| Ni-garei eo pe u-le re!I forbid you from going there! |
| Temabete me mawene, li-garei pe daviñevi li-te ene.Women are forbidden from sitting on mats or semi-mats. |
| Gea dapa, uña tieli ete.Your uncles are your mother's siblings. |
| Ai’ iape gi’ one.His father is my uncle. |
| da gi’ iapedyad[lit. both his uncle] an uncle–nephew pair |
| Gi’ one, tieli et’ one mwalkote; nga tae, ini men’ ie tili’ one emele.My ‘gea’ is either my mother’s brother [uncle], or the son of my