwe kwōnaaj bane ñe enaaj rūttoḷọk. | anemkwōj |
| 57. | You shouldn't let him do anything he wants now when he's still young because you won't be able to control him when he grows up. | En jab ḷap aṃ kaanemkwōje ilo an dik bwe kwōnaaj bane ñe enaaj rūttoḷọk. | anemkwōj |
| 58. | When I was done, I pulled myself to where the engine was, picked up the bucket, and started to bail out the rest of the water. P605 | Ej ṃōjin ak ibar tōbtōb ṃaan ḷọk im ḷak ijo ippān injin eo, ijibwe tok bakōj eo im jino ānene ḷọk dān eo ṇa ie. | ānen |
| 59. | He's dangerous when he gets an epileptic seizure. | Ekauwōtata anennetaoin ḷeeṇ | anennetao |
| 60. | I don’t know when he saw a glimpse of us on the road, and why he knew we were trying to reach the house. P227 | Iñak ñāāt wōt eo ekar lo animrokaṃro ilowaan iaḷ eo, kab etke ejeḷā ke kōṃro ej jibadek ḷọk ṃweo | animroka- |
| 61. | He hit him when he wasn't looking. | Ear ankōṃade em baiti. | ankōṃad |
| 62. | The boat slowly turned to the north and when it was finally on course the sail filled with wind and we started to advance slowly. P851 | Im jidik wōt an wa eo jino jaaḷ im ḷak anlọk, eletlet wūjḷā eo im wa eo ejino ajādik. | anlọk |
| 63. | I got really excited, too, when I looked out and saw a huge group of sharks swimming in a frenzy around the area where our boat was floating. P998 | Io ña, iḷak baj jeparujruj im rōre lọk ilo tōlien pako rej idepdep ippān doon im aojọjọ ipeḷaakin ijo wa eo ej pepepe ie. | aojọjọ |
| 64. | When are you installing a door in that house? | Kwōnaaj aore ṃōṇe ñāāt | aor |
| 65. | 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 |
| 66. | I was still sleepy when I went up to get water from the ocean to wash my face. P821 | Ikar arruñijñij wōt ke ij wanlōñ ḷọk in etteiñ aō ormej i lọjet. | aruñijñij |
| 67. | You three and who else were on the island when it burned? | Koṃjel āt eo koṃjel kar pād iāneo ke ej bwil? | āt |
| 68. | ‘Who was escorting you when you came?’ | Kar kwe āt iaaṃtok? | āt |
| 69. | “Mr. Engineer, you and the Boatswain bring your boat up alongside that boat over there,” the Captain said and then climbed up when he saw the Old Man and the Chief standing with the other people on the pier. P1344 | “Injinia e, kōmiro Bojin kaatartar waj wa ṇe waadmān,” Kapen eo ekar ba innem wanlaḷ ḷọk ke ej lo ḷōḷḷap eo im irooj eo ippān armej ro ioon wab eo. | atartar |
| 70. | When he spoke it looked like he was smoking because the rice had just come off the fire and was still steaming. P380 | Eḷak kōnono āinwōt ej kōbaatat ke raij eo ej kab ato jān kijeek im ej baatat wōt. | ato |
| 71. | The Captain didn’t say anything else when he heard from the old man. P67 | Ebar ejjeḷọk men eṇ Kapen eo eba ke ej roñ ijin jān ḷōḷḷap eo. | ba |
| 72. | He thought it was drinking water and when he drank it he threw up. | Eba wōt dānnin idaak im ḷak ilimi eṃṃōj. | ba wōt |
| 73. | 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 |
| 74. | When he travels away from his family, he does not like to be gone from them for too long. P37 | Eḷaññe ej ṃōṃakūt jān turin baaṃle eo an ej jab kōṇaan bwe en to an jako jān er. | baaṃle |
| 75. | I missed when they were locked in combat. | Iruṃwij jān aerro bab. | bab |
| 76. | Marshallese used to bow down when walking in front of one another—until recently. | Ri-Ṃajeḷ rejọ kōn ebbadikdik iṃaan mejān doon raan ko ḷọk | badik |
| 77. | When I got down there I didn’t notice the muffler and I rubbed against it and burned my leg. P343 | Ke ij to laḷ ḷọk ijab mejek baibin būṃbūṃ eo an injin eo ak ijuri im bwil neō. | baib |
| 78. | Work and when you're tired, I'll work. | Kwōn jerbal em ḷak ṃōk, baj ña | baj |
| 79. | How can you when she's sick? | Baj ke enañinmej? | baj ke |
| 80. | But how can you when she's already here? | Baj ke emmoottok? | baj ke |
| 81. | Why do you insist on having more clothes when you have enough? | Kwōn baj ebballele wōt ke ebwe an lōñ aṃ nuknuk? | balle |
| 82. | He had such a hurt expression on his face when the girl said no. | Ke ledik eo ej ba jaab joñan an mejān balu. | balu |
| 83. | That girl really cried and sobbed when she heard that her father had died. | Eḷap an kar jañ ledik eo im batoñtoñ ke ej roñ ke emej jemān. | batoñtoñ |
| 84. | I'm refraining from eating (fish) for awhile so that when I do it will be so much more delicious. | Ij kōbbaturtur im ḷak ṃōñā enaaj lukkuun nenọ (ennọ). | batur |
| 85. | But when we looked all around and observed the sky, there was no sign of rain, though even so we got containers ready so we could catch rain water, just in case. P1016 | Ak jeḷak toor mejād im waate tok turin lañ, ej jañin kar ḷōmṇak in wōt, meñe eṃōj ammān kōppojak kein ammān naaj kar bọbo dānnin wōt. | bọbo |
| 86. | She wiggles when she walks. | Ebbōōlōl an etetal. | bōbōōlōl |
| 87. | “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 |
| 88. | He was the boatswain on that ship when it came in. | Ear bojini tok wa eṇ. | bojin |
| 89. | You missed the part when the contest reached a climax. | Kwōjako jān an bok keem eo. | bok |
| 90. | You don't weigh as much as you did when you first came. | Eḷap aṃ bōḷaḷ ḷọk jān ke kwaar jino itok. | bōḷaḷ |
| 91. | An eclipse of the moon comes about when the earth blocks off the sunlight from it. | Ej bōtōktōk allōñ ñe laḷ in ej pinej meramin aḷ jāne. | bōtōktōk allōñ |
| 92. | She took off when blood gushed from the wound. | Eḷak būbtūkḷọk (ibbūtūkḷọk) kinej eo eko. | būbtūktūk |
| 93. | I had just gotten there when the boat engine popped and started. P315 | Ij tōpar ḷọk wōt ijo ak ebbūkḷọk injin eo an wa eo im jọ. | būkkūḷọk |
| 94. | When did they operate on your stomach? | Ñāāt ṇe raar bukwe lọjieṃ? | bukwabok |
| 95. | When the cigarettes were nearly sold out, he raised the price. | Eḷak epaak an maat jikka, ebūḷake oṇāān. | būḷak |
| 96. | The Captain suddenly steered the boat the other way when he saw the water turning a light blue color as we approached a coral head. P497 | Kapen eo ebuñjenōm ḷak kōjeer wa eo, iḷak reito ilo memoujujin tōrerein wōd eo ke wa eo ej kaatare. | buñjen |
| 97. | When the boat made it through the pass and into the open ocean Father came up from the engine room. P525 | Ej buñlik wōt wa eo im pād i lik ak ewaḷọk tok Jema jān iṃōn injin eo. | buñlik |
| 98. | He is so nimble he did not get hurt when he fell down. | Kōn an jeḷā buñūmpeḷtak ear jab jorrāān. | buñ-peltak |
| 99. | The MIECO Queen really rolls when there are big waves. | Eḷap an MIECO QUEEN buñto-buñtak ilo iien an ḷap ṇo | buñto-buñtak |
| 100. | When we were done eating lunch, I washed the dishes and scrubbed the bits of rice and corned beef from the deck. P384 | “Ke ej dedeḷọk ṃōñāin raelep, ikarreoiki kein ṃōñā ko im waateeke ioon wa eo jān ṃōraṃrōṃin raij kab būbrarrarin kọọnpiip. | būrar |
| 101. | The man went into a room and when he came back out he was holding loaves of bread, already wrapped in brown paper, still warm from the oven. P264 | Ḷeo edeḷọñ ḷọk ilowaan ruuṃ eo im ḷak diwōj tok ej jibwe ruo ḷoobwin pilawā, eṃōj an limi kōn peba būrawūn, ej ja āindeeo aer māāṇāṇ ke rej kab mat tok. | būrawūn |
| 102. | He's always braking when he drives. | Ebbūreekek an kijak eṇ kattōr. | būreek |
| 103. | It saddened us when they departed on the field trip. | Ekabūromōj kōm ke rejeblaak ioon waan raun eo. | būroṃōj |
| 104. | When will you get over the habit of always being broke? | Enaaj jemḷọk ñāāt aṃ ibbūrookok? | būrook |
| 105. | I said I would just be the cabin boy and bail at times when there was a lot of water in the boat. P30 | Ña iba inaaj buwae bajjek im ānen ilo iien rot eṇ eḷap dān i lowa. | buwae |
| 106. | When are you going to the Marshalls? .. (You're) assuming I'm going. | Ñāāt eo kwōj etal ñan Ṃajeḷ? ...Bwe bōta inaaj etal. | bwe bōta |
| 107. | When he reached the cross-stick at the top of the mast, he suddenly started kicking, then he jumped up to the top and landed on it and sat down. P1192 | Ke ekar tōpar kūrọọjti eo, ebuñjenōṃ ḷak bwijbwij, ekā lōñ ḷọk im jok ioon im jijet. | bwijbwij |
| 108. | I like using a coir fibre when bathing | Eṃṃan tutu kōn bwijinbwije ippa. | bwijinbwije |
| 109. | When I heard the Captain say this, I thought about it and was amazed that Father was able to recognize the waves on the ocean side of Pikeej from the movement of the boat while the Captain says he needs to actually see them. P799 | Ke ikar roñ naan kein an Kapen eo, iḷōmṇak im bwilōñ bajjek ippa taunin an Jema maroñ kile ṇoin likin Pikeej jān ṃōṃakūtkūtin wa eo ak Kapen eo eba ej aikuj kar lo kōn mejān. | bwilōñ |
| 110. | There was a great famine when the war was in full-swing. | Ear ḷap kwōle ilo bwiltōñtōñin pata eo. | bwiltōñtōñ |
| 111. | The flavor from its having been buried is like that of cheese when they make it. S28 | Nemān ilo an kallib, āinwōt bwiin jiij ñe rej kōṃṃane. | bwiro |
| 112. | It was not so very fast when it was sailing, but it went well enough. P11 | Ej jab daan ṃōkaj ilo lewōjḷā ak ebwe an wōnṃaan. | daan |
| 113. | Women usually pull hair when they fight. | Ekkā an kōrā dāde bar ñe rej ire. | dāde |
| 114. | When I woke up the next day, I went up and saw the Boatswain up on top of the mast. P863 | Rujlọkin raan eo juon, iḷak baj wanlōñ ḷọk jān lowa ikar lo Bojin eo ej de i raan kaju eo. | de |
| 115. | He stood ready in place and we were all surprised when the flare gun exploded and the flare shot up into the sky. P939 | Ejoorkatkat ijo im kōmmān ḷak ilbōk edebokḷọk men eo im kelọk kōjjoram eo. | debokḷọk |
| 116. | When he saw me, he took off like a flash. | Eḷak lo eō, edejjeḷọk em ko. | dej |
| 117. | When the fire broke out, people were running in all directions. | Ke ej ju kijek eo, eddejdej armej. | dej |
| 118. | We all burst into laughter when we heard him break wind. | Kōmwōj dekakḷọk ke kōm roñ an jiñ. | dekakḷọk |
| 119. | I still remember when I sailed with Father and two other men on a small boat that was twenty-two feet long and six feet wide. P1 | Ij keememej ḷọk wōt ke ikar uwe ippān Jema kab ruo ṃōṃaan ilo juon booj jidikdik eo roñoul ruo ne aitokan im jiljino ne depakpakin. | depakpak |
| 120. | The islanders ate their last meal together when they heard that typhoon Likabwiro would ravage their island. | Ri-āneo raar dienbwijro ke raar roñ ke enaaj buñlọk Likabwiro. | dienbwijro |
| 121. | We were going out when there was a crash inside the store. P163 | Kōṃro ej diwōjḷọk wōt ak eokkoḷọk lowaan ṃōn wia eo. | diwōj |
| 122. | It had been a while, but I knew my thinking was wrong because when Father came out to where I was and saw the same thing, he said, “The moon is coming up.” P222 | “Ebaj to ak ijeḷā ke ebōd ḷōmṇak eo aō bwe Jema ediwōj tok im ḷak baj lo an āindeeo eba, “Eiiaḷañe.” | diwōj |
| 123. | “When we reach the lagoon side of the island, Mr. Boatswain, you can jump into the water and swim to the island with the water container because we don’t have a skiff.” P1248 | Ñe kōjmān tōpar arin ān ṇe kab kelọk, Bojin, im aō āne ḷọk eake kōb ṇe bwe ejej booj.” | eake |
| 124. | It was more like it when you went out fishing. | Ebajjeet ke kwaar etal im eọñwōd. | ebajjeet |
| 125. | When we were getting close to the chief’s house, a person yelled to us. P226 | Ke kōṃro ej epaake ḷọk ṃōn irooj eo, juon armej elaṃōje ḷọk kōṃro. | ej |
| 126. | When it is built (completely), it will be very tall. | Ñe eejaak enaaj lukkuun utiej. | ejej |
| 127. | When the tide came in, the boat floated loose. | Eḷak ibwij ejjelọk wa eo. | ejjelọk |
| 128. | When the first pile was gone the truck left and brought in another load. P359 | Ej maat wōt ejouj jab eo ak ebar ettōr āne ḷọk tūrak eo im kanne tok. | ejouj |
| 129. | I didn’t think Father had heard what he said because when I looked over he didn’t seem to be paying attention. P450 | Ij ḷōmṇak Jema ekar jab roñ men eo bwe iḷak lale ej jab kanooj el ḷọk | el |
| 130. | They began to get enthused when they heard his voice. | Rej kab tan ellowetak ke rej roñ ainikien. | ellowetak |
| 131. | How could he say he's broke when he keeps buying things? | Eḷmān an ba ke ebūrook ak wia in de eṇ? | eḷmān |
| 132. | The people of the atoll got excited when they heard he was coming. | Eṃṃōḷō armejin aelōñ eo ke rej roñ ke enāj itok. | eṃṃōḷō |
| 133. | When I finally realized she was in love with me, she had been long gone. | Eḷak eñaktok aō ke eiọkwe eō, etto wōt ke ear moot. | eñak |
| 134. | I didn't feel anything when they pulled my tooth. | Iar jab eñjake aer kōteep ñiū | eñjake |
| 135. | The old woman is the one who rubs people when they are in pain. | Leḷḷap eo ej juon ri-eoeo. | eoeo |
| 136. | “What are we going to do when we get to the main island?” I asked him. P1332 | “Kōjro naaj et ñe jetōpar eoonene?” ikar kajjitōk ippān. | eoonene |
| 137. | Did you go when your mother called? | Kwaar eọroñ ke jinōṃ ke ear kūr eok? | eọroñ |
| 138. | Did you go when your mother called? | Kwaar eọroñ ke jinōṃ ke ear kūr eok? | eọroñ |
| 139. | When we were getting close to the chief’s house, a person yelled to us. P226 | Ke kōṃro ej epaake ḷọk ṃōn irooj eo, juon armej elaṃōje ḷọk kōṃro. | epaak |
| 140. | When will you fish the ettōbok method again? | Koṃ naaj bar ettōbok ñāāt | ettōbok |
| 141. | He was so charismatic that when he died the entire atoll mourned for him. | Ejjeḷam ettōlin ke eḷak mej aolepān aelōñ eo im ilomeje. | ettōl |
| 142. | Who was escorting you when you came? | Kar kwe āt iaaṃtok? | iaa- |
| 143. | “They were playing baseball when I headed over here,” he said. P465 | “Raar iakiu wōt ke ij itok,” eba. | iakiu |
| 144. | You should come when its low tide during this spring tide. | Kab itok ñe epāāt ilo iaḷap in. | iaḷap |
| 145. | When the Navy no longer needed this ship, they gave it to a Marshallese person who was working with them at the time. P5 | Ṃōjin aer aikuji wa in Navy ro rōkar leḷọk ñan juon ri-Ṃajeḷ ej jerbal ippāer ilo iien eo. | iien |
| 146. | “Hello, everyone in this house,” Father said when we entered. P180 | “Iọkwe koṃ iṃwiin,” Jema eba ke kōṃro ej delọñ ḷọk | iṃwiin |
| 147. | He'll be very tall when he grows up. | Enaaj kanooj ineea ñe erūttoḷọk. | ineea |
| 148. | The boy writhed in pain when he broke his leg. | Eiññimmal ḷadik eo ke ej bwilōk neen. | iñimmaḷ |
| 149. | Who was engineer on that ship when it came here? | Wōn eṇ ear injiniaik tok wa eṇ? | injinia |
| 150. | They were happy when they got together. | Raar emṃōṇōṇō ke raar koba ippān doon. | ippān doon |
| 151. | I could also hear the boat’s fenders making a crunching noise when they rubbed between the pier and the boat. P347 | Barāinwōt ñoñorñorin pānet ko ke rej irir i kōtaan wab eo im wa eo. | irir |
| 152. | It alarmed the community when the warship blew its horn on the oceanside of the island. | Ekairuj jukjuk im pād eo ke ṃōnwa eo ej kōjañ jilel eo ie ilikin āneo āneer | iruj |
| 153. | The boy is inspired when he listen to their singing. | Eiruj lọjien ḷadik eo ke ej roñjake aer al. | iruj lọjie- |
| 154. | When did that ship get here? | Wa eṇ ear itaaktok ñāāt | itaak |
| 155. | When are you planning to go (westward) to Laura? | Kwōj ḷōmṇak in itoḷọk ṇāāt ñan Laura? | ito |
| 156. | When did you come (westerly) from Arno. | Kwar ito ñāāt jān Arṇo? | ito |
| 157. | It was drizzling, and when I jumped from the dock to the boat, the Captain came up from inside the boat. P45 | Ear jaadin jijidwōtwōt im ke ij kelọk jān ioon wab eo ñan wa eo, Kapen eo ej wanlōñ tak jān lowaan wa eo. | jaad |
| 158. | When he heard that he passed the exam, he was very happy. | Ke ej roñ ke ewiini teej eo ear jab juur laḷ. | jab juur laḷ |
| 159. | I ran out of breath when I tried to dive deeper. | Ejabjab-menwa ke iar kajjioñ tulọk laḷḷọk wōt. | jabjab-menowan |
| 160. | When they arrived, the Captain came in first and heaped his plate full of rice. P371 | Kapen eo ejikrōk tok ijo ṃoktata, ke erjel ej rọọl tok, im jino jabōl ṇa kobban pileij eo ñiin kōn raij. | jabōḷ |
| 161. | Then when the water splashed it sprayed all over the boards. P719 | Kiiō eḷak ejjelōblōb dān ṇe, ejādbūtbūt tok ñan ioon rā kaṇe. | jādbūtūktūk |
| 162. | In the game of anidep, you need to know and be prepared to kick the ball either forward or backward as necessary when it's been kicked toward you. | Ilo anidep, kwōj aikuj jeḷā im pojak in jaṃliki ak jōṃṃaane bọọḷ eo ñe renaaj jaṃewaj. | jaṃlik |
| 163. | When did you come from the Marshalls? | Ñāāt ṇe kwaar itok jān Ṃajeḷ | jān |
| 164. | Since when have you been on this islet? | Jān ñāāt in aṃ pād ānin | jān |
| 165. | Be careful when you lift the baby so you don't sprain its arm. | Kōjparok aṃ kotak niñniñ ṇe bwe en jab jānruk pein. | jānruk |
| 166. | He doesn't chill easily, even when it rains. | Eḷap an jappiọeo, bwe jekdoon ñe ewōt ak ejjab piọ. | jāppiọeo |
| 167. | A large crowd gathered when they heard the news that the president was dead. | Ekar iruj jarlepju eo ke rej roñ ke emej būreejtōn eo. | jarlepju |
| 168. | When I scanned my eyes through the crowd of people, I caught a glimpse of the same old man and the chief who had put a curse on us. P1341 | Iḷak toore meja ibwiljin jāllepju eo ikar lo animrokan ejja ḷōḷḷap eo wōt kab irooj eo ekar kọọle kōmmān | jarlepju |
| 169. | What made him fall on his back when he was running? | Ta eo ekar kōjarleplepe ilo an kar ettōr? | jarleplep |
| 170. | The bird was so gentle and deceptive there on the Captain’s shoulder that when it moved he didn’t know what had happened. P1042 | Bao eo eineeṃṃan wōt im kōjatdikdik ioon aeran Kapen eo ke ekā wōt im ñak en ita. | jatdik |
| 171. | “When we saw that plane we were just to the west of Kwajalein,” he said. P1203 | “Iien eo jeañ kar lo baḷuun in kōjeañ pād de i rilikin Kuwajleen,” eba. | jeañ |
| 172. | “When are you planning on leaving?” P246 | “Ak koṃwij ḷōmṇak in jeblaak ñāāt?” | jeblaak |
| 173. | Could you write down those lessons he missed when he was absent? | Komaroñ ke jeiḷọk katak ko ear jako jāni? | jei |
| 174. | We were all so surprised when the Captain started to yell like nothing we had heard before. P1043 | Kōm ḷak ilbōk Kapen eo ejino kōkeroro, āinwōt ñe jej jeja. | jeja |
| 175. | I was surprised when the anchor made a splash coming up in the stern of the boat. P478 | Iḷak ilbōk ejjelōbḷọk emjak eo an lik. | jejelōblōb |
| 176. | The people of the islet were stirred up when the chief died. | Ri-āneo raar ejjeurur ke ej mej irooj eo. | jejeurur |
| 177. | There was a great commotion when the house burned. | Eḷap kar jejeurur (ejjeurur) ke ej bwil ṃweo | jejeurur |
| 178. | It was finally a time when the Marshallese had chosen their own representatives, and there was great excitement. S16 | Ej kab kar juon iien an ri-Ṃajeḷ maat im kālōt ri-kwelọk ro aer im ear kanooj ḷap ejjeurur. | jejeurur |
| 179. | I used to catch birds by hand when I was young. | Ikōn jejoñ (ejjoñ) ke iar dik. | jejoñ |
| 180. | When he looked toward me and stared, it was like something in the air was stifling me. P59 | Ke ej rōre tok im kalimjek eō, āinwōt juon juon eo mejatoto ejelōt eō. | jelōt |
| 181. | When I got there he was sharpening the knife. | Ke ij tōkeak ḷọk ej jejemjeme (ejjemjeme) wōt bakbōk eo. | jemjem |
| 182. | “Come down here so we can spend a few minutes together before we go since we don’t know when we’ll see each other again.” P462 | “Kwōn wanlaḷ tak kōjro kōjjemḷọk bwe jeñak jen bar lo ke doon.” | jeṃḷọk |
| 183. | He staggers when he walks. | Ejepāp ilo an etetal. | jepāppāp |
| 184. | They got excited and escaped when the house burned. | Raar jeparujruj im ko ke ej bwil ṃweo | jeparujruj |
| 185. | Jekaro comes from coconut shoots before the time when they haven’t yet broken and separated and small coconuts have appeared. S19 | Jekaro ej waḷọk jān utak in ni ilo iien eṇ ej jañin rup im jepeḷḷọk im waḷọk kwaḷini. | jepel |
| 186. | When are you going to stop slapping the boy? | Kwōnaaj jejepjeptake ḷadik ṇe ñan ñāāt | jeptak |
| 187. | I looked at my friend’s face and thought back to when we first became friends. P469 | Ke ij rōre lọk im lale turin mejān, ibar ememej tok iien eo jinoin aṃro kar jerā. | jerā |
| 188. | He was very lucky when he went fishing. | Ear kanooj jeraaṃṃan ilo an kar āñwōd | jeraaṃṃan |
| 189. | “I really love this old man because he always took me with him when he went sailing. P298 | “Eḷap aō iọkwe ḷōḷḷap in kōn an āñin eō ippān aolep iien ej jejerakrōk. | jerak |
| 190. | It will be bad fortune when they banish us.P202 | Jejerata wōt ke rōkaliaik kōj. | jerata |
| 191. | It was disastrous for them when their father died. | Ekar juon jerata ḷapḷap ke ej mej jemāer jān er. | jerata |
| 192. | When did he start working? | Ear jino jerbal jān ñāāt | jerbal |
| 193. | These things are used for the time of “spreading the gravel,” six days after the time of death, when they believe that the dead rise. S14 | Men kein rej kōjerbali ñan iien eoreak, jiljino raan ālikin an armej eṇ mej im iien eo rej tōmak bwe ri-mej eṇ ej jerkakpeje. | jerkakpeje |
| 194. | When they were done nodding while talking to each other, the Old Man pointed east toward the middle of the bushes and the three of them including the Bosun headed over that way. P1265 | Ke ekar ṃōj aerro ṃōṃajidjid ñan doon, ḷōḷḷap eo ejitōñ ḷọk buḷōn mar ko jetakiermān innem erjel Bojin eo jibadek ḷọk | jetak |
| 195. | I got occupied for a while and when I tried to find the boat it had disappeared over the horizon. | Iṃad em ḷak bar reilọk ejetḷọk wa eo. | jetḷọk |
| 196. | People on Namu get excited when they prepare to catch flying fish there. | Ejeparujruj armej ñe ej iien jibadede iNaṃo. | jibadede |
| 197. | When I woke up, it was the next morning. P819 | Iḷak ruj, jibboñon raan eo juon. | jibboñ |
| 198. | Wear the boots when you go. | Kwōn jibuutḷọk ilo aṃ etal. | jibuut |
| 199. | When do you intend to mold the arrowroot starch? | Kwōj ḷōmṇak in jibwili ñāāt ṃakṃōk eṇ. | jibwil |
| 200. | The flavor from its having been buried is like that of cheese when they make it. S28 | Nemān ilo an kallib, āinwōt bwiin jiij ñe rej kōṃṃane. | jiij |
| 201. | It's good to cuddle when you're cold. | Eṃṃan jijibur (ijjibur) ñe kwōj piọ. | jijibur |
| 202. | It was drizzling, and when I jumped from the dock to the boat, the Captain came up from inside the boat. P45 | Ear jaadin jijidwōtwōt im ke ij kelọk jān ioon wab eo ñan wa eo, Kapen eo ej wanlōñ tak jān lowaan wa eo. | jijidwōtwōt |
| 203. | When did you start work? | Kwaar jino aṃ jerbal jān ñāāt | jijino |
| 204. | “Does either of you know when the wind started to die down?” the Captain asked Father and the Boatswain. P831 | “Koṃro jeḷā ekar jino dikḷọk kōto in ñāāt?” Kapen eo ekar kajjitōk ippān Jema im Bojin eo. | jijino |
| 205. | Tell me when he's near. | Batok ñe ejikrōk. | jikrōk |
| 206. | But Father didn’t have to do anything because when we arrived at his side he was already lying down and fast asleep. P1089 | Ejej men eṇ Jema ekar kōṃṃane ñane bwe kōṃro ḷak jikrōk ḷọk ijo ippān ej babu im mājur. | jikrōk |
| 207. | When you come into my mind, I nearly go crazy. | Ilo iien aṃ jiktok, iitōn bwebwe. | jiktok |
| 208. | “Hey guys, let’s eat sashimi,” the Captain said when he saw the Boatswain was done slicing it up. P1329 | Ḷōṃa e, jemān jaajmi,” Kapen eo ekar ba ke elo an dedeḷọk an Bojin eo jiḷait. | jiḷait |
| 209. | He is extremely precise when he counts money. | Elukkuun jiṃwe bwini ṃani ko. | jiṃwe |
| 210. | When are you going to stop painting, as the night is getting on? | Kwōj jiña ḷọk ñan ñāāt ke eboñ ḷọk? | jiña |
| 211. | He always curses when he's mad. | Aolep iien ej jinjin ñe ej illu. | jinjin |
| 212. | Fish are more tasty when cooked right after catching them at night. | Ennọ jinre ek ilo bōñ. | jinre |
| 213. | When the boat rolled again, I flew over and hung onto Father. P690 | Ke ej lā wa eo ikālọk im jirok ippān Jema. | jirok |
| 214. | Hang on tight when this boat moves. | Kakkōt jirok ñe ettōr wa in. | jirok |
| 215. | “I’m going to the island now, but when you see him, please tell him. P109 | “Ij wōnāne ḷọk kiin ak ñe kwōlo ḷeo juon kab jiroñ ḷọk | jiroñ |
| 216. | When it got onto the boat, it couldn't lie crosswise. P1311 | Ke ej uwe tok ioon wa eo, eban jitpeeḷeḷ. | jitpeeḷeḷ |
| 217. | He used to be a fast runner when he was a young man. | Ekar jọ ṃōkaj ke ej likao. | jọ |
| 218. | When will the plane land here? | Enāj joktok baḷuun eo ñāāt | jok |
| 219. | What's causing the boat to make so much spray when there are neither waves nor wind? | Ta eṇ ej kōjọkurbaatate wa eṇ ke ejjeḷọk ṇo im kōto? | jọkurbaatat |
| 220. | He pulled his boat ashore for maintenance and when he gave it a trial cruise after it was launched it caused more spray than before. | Etọọke wa eṇ waan im ke ej likbade ālikin an kelọk ejọkurbaatat ḷọk jān ṃokta | jọkurbaatat |
| 221. | When Father realized it he stopped what he was doing and looked over at him. P454 | Jema ej jeḷā wōt men in ak ejoḷọk men eo ekar kōṃṃane im rōre lọk ñan e. | joḷọk |
| 222. | She started to attend college when she was seventeen. She began college when she was seventeen. | Liō eo an kein kajoñoul jiljilimjuon, ear jino jikuuḷ ilo kaḷōj. | joñoul jiljilmjuon |
| 223. | She started to attend college when she was seventeen. She began college when she was seventeen. | Liō eo an kein kajoñoul jiljilimjuon, ear jino jikuuḷ ilo kaḷōj. | joñoul jiljilmjuon |
| 224. | She got married when she was sixteen. | Ear ṃare wōt ke ej joñoul jiljino an iiō. | joñoul jiljino |
| 225. | Soap your body when you bathe. | Kwōn joobe ānbwinniṃ ilo aṃ tutu. | joob |
| 226. | He was neglected more when he was with his father's family. | Ear joolḷọk ilo an kar pād ippān nukin jemān. | jool |
| 227. | They mobilized when they heard of the boat's capture. | Raar joorkatkat ke rej roñ kōn an po wa eo. | joorkatkat |
| 228. | He stood ready in place and we were all surprised when the flare gun exploded and the flare shot up into the sky. P939 | Ejoorkatkat ijo im kōmmān ḷak ilbōk edebokḷọk men eo im kelọk kōjjoram eo. | joorkatkat |
| 229. | You need to wear a shirt when you go to church. | Kwoaikuj jōōtōtḷọk ñan iṃōn jar eṇ. | jōōtōt |
| 230. | It was dawn when the women went to the grave. | Ejoraantak ke kōrā ro rar ilọk ñan lōb eo. | joraantak |
| 231. | Alfred is not a good marksman at spearfishing and his catch is never large when he goes spearfishing. | Ejowālel Alfred im aolep iien ej iiet koṇan ñe ej turọñ. | jowālel |
| 232. | They headed toward the island when they noticed the islanders signaling them. | Rōtar āneḷọk ke rej jubwiji er jān āneo | jubwij |
| 233. | When he comes he might as well bring the letter. | Ñe eitok enaaj jujen bōktok lōta eo. | jujen |
| 234. | You must wear shoes when you go to church. | Kwōj aikuj juujujḷọk ñan iṃōn jar en. | juujuj |
| 235. | It is best to use the juunboñ fishing method when it's dark. | Juunboñ eṃṃan ñan boñūn marok. | juunboñ |
| 236. | Come when you can. | Kwōn kab itok. | kab |
| 237. | “You're saying we won't be able to smoke until I don't know when." P773 | “Kwōj ba jekab naaj maroñ kōbaatat wōt iñak ñāāt | kab |
| 238. | 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 |
| 239. | His eyes went wide when I told him his car had broken down. | Ear kabūrōrō ke ij ba ejorrāān wa eo waan. | kabūrōrō |
| 240. | Slow down when you drive by a hospital. | Ñe kwōj tōtōr (ettōr) iturun aujpitōḷ kwōj aikuj kadikdik. | kadikdik |
| 241. | The man took off in a hurry when he saw the bad guy coming toward him. | Ḷeo ekakōtkōt/ekaiur/ekkaiuiur im ko ke ej lo an ri-nana eo jibadekḷọk. | kaiur |
| 242. | When the two of them were done talking, Father speeded up the engine, making the boat move rapidly away from the side of the pier and the shoreline, and out into the lagoon. P489 | Ej jeṃḷọk wōt aerro kōnono tok ak Jema ebar pikūr ḷọk jidik injin eo im rōkakōt wa eo jān turin wab eo im arin ān eo. | kaiur |
| 243. | This is what Father was thinking about when he went to ask to use the boat. P23 | Āindein an Jema ḷōmṇak ke ej etal in kajjitōk wa eo. | kajjitōk |
| 244. | When it is “ready for a bottle,” that is the time to put a bottle on it. S19 | Eḷaññe eraane-bōkāān, kiiō eiien an kajokkor. | kajokkor |
| 245. | However when I remembered the things I had asked for in my prayers, I started to feel stronger. P953 | Bōtab iḷak bar ememej tok kajjitōk ko aō ilo jar ko aō, ibar kajoorḷọk. | kajoor |
| 246. | When the Boatswain saw the plane, he didn’t hesitate and instead went down and brought up the boat's flare gun some Americans had given us before we set sail. P932 | Ke Bojin eo ej lo baḷuun eo, ekar jab bar pād ak eto laḷ ḷọk im bōk lōñ tak kein kōkaḷḷe eo an wa eo jet ripālle rōkar letok ṃōṃkaj jān ammān kar jerak. | kakōḷḷe |
| 247. | It will be bad fortune when they banish us. P202 | Jejerata wōt ke rōkaliaik kōj. | kalia |
| 248. | When the boat rolled again, I flew over and hung onto Father. P690 | Ke ej lā wa eo ikālọk im jirok ippān Jema. | kālọk |
| 249. | I was going to ask if I could rest a little first but when I realized the prevailing sentiment, I didn’t speak, I just jumped back onto the pier and went down off the side of the stairs and washed my legs in the ocean. P48 | Iaar tan kajjitōk aō ja kakkije jidik ṃōṃkaj ak iḷak kile mejatotoin ijab kōnono ak ibar kelọk ñan ioon wab eo im to laḷ ḷọk ilo jikin uwe eo i tōrerein im kwaḷe neō i lọjet. | kālọk |
| 250. | Christ fulfilled his word when he rose on the third day. | Kūraij ear kaṃool naan eo an ke ear jerkakpije ilo raan eo kein kajilu. | kaṃool |
| 251. | When I reached the Captain, I saw that he was still okay. P1141 | Ke ikar tōpar ḷọk Kapen eo, ikar lo bwe ekar ṃōṃan wōt an pād. | kar |
| 252. | “Yes, I still remember what our chief taught us when we studied with him,” Father said to the old man. P123 | “Aaet ij ememej wōt ekkatak ko an irooj eo kōjro kar bōk arro jeḷā ippān,” Jema eba ñan ḷōḷḷap eo. | katak |
| 253. | When did he become a Catholic? | Ekatlik ñāāt | Katlik |
| 254. | “But don’t forget the old saying ‘staying within the realm of possibilities is short, but being adrift like this is long’; when you guys fill the boat with scrap, it will be more dangerous.” P99 | “Ak jab meḷọkḷọk naan eo an rūtto ro, ‘ekadu tōllọk in a eaetok peḷọk in’ ñe koṃ ḷokan kanne wa ṇe kōn jọkpej, ej kab naaj kauwōtataḷọk wōt.” | kauwōtata |
| 255. | It was seven o’clock when we started eating breakfast. P834 | Ke kōmmān kar jino ṃabuñ ear jiljilimjuon awa. | ke |
| 256. | And if that happens, well then I don’t know when we’ll see the island plants and trees, if ever. P901 | Im ñe āindein, ekwe iñak jenaaj bar ellolo ñāāt keinikkanin āne.” | keinikkan |
| 257. | When your skin disease gets really bad, you have a hard time staying alive. | Ñe kokeḷe, ej baj pen mour. | keḷe |
| 258. | When I was in Tonga I was deeply moved by the hymns sung by the Catholic congregation. | Ke iar pād i Tonga iar kanooj ketak kōn an kōbbōkakkak alin jar kaṇ an Katlik raṇ ie. | ketak |
| 259. | If you have been diligent from the beginning, we hope that when you read this page, you are able to speak and understand Marshallese. S29 | Eḷaññe kwaar kijenmej jān jinoun, kemij kejatdikdik bwe ilo awa in kwōj riiti peijin, kwōmaroñ kōnono im meḷeḷe kajin Ṃajeḷ | kijenmej |
| 260. | When I got back up to the deck I heard the Captain planning out steering duties for the three of them for the night. P536 | Ke ij tōprak ḷọk ioon teek iroñ an Kapen eo kōppeḷaak ikijjien awaan jebwebwe ko aerjeel Jema im Bojin. | kijjie- |
| 261. | When someone dies in the Marshalls, this is a time for the coming together of their family, friends, and everyone who knew them. S14 | Ñe juon armej ej mej ilo aelōñ in Ṃajeḷ, men in ej juon iien kwelọk tok an ro nukun, ro jeran, im aolep ro rejeḷā kajjien. | kijjie- |
| 262. | When I woke up the next day, I went up and saw the Boatswain up on top of the mast. P863 | Rujlọkin raan eo juon, iḷak baj wanlōñ ḷọk jān lowa ikar lo Bojin eo ej de i raan kaju eo. | kiju |
| 263. | When Marshallese commit suicide, they jump off coconut trees. | Ñe ri-Ṃajeḷ rej kilaba, rej kālọk jān ni. | kilaba |
| 264. | Isn't he choosy when it comes to food! | Emake kile kijen! | kile |
| 265. | When I looked up toward its platform, I saw a boy holding an envelope. P307 | Iḷak rōre lōñ ḷọk ñan ioon, ilo juon ḷaddik ej jibwe juon kilin lōta. | kilin lōta |
| 266. | Don't move the stern paddle too much (when you're sailing close to the wind). | Kiped dikdik ṇe | kiped |
| 267. | When copper (scrap) was being bought, everyone on this island went looking for copper. | Ke raar wia kōba, aolep ri-ānin raar kōkōba. | kōba |
| 268. | When we finished eating breakfast the three of them attached sail and arranged the other necessary sailing gear while I washed the dishes and put them away. P836 | Kōmmān ṃabuñ im ḷak dedeḷọk, erjel kōḷaak wūjḷā eo im men ko jet kōbwebwein, ak ña ikarreoiki kōnnọ ko im kọkọṇi. | kōbwebwei- |
| 269. | The bird was so gentle and kōjatdikdik: deceptive? there on the Captain’s shoulder that when it moved he didn’t know what had happened. P1042 | Bao eo eineeṃṃan wōt im kōjatdikdik ioon aeran Kapen eo ke ekā wōt im ñak en ita. | kōjatdikdik |
| 270. | If you have been diligent from the beginning, we hope that when you read this page, you are able to speak and understand Marshallese. S29 | Eḷaññe kwaar kijenmej jān jinoun, kemij kōjatdikdik bwe ilo awa in kwōj riiti peijin, kwōmaroñ kōnono im meḷeḷe kajin Ṃajeḷ | kōjatdikdik |
| 271. | “When we saw that plane we were just to the west of Kwajalein,” he said. P1203 | “Iien eo jeañ kar lo baḷuun in kōjeañ pād de i rilikin Kuwajleen,” eba. | kōjeañ |
| 272. | Then we put them to dry in the sun, and when they are dry, fit them into a basket, box, or can until we need them for food. S27 | Ṃōjin, jej kōjeeki, im ñe rōṃōrā, kọkoṇi ṇai lowaan iiep, bọọk, ak tiin, ṃae iien jeaikuji ñan ṃōñā | kōjeje |
| 273. | He's so critical when speaking | Emake kōkañ (ekkañ) (loon). | kōkañ loo- |
| 274. | When a boat is sighted the islanders all shout. | Ñe ej or jeḷo, aolep rej kōkkeilọk. | kōkkeilọk |
| 275. | When everyone was done eating, I went over again and washed the dishes and cleaned up the eating area. P967 | Kōmmām kar dao im ḷak dedeḷọk, ibar jikrōk im karreoiki kōṇṇọ im jikin ṃōñā eo. | kōm |
| 276. | He's cruel when punishing | Ejaje kōpañpañ. | kōmañmañ |
| 277. | Don't even blink when you're close to him as he'll steal you blind of your smoke. | Ñe kwōpād iturin joñan kwōn jab rom bwe enaaj kōṃkare jikka ṇe kijōṃ. | kōṃkar |
| 278. | “It spilled from the engine when it was running and then flowed into and combined with the bilge water.” Father explained. P718 | “Ekar ippilpil jān injin ṇe ke ear jọ im tọọr waj ñan dān ṇe i lowa,” Jema ekōmḷeḷeik eō. | kōmmeḷeḷe |
| 279. | He stood ready in place and we were all surprised when the flare gun exploded and the flare shot up into the sky. P939 | Ejoorkatkat ijo im kōmmān ḷak ilbōk edebokḷọk men eo im kelọk kōjjoram eo. | kōmram |
| 280. | “The Boatswain and I will come and find you when we have finished starting and testing the engine.” P281 | “Kōṃro naaj Bojin pukōt waj eok dedeḷọkin aṃro kōjọ im likbade injin e.” | kōṃro |
| 281. | When I went back down I saw Father folding the sleeping mats and putting them away. P823 | Ke ikar rọọl laḷ ḷọk ibar ioon Jema ej limi jaki ko im kọkoni. | koṇ |
| 282. | Then we put them to dry in the sun, and when they are dry, fit them into a basket, box, or can until we need them for food. S27 | Ṃōjin, jej kōjeeki, im ñe rōṃōrā, kọkoṇi ṇai lowaan iiep, bọọk, ak tiin, ṃae iien jeaikuji ñan ṃōñā | koṇ |
| 283. | John didn’t know what to say because of his embarassment for James when he fell. | Jọọn eñak ta eo en ba kōn an mejko kake Jemej ke ear buñ. | kōn |
| 284. | He catches a lot of fish when he goes fishing. | Eḷap an koṇkoṇ ḷeeṇ ñe ej eọñōd. | koṇkoṇ |
| 285. | When he's drunk he's very talkative. | Ñe ej kadek, ekadik kōkōnnaanan (ekkōnnaanan). | kōnnaan |
| 286. | When the rice was cooked, I got out some dishes and a can of corned beef, and filled up a pot of water for tea so everything would be ready when the three men came back to eat. P370 | Ke ej mat raij eo ikkwaḷọk tok kōnnọ kab juon kuwatin kọọnpiip im teiñi tok juon tibatin dānnin idaak bwe ren pojak ñan aerjel rọọl tok im ṃōñā | kōnnọ |
| 287. | When the rice was cooked, I got out some dishes and a can of corned beef, and filled up a pot of water for tea so everything would be ready when the three men came back to eat. P370 | Ke ej mat raij eo ikkwaḷọk tok kōnnọ kab juon kuwatin kọọnpiip im teiñi tok juon tibatin dānnin idaak bwe ren pojak ñan aerjel rọọl tok im ṃōñā | kōnnọ |
| 288. | When the weather is good and the sun is shining, one sees sun rays in the ocean. | Ñe ej det em ṃōṃan (eṃṃan) lañ, ekkoonaḷaḷ buḷōn lọjet. | koonaḷ |
| 289. | Just from the Boatswain’s chant, when the fish landed on the boat; there was no breath left in it. P1313 | Jān wōt roro ko an Bojin eo, eḷak jok ek eo ioon wa eo, ejej kūtwōn. | kōto |
| 290. | Mackerel is good when only slightly cooked. | Ennọ koubub ṃōlṃōl | koubub |
| 291. | Americans cross their legs when sitting | Ri-pālle rej kowawa ne ñe rej jijet. | kowawa |
| 292. | My hand hurt when he squeezed it. | Ekuuli peiū im emetak. | kukuul |
| 293. | When she appeared, she was laden with frills. | Eḷak jādetok lio eto an kūṃaḷṃaḷ. | kūṃaḷṃaḷ |
| 294. | He was shocked when he heard that his son died. | Ear kūṃṃūḷọk ke ej roñ ke emej ḷeo nājin. | kūṃṃūḷọk |
| 295. | “You can call me when it’s time for us to go.” P151 | “Kwōn kab kūr eō ñe iien arro etal.” | kūr |
| 296. | Brush your teeth when you finish eating. | Kwōn kurkure ñiiṃ ñe ej ṃōj aṃ ṃōñā | kurkur |
| 297. | When I heard this I picked up the pace so I could finish bailing and help Father pass up the lumber. P673 | Iroñ men in im kūrōneḷọk jidik aō ānen bwe in kab jipañ Jema jejaak lōñ ḷọk aḷaḷ. | kūrōn |
| 298. | When he reached the cross-stick at the top of the mast he suddenly started kicking then he jumped up to the top and landed on it and sat down. P1192 | Ke ekar tōpar kūrọọjti eo, ebuñjenōṃ ḷak bwijbwij, ekā lōñ ḷọk im jok ioon im jijet. | kūrọọjti |
| 299. | When did you come? | Kwaar itok ñāāt | kwaar |
| 300. | Then when he finished washing his feet he came on board the boat. P68 | Innem ṃōjin an kwaḷ neen euwe tok ioon wa eo. | kwaḷ |
| 301. | "Once the rain clouds start to pour, there's no telling when it’s going to stop raining.” P662 | Ñe eḷọkwan kwōppeḷọk lañ ṇe ijaje enaaj bōjrak wōt ñāāt.” | kwōppeḷọk |
| 302. | The plane banked when it turned. | Elā baḷuun eo ke ej jeer. | lā |
| 303. | Please use the lantern when you come. | Kwōn ḷaaṃaṃ kōn ḷaṇtōn ṇe | ḷaaṃaṃ |
| 304. | When will the Russian big-shot come over? | Enaaj itok ñāāt ḷaikaalalin Roojia eo? | ḷaikaalal |
| 305. | Lock the house then (when you leave.) | Kwōn kab ḷake ṃōṇe | ḷak |
| 306. | When I finally got through working, it was midnight. | Eḷak ṃōj aō jerbal, elukwōn boñ. | ḷak |
| 307. | “It was like this when I woke up,” the Boatswain continued. P833 | “Iḷak baj ruj āindein,” Bojin eo ekar etal wōt im ba. | ḷak |
| 308. | I looked up, and when I looked over I saw an old man on the dock. P58 | “Ibōk bōra im ḷak rōre lọk, ilo juon ḷōḷḷap ioon wab eo. | ḷak |
| 309. | I had just lain down on the mats down there below when the Captain came down. P974 | Ij ja babu bajjek wōt ioon jaki ko ijo i laḷ ak Kapen eo ej baj to laḷ tak. | laḷ |
| 310. | You'll manage our house when I'm gone. | Kwōnāj lale ṃōṇe ṃōrro ñe ijako. | lale |
| 311. | How could it be so difficult when it's quite simple? | Ta wūnin an pen ke eḷam waan? | ḷam waan |
| 312. | I was startled awake when the sleeping mats started to shake and I heard the guys yelling. P565 | Iilbōk im ruj ke ikar kajkaj ioon jaki ko im ke ij roñ ainikien an ḷōṃaro lelaṃōjmōj. | laṃōj |
| 313. | When he came up from the engine room, someone yelled over to him. P448 | Ke ej waḷọk lōñ tak jān ruuṃwin injin eo, juon armej elaṃōje. | laṃōj |
| 314. | The engine was very strong for the size of the boat, so it nearly skipped from the water’s surface when it was motoring with it, especially when there was no cargo. P10 | Eḷap an baj injin eo kajoor ñan dettan wa eo innem ewātin peḷḷọk jān ioon dān ñe ej tōtōr eake, eḷaptata ñe ej jej kobban. | ḷap |
| 315. | The engine was very strong for the size of the boat, so it nearly skipped from the water’s surface when it was motoring with it, especially when there was no cargo. P10 | Eḷap an baj injin eo kajoor ñan dettan wa eo innem ewātin peḷḷọk jān ioon dān ñe ej tōtōr eake, eḷaptata ñe ej jej kobban. | ḷap |
| 316. | There's a certain manner in which we conduct a conversation when we are at a ḷārooj island. | Eor kilen kōnono ilo ḷārooj | ḷārooj |
| 317. | Father was still in the middle of talking when the Captain interrupted him, “We will use the engine first and then when the wind picks up we will use the sail,” the Captain said. P423 | Ejab jeṃḷọk an Jema kōnono bwe Kapen eo ekkōnono, “Jenaaj leinjin tak ḷọk im ñe eṃṃan kōto, jelewūjḷā,” Kapen eo eba. | le |
| 318. | Father was still in the middle of talking when the Captain interrupted him, “We will use the engine first and then when the wind picks up we will use the sail,” the Captain said. P423 | Ejab jeṃḷọk an Jema kōnono bwe Kapen eo ekkōnono, “Jenaaj leinjin tak ḷọk im ñe eṃṃan kōto, jelewūjḷā,” Kapen eo eba. | le |
| 319. | It grows on almost every island, although there is a season, between May and August, called summer, when breadfruit bear most fruit. S28 | Ej kalle ilo enañin aolep aelōñ bōtab ewōr juon iien, kōtaan eṇ ilo Mae im Wọkwōj, etan “rak,” im ṃā ej lukkuun ḷap an kalle im kouwa. | le |
| 320. | If the two of us don’t go, we will have to wait until October when there will be another fieldtrip ship. P130 | Eḷaññe kōṃro to, kōṃro kab ḷe wōt ilo Oktoba, iien eṇ enaaj bar wōr piiḷtūreep. | ḷe |
| 321. | “If we waited for the fieldtrip ship, I don’t know when we would go, probably three or four months from now.” P236 | “Eḷaññe kōṃro kōttar waan raun, ijaje kōṃro naaj ḷe taḷọk ñāāt, bōlen naaj ḷọkin jilu ak emān allōñ jān kiiō.” | ḷe |
| 322. | When the bucket was full I handed it up to the Boatswain who was standing at the door looking down at us. P624 | Ej booḷ wōt ak ileḷọk ñan Bojin eo kōnke epād ilo kōjām eo ej rōre laḷ tak. | le- |
| 323. | He painted it and fixed the places where there were scratches from when they used to use the boat to set sailors ashore. P13 | Ekar unoke im kōkāāle ijoko ekar wōr kurar bajjek ie ke ri-pālle ro rōkōn leāne lemeto jeḷaan tima ko waer eake. | leāne-lemeto |
| 324. | When we approached the veranda of the house, Father quickly greeted the chief who was sitting with his wife. P228 | Ke kōṃro ej jikrōk ḷọk ilo etōñaakin ṃweo, Jema eṃōkaj im iọkiọkwe ḷọk irooj eo ej jijet ippān lejḷā eo. | lejḷā |
| 325. | When I am done, we will repeat the rotation. P540 | Ej mōj wōt ña ak jebar jinoe juon lelkan. | lelkan |
| 326. | When he looked over at me, it was as if he didn’t even see me. P1058 | Eḷak rōre tok ejjeḷọk men eṇ ej loe. | lelo |
| 327. | “When?” he asked. P1099 | Ñāāt?” ḷeo juon ekar kajjitōk. | ḷeo |
| 328. | Why do you turn away when I'm so distressed? | Etke kwōj eḷḷọk jān aō liaajlọḷ? | liaajlọḷ |
| 329. | He wept loudly when he heard his father had died. | Eḷap an kar liṃō ke ej roñ ke emej jemān. | liṃō |
| 330. | He was disenchanted when they rejected him. | Elo bwe rōkajooke. | lo |
| 331. | And when the storm calms down a bit and the wind is right, we can raise the sail. P737 | Im ñe eḷọk mowi ṇe im eṃṃan kōto, jelewūjḷā. | ḷọk |
| 332. | I was shocked when I heard that he died. | Ear ḷọkjenaō ke ij roñ ke emej. | ḷọkjenaa- |
| 333. | They wear scarves when they go to church. | Rej ḷokkorbar ñe rej jar. | ḷokkorbar |
| 334. | When are you going to stop kidding yourself. | Eṃōj ṇe aṃ ḷōkōṃ | ḷōkōṃ |
| 335. | "Once the rain clouds start to pour, there's no telling when it’s going to stop raining.” P662 | Ñe eḷọkwan kwōppeḷọk lañ ṇe ijaje enaaj bōjrak wōt ñāāt.” | ḷokwan |
| 336. | We were all feeling sad and wishing the plane had seen us when Father spoke to me. P947 | Kōmmān ej baj būroṃōj wōt bajjek im ḷọkwanwa ḷọk ippān baḷuun eo kōn an jab lo kōmmān ak Jema ekkōnono tok. | ḷokwanwa |
| 337. | He was so homesick for the Marshalls while he was abroad that when he returned he was really skinny. | Joñan an kar ḷokwanwaik tok aeḷōñ kein ke ear pād ijekaṇ eḷak rọọltok elukkuun ṃō | ḷokwanwa |
| 338. | Sometimes when they cook it they put things that are fragrant with it just so that it will smell good, and not musty. S18 | Jet iien ilo aer kōmatte rej likit wōt men ko rōñaj ie bwe en ennọ bwiin im jab ḷōḷ | ḷōḷ |
| 339. | I was still on the boat feeling nervous when I heard the rattling of gravel on the dock. P55 | Ij ja lōḷñoñ bajjek wōt ioon wa eo ak iroñ ḷōḷāārār ioon wab eo. | ḷōḷāārār |
| 340. | I cannot describe how arrogant he was when he returned. | Joñan an loṃaan ke ej rọọltok, iban ba. | loṃaan |
| 341. | When I heard that I started to think about Likiep. P552 | Iroñ ijin im jino ḷōmṇake tok Likiep. | ḷōmṇak |
| 342. | I thought he was fine but was startled when he roused and sat up. P1081 | Iba wōt ej baj ṃōṃan wōt an pād ak iḷak ilbōk elōñjak im jijet. | lōñjak |
| 343. | When you shoot while playing marbles, you use a shooter marble. | Ñe kwōj bu ilo kōjjobaba, kwōj kōjerbal ḷōttekōḷkōḷ eṇ. | ḷōttekōḷkōḷ |
| 344. | When we were all finished I climbed through the doorway to the outside and took a big breath because I was really starting to get seasick from the smell of gas and oil inside. P757 | Ṃōjin an dedeḷọk jerbal eo itallōñ ḷọk i lowaan kōjām eo im ḷak ijo nabōj, ibōk menwa bwe āinwōt iwātin kar bar ḷōlao kōn nemān kiaj im wōil eo i lowa. | lowa |
| 345. | When are you going to put the louvers on that window? | Kwōnaaj ḷubōre ñāāt wūntō ṇe | ḷubōr |
| 346. | “That’s what happens when the water is really calm like this,” he replied. P1006 | Āindein ñe ej ḷap an lur,” ekar uwaak. | lur |
| 347. | “When you see these things, you’ll know that Matteen is ahead of you.” P208 | Ñe kwōj loi men kein kwōjeḷā ke Ṃatteen ṇe i ṃaan.” | ṃaan |
| 348. | When everything was ready to go the Captain went to the back and took the wheel and waited for the Boatswain and Father to finish their cigarettes so they could raise the sail. P837 | Ej ṃōj im pojak wōt men otemjej ak Kapen eo etal lik tak im jibwe jebwe eo im kōttar an Bojin eo im Jema kōmaatiḷọk jikka ko kijeerro ṃōṃkaj jān aerro jerake wūjḷā eo. | maat |
| 349. | “Give it back to me when it’s empty so I can fill it again.” P1170 | “Kab bar letok in teiñi ñe emaat.” | maat |
| 350. | “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 |
| 351. | I thought he understood my point because he nodded when I talked to him about it. | Iba wōt emeḷeḷe kōn an ṃōṃjidjid (eṃṃajidjid) ke ij kōnono ñane | ṃajid |
| 352. | When it’s ready, we’ll load up, and tomorrow evening we’ll go for sure. P279 | Ñe ededeḷọk kōjmān ektak im ilju jota mājojo jejeblaak. | mājojo |
| 353. | He was really stunned when they threw him on the ground. | Ear kanooj ṃajōjō ke raar patōk ṇai laḷ. | ṃajōjō |
| 354. | I don’t know when Father and the Boatswain finished talking because I fell asleep listening to their stories. P980 | Iñak ñāāt wōt eo erro kar bōjrak bwe etal im imājur jān aerro bwebwenato. | mājur |
| 355. | “They are going to be so shocked when they see us,” I said. P1325 | “Remake naaj ilbōk ñe rōbar lo kōjmān,” iba. | make |
| 356. | He sways when he walks. | Eṃṃalṃal an etal. | ṃal- |
| 357. | Why is he so bad when he's just a kid? | Etke enana ak mānniñ? | mānniñ |
| 358. | They were putting the leis around his neck when I left. | Raar kōṃarṃare wōt ke ij eṃṃakūt. | ṃarṃar |
| 359. | He drags a leg when walking | Emāro an etetal. | māro |
| 360. | John didn't know what to say, being so embarrassed for James when he (James) fell down. | Jọọn eñak ta eo en ba kōn an mejko kake Jemej ke ear buñ. | mejko |
| 361. | When it is ripe, you bake it and it becomes liped (baked breadfruit) or jekaka (breadfruit chips). S12 | Ñe ej emmed, kwōj uṃwini im ewaḷọk liped ak jekaka. | memed |
| 362. | “Son, slow down; the water is almost gone,” Father said when he saw how fast I was breathing. P675 | “Nejū e, kadikdik bwe ej naaj maat wōt,” Jema eba ke ej lo aō menonoin kijdik. | menono |
| 363. | When we got outside, I looked over and noticed it was starting to get light in the east. P220 | Ke kōṃro Jema ej diwōj jān ṃweo, iḷak bōk meja im erre tak ḷọk ilo an jino memeramram rear. | meram |
| 364. | “It seems like when we were sailing east we could still see the lights on Kwajalein. P548 | Āinwōt joñan in adeañ meto tak jān āne jen kar lo wōt meramin Kwajleen. | meram |
| 365. | When the boat really got going, we were almost going faster than when we were using the engine. P852 | Ke ej lukkuun tōtōr, eitan ṃōkajin wōt an leinjin. | ṃōkaj |
| 366. | When the boat really got going, we were almost going faster than when we were using the engine. P852 | Ke ej lukkuun tōtōr, eitan ṃōkajin wōt an leinjin. | ṃōkaj |
| 367. | We put it under the sun, and when it is dry, wrap it in pandanus leaves. S12 | Jej kōjeek mokwaṇ eṇ, im ñe eṃōrā, limi na ilowaan maañ. | mokwaṇ |
| 368. | When I got there the Boatswain was holding and controlling him, and Father was trying to cool him down with a cool cloth on his forehead. P1161 | Iḷak baj tōpar ḷọk ijo ilo an Bojin eo dāpiji ak Jema ej kaṃḷoiki bōran. | ṃōḷo |
| 369. | When I saw the fish I felt that I had to catch them. | Eḷap aō ṃōṃ ke ij lo ek ko. | ṃōṃ |
| 370. | When I heard the Captain say this, I thought about it and was amused that Father was able to recognize the waves on the ocean side of Pikeej from the movement of the boat while the Captain says he needs to actually see them. P799 | Ke ikar roñ naan kein an Kapen eo, iḷōmṇak im bwilōñ bajjek ippa taunin an Jema maroñ kile ṇoin likin Pikeej jān ṃōṃakūtkūtin wa eo ak Kapen eo eba ej aikuj kar lo kōn mejān. | ṃōṃakūt |
| 371. | There are times when he gets rowdy. | Eor iien an ṃōṃōḷkaro (eṃṃōḷkaro). | ṃōṃaḷkaro |
| 372. | I felt a little better when I heard this. P846 | Ekar ṃoṃanḷọk jidik aō mour ke ij roñ men in. | ṃōṃan |
| 373. | When he's high he's always talkative. | Ñe ej kadek ekadik ṃōṃawiwi (eṃṃawiwi). | ṃōṃawi |
| 374. | That boy sounds like an adult when he speaks. | Ejjeḷọk wōt ṃōṃaoun (eṃṃaoun) an ḷadik ṇe kōnnaan. | ṃōṃawi |
| 375. | When I heard footsteps I thought you were calling my name. | Ke ij roñ ainikien ṃōṃōjānjānḷọk (eṃṃōjānjānḷọk), iba wōt kwōj eañiñin eō. | ṃōṃōjānjān |
| 376. | The only sound I could hear was the little bilge water splashing inside the boat when it moved and when it bumped up against the pier. P346 | Men eo ikar roñ ainikien de eo dān jidik eo ej kokolōblōb i lowaan wa eo ilo an ṃōṃakūtkūt im ṃōḷeiñiñ ke ej atartar i turin wab eo. | ṃōṃōḷeiñiñ |
| 377. | The only sound I could hear was the little bilge water splashing inside the boat when it moved and when it bumped up against the pier. P346 | Men eo ikar roñ ainikien de eo dān jidik eo ej kokolōblōb i lowaan wa eo ilo an ṃōṃakūtkūt im ṃōḷeiñiñ ke ej atartar i turin wab eo. | ṃōṃōḷeiñiñ |
| 378. | And when the storm calms down a bit and the wind is right, we can raise the sail. P737 | Im ñe eḷọk mowi ṇe im eṃṃan kōto, jelewūjḷā. | mowi |
| 379. | We could feel the ground quaking when the H-bomb was dropped at Bikini Atoll. | Kōm ar eñjake an ṃweiur laḷ ke ej wōtlọk baaṃ eo iPikinni. | ṃweiur |
| 380. | He was shaken by the recoil of the gun when he shot it. | Eṃweiur ke ej bu kōn bu eo. | ṃweiur |
| 381. | When will you go? | Kwōnaaj etal ñāāt | naaj |
| 382. | “How were we supposed to know when we would see land?” the Boatswain yelled over to him. P1233 | “Bwe ta jejeḷā ñāāt eo enaaj kar waḷọk āne,” Bojin eo ejiroñ ḷọk | naaj |
| 383. | When will the ship sail? | Ñāāt eṇ wa eṇ ej jerak? | ñāāt |
| 384. | “So when are you guys going to Likiep? P233 | “Ak koṃ naaj rọọl nāāt ñan Likiep? | ñāāt |
| 385. | “When did you come?” the chief asked. P229 | “Kwaar itok ñāāt?” irooj eo ekajjitōk. | ñāāt |
| 386. | Sometimes when they cook it they put things that are fragrant with it just so that it will smell good, and not musty. S18 | Jet iien ilo aer kōmatte rej likit wōt men ko rōñaj ie bwe en ennọ bwiin im jab ḷōḷ | ñaj |
| 387. | “I don’t know when we will see you again.” P218 | “Jeñak jenaaj bar lo koṃ ñāāt.” | ñak |
| 388. | Who'll feed us when we go make copra on that islet? | Wōn enaaj ṇakijed ṇa āneṇ ñe jenaaj kowainini? | ṇakijen |
| 389. | I used to swim in the salt-water pool that lies between Jenkā and Ḷōtoonke when I went with my parents to make copra at Jālukra wāto (on Emejwa Islet on Likiep). | Ijọ kōn tutu ilo naṃ eṇ ikōtaan Jenkā im Ḷōtoonke tōre ko kōmjel jinō im jema kar jokwe im kowainini ilo Jālukra. | naṃ |
| 390. | The flavor from its having been buried is like that of cheese when they make it. S28 | Nemān ilo an kallib, āinwōt bwiin jiij ñe rej kōṃṃane. | nām |
| 391. | He gets moody when he's drunk. | Enana taṃṃwin ñe ej kadek. | nana taṃṃwi- |
| 392. | When I got back to the boat, I asked him if he had seen Father. P49 | Ke ij bar tōprak ḷọk ioon wa eo, ikajjitōk ippān enañin lo ke Jema. | nañin |
| 393. | When everything was done and the sails were adjusted we started to move, making our way to Kwajalein. P1301 | Dedeḷọkin aolep men ak eṇatọọn wa eo im kōmmān jino bweradik ḷọk jān ijo ñan bōran aelōñ eṇ. | ṇatoon |
| 394. | When I have finished bathing I will eat. | Ñe eṃōj aō tutu inaaj ṃōñā | ñe |
| 395. | When he is talking, there goes the day. P40 | Ñe ej bwebwenato eiio raan. | ñe |
| 396. | He catches lots of fish when he goes fishing. | Eḷap an koṇkoṇ ḷeeṇ ñe ej eọñōd. | ñe |
| 397. | When everyone was done eating, I went over again and washed the dishes and cleaned up the eating area. P967 | Kōmmām kar dao im ḷak dedeḷọk, ibar jikrōk im karreoiki kōnnọ im jikin ṃōñā eo. | nenọ |
| 398. | I cut my hand on the line when the fish dove (down to break away). | Eṃwijṃwij peiū ilo eo eo ke ek eo ej ñijlọk | ñijlọk |
| 399. | The louse snapped when squashed | Enoññoḷọk kij eo. | noñ |
| 400. | My arm hurt when I got a shot. | Eṇṇōk peiū ke rej wāiki. | ṇōṇōk |
| 401. | “Can you pass me your clothes?” the Boatswain asked Father when he returned to the boat. P439 | “Kwōmaroñ ke jibwi waj nuknuk kā arro?” Bojin eo ekkōnono ḷọk ñan Jema ke ekar rọọl tok jān āne | nuknuk |
| 402. | Avoid crunching when you're eating. | Kwōn jab kañurñuri aṃ ṃōñā | ñūñurñur |
| 403. | I jumped when the door slammed. | Iilbōk kōn okkoḷọk in kōjām eo. | okkoḷọk |
| 404. | You have really changed from when I last saw you. | Ejjeḷọk wōt oktakūṃ jān ke iar lo eok. | oktak |
| 405. | When he rides a bicycle, he falls all over the place. | Eḷak baajkōḷ, eowoḷọkḷọk. | oḷọk |
| 406. | The way to make jāānkun from pandanus is, when it is ripe, to boil it or bake it. S12 | Wāween kōṃṃan jāānkun jān bōb eñin, ñe ej owat bōb, jej aintiini ak uṃwini. | owat |
| 407. | Since when have they been married? | Ñāāt eṇ erro ar pālele jāne? | pālele |
| 408. | When it rains and the moon is just appearing in the western sky we say it's due to moon phase in the western sky. | Pataan allōñ ṇa irilik. | pata |
| 409. | 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 |
| 410. | When you chew sugar cane you have to spit out the fibers. | Ñe kwōj ṃōñā tọ kwōj aikuj pejmām. | pejmām |
| 411. | When will we deliver the merchandise with the pick-up? | Jenaaj pekabi ḷọk ñāāt ṃweiuk kā? | pekab |
| 412. | When I got back up to the deck I heard the Captain laying out steering duties for the three of them for the night. P536 | Ke ij tōprak ḷọk ioon teek iroñ an Kapen eo kōppeḷaak ikijjien awaan jebwebwe ko aerjeel Jema im Bojin. | peḷaak |
| 413. | I was embarrassed when he did not call my name. | Ipelọk kōn an kar jab kūr eō. | pelọk |
| 414. | Make sure there is no metal next to it and secure it so it doesn’t fall when the ship rolls.P514 | Kab lale bwe en jejeḷọk māāl i turin im lukkuun kapene bwe en ḷak lelāle wa in en jab wōtlọk. | pen |
| 415. | He fouls often when playing | Ekadik pepetpet (eppetpet) an kukure (ikkure). | pet |
| 416. | When the birds flew out to sea, they blocked our view of it. | Eḷak pikmetoḷọk bao ko, jeban lo lọjet. | pikmeto |
| 417. | “It spilled from the engine when it was running and then flowed into and combined with the bilge water.” Father explained. P718 | “Ekar ippilpil jān injin ṇe ke ear jọ im tọọr waj ñan dān ṇe i lowa,” Jema ekōmḷeḷeik eō. | pil |
| 418. | When will the canoe get here (and lower sail)? | Enaaj potok ñāāt wa eo? | po |
| 419. | “Now it’s nighttime and we are just going to have to drift and heave to until tomorrow morning when there is enough light for us to see and use the sail. P797 | “Eboñ kiin innem kōjmān naaj ja peḷọk im iptu ñan ilju jibboñ bwe en raane mejād ñan ad jerake wūjḷā ṇe | raan |
| 420. | When it is “ready for a bottle,” that is the time to put a bottle on it. S19 | Eḷaññe eraane-bōkāān, kiiō eiien an kajokkor. | raane-bōkāān |
| 421. | It was really late when the folks got started for the airport, and they were late and missed the plane. It was noon before the folks started for the airport, and they were late for the plane and missed it (it left without them). | Elukkuun raelepe an armej ro jedeḷọk ñan erpoot eo im rōruṃwiji baḷuun eo im emootḷọk jān er. | raelep |
| 422. | I pitied him when I saw him laugh like that. | Ibūroṃōj kake ke ij lo an rereenak. | rereenak |
| 423. | He was almost overcome when he heard that his wife had left him. | Erōññaḷọk ke ej roñ ke rōjoḷọke. | rōññaḷọk |
| 424. | When are you (going) coming back? | Kwōj rọọl ñāāt | rọọl |
| 425. | When his diaper got wet, the child wailed. | Eḷak tutu kaḷ eo an, erraakak ajri eo. | rōraakak |
| 426. | He's always falling on his back when he plays. | Errotaktak ñe ej kukure (ikkure). | rotak |
| 427. | When we woke up the next morning a favorable wind was blowing. P1182 P1182 | Rujlọkin raan eo juon ebuñ juon kōto ṃōṃanṃōn | ruj |
| 428. | When we woke up the next morning a favorable wind was blowing. P1182 | Rujlọkin raan eo juon ebuñ juon kōto ṃōṃanṃōn | rujlọkin raan |
| 429. | “How were we supposed to know when we would see land?” the Boatswain yelled over to him. P1233 | “Bwe ta jejeḷā ñāāt eo enaaj kar waḷọk āne,” Bojin eo ejiroñ ḷọk | ta |
| 430. | “Father, here comes the rain,” I called down to him when I looked to the east. P758 | “Jema e, wōt ko kā tok,” iba laḷ ḷọk ñan e ke ij rōre tak ḷọk | tak |
| 431. | 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 |
| 432. | When there's a Navy ship in port, sailors are all over the place. | Ñe ej or waan Nepi, ettileñeñ jeḷa. | tileñeñ |
| 433. | 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 |
| 434. | “We can look until our eyeballs fall off before we see land,” the Boatswain said when he got down from the mast.” P919 | “Enaaj to timmejid ak jeban ellolo āne,” Bojin eo ekar ba ke ej ṃōj an to jān kaju eo. | timmej |
| 435. | When he ran I tripped him. | Ej ettōr wōt ak itipiji. | tipjek |
| 436. | Close the door for when he gets up he'll be crawling all over the place. | Kiil kōjām ṇe bwe ñe eruj enaaj tōtōbalbōl (ettōbalbōl). | tōbalbal |
| 437. | When Father saw me do this he called over to me. P815 | Jema elo aō kain eo im kōnono tok. | tok |
| 438. | That strip of reef has quite a few fish on it when the tide is low. | Eike ioon tōkā eṇ ñe ej pāāt. | tōkā |
| 439. | I don’t know how many minutes or even hours I had been doing that when I heard the sound of a truck on the pier. P349 | Ijaje jete minit ak awa tokālik, ak iroñ aininkien juon tūrak ioon wab eo. | tokālik |
| 440. | When they realized they wouldn’t accomplish anything with their talk, Father and the Boatswain didn’t say another word and instead just stayed where they were and waited for the Captain to tell them what to do. P905 | Kōnke erro kile ke ejej men eṇ erro naaj tokwōje ñe erro kōnono ṃaan ḷọk wōt, Jema im Bojin eo erro jab bar ba juon naan ak erro pād wōt im kōttar ta eo ebar ba erro en kōṃṃane. | tokwōj |
| 441. | Remember that the path may be short, but not when you drift off course.” P487 | Kememej bwe ekadu tōllọk in ak eaetok pelọk in.” | tōllọk |
| 442. | How can that be when you are equally short on funds? | Ewi wāween ke koṃwij tōḷọk likjab? | tōḷọk |
| 443. | When are you going to do maintenance on this boat? | Kwōnaaj tọọke ñāāt wa in? | tọọk |
| 444. | “When will we get there?” I asked Father. P1323 | “Kōjmān naaj tōpar ñāāt ijo,” ikajjitōk ippān Jema. | tōpar |
| 445. | When I asked her not to cry, she cried all the more. | Iḷak ba en jab jañ, tōrreo ej kab buuḷ im jañ. | tōrreo |
| 446. | When they found him he was hanging from the pandanus tree. | Rōḷak loe ej toto ilo bōb eo. | toto |
| 447. | When that is finished, wrap it in cloth and hang it up to dry. S20 | Elañe eṃōj, likit ilo nuknuk im totouki ṃae iien emōrā. | toto |
| 448. | I always dream (when I sleep) in this house. | Eḷap aō tōtṇakṇak (ettōṇakṇak) ṇai ṃwiin | tōtōṇak |
| 449. | Keep it under the sun, and when it is dry, wrap it in a bundle with pandanus leaves and tie it with sennit, and it is ready to eat. S12 | Kōjeke im ñe eṃōrā, tūrtūri ña ilo maañ im lukoj kōn ekkwal im epojak ñan ṃōñā | tūrtūr |
| 450. | The fish kept sizzling when it was cooked. | Ettiij ḷọk ek eo ke emat. | tūtiijij |
| 451. | I'd have been a goner if I hadn't moved when he hit me with the broad side of the canoe paddle. | Inaaj kar jako ñe iar jab ṃōkaj in iñtōk jān an ubatake eō kōn jebwe eo. | ubatak |
| 452. | These are the months when the wind fluctuates. | Eḷap an ukoktak kūtwōn allōñ kein. | ukoktak |
| 453. | She's looking after the old folks to repay them for looking after her when she was quite young. | Ledik eo ej ukōt bōkā ñan aḷap ro raar lale jān ke ear dik. | ukōt bōkā |
| 454. | He howled when I spanked him. | Ear uwaañañ ke ij deñḷọke. | uwaañañ |
| 455. | The bucket and can were rattling and making even more noise than the engine when it was running. P691 | Eḷak tōtōñtōñ bakōj eo im kuwat eo i lowa, rōkọuwaroñroñḷọk jān kar ainikien injin eo ke ekar jọ. | uwaroñ |
| 456. | When I woke up later, it was the next day and I was in the boat. P257 | Ke iaar ruj ālikin, raan eo juon im ij pād iwa eo. | wa |
| 457. | The boat went toward the island through the small channel to the south and when it entered the lagoon, Father and the other two men the sail and threw out the anchor. P1250 | Wa eo ewōnāne ḷọk i lowaan todik eo i turōkin ān eo im ḷak ṃwelọk i ar, Jema im ḷōṃaro rōpone wūjḷā eo im joḷọk añkō eo. | wāānāne |
| 458. | When he grows up he'll be able to crawl. | Ñe erūttoḷọk enaaj maroñ wāār. | wāār |
| 459. | “He was sitting up when I went up to get you,” I told Father when he looked at me. P1090 | “Ekar jijet ke ikar wanlōñ waj,” iba ñan Jema ke ej erre tok. | waj |
| 460. | “He was sitting up when I went up to get you,” I told Father when he looked at me. P1090 | “Ekar jijet ke ikar wanlōñ waj,” iba ñan Jema ke ej erre tok. | waj |
| 461. | When I saw there was only a little, I proceeded to make my way up. P1116 | Ḷak ke ej dik wōt, ijujen wanlōñ ḷọk | wan- |
| 462. | The procedure is for the field trip ship to go to all the islands of the Rālik, and when it is fully loaded and all food and trade goods are gone, it returns to Majuro, off-loading and on-loading, to finish the trip. S17 | Wāween rawūn, waan rawūn eṇ ej etal ñan aolep āne in Rālik, ñe ebooḷ kobban kab ñe emaat ṃōñā im ṃweiuk, erọọl ñan Majro, eakto in ektak, kaṃōjḷọk tūreep eṇ an. | wāwee- |
| 463. | Don't lisp when you talk. | Kwōn jab kọweejeje aṃ kōnnaan. | weejej |
| 464. | When he returned from America he talked with a lisp. | Eḷak rọọltok jān Amedka, eweejej an kōnnaan. | weejej |
| 465. | I almost started to panic but when I stuck my head out the door I saw Father and the other two men on the deck. P956 | Ijino tak tōn kar wiwijet ak men eo iḷak emmō ilo kōjām eo ilo Jema im ḷōṃaro ruo ijo ioon teek. | wiwijet |
| 466. | During a severe lack of cigarettes when smokers hankered for a smoke, my dad made me crawl under our house to search for cigarette butts because the island stores did not have cigarettes to sell. | Ilo añūr ḷapḷap eo jema ear ba in mọọn iuṃwin ṃweo iṃōm im kowōdānḷọk kijen bwe emaat jikka iṃōn wia ko. | wōdān |
| 467. | “When you two are done smoking we can set sail,” the Captain yelled up to them. P838 | Ñe emaat wōdān kaṇe kōmiro jerake,” Kapen eo ekkūr ṃaan ḷọk | wōdān |
| 468. | When I was young I used to sail toy hydroplanes every Saturday. | Ke iar dik, ikōn wūdādo aolep Jādede. | wūdādo |
| 469. | When I cut the chicken's head off, it writhed in pain. | Iḷak ṃwijit kōnwaan bao eo, ewūdikke. | wūdikke |
| 470. | When we husk coconuts to drink we leave some husk at the eyes. | Ñe jej dedeb (eddeb) ni jej wūlṃōd. | wūlṃōd |
| 471. | When I threw the scraps of food into the water, a bunch of little skip jacks and other tiny fish swam over and started to eat. P385 | Eḷak lutōk ḷọk ṃōttan ṃōñā ko i lọjet, ettōr tok ek jiddik kab kupkup ko itōrerein wa eo im wūnaaki. | wūnaak |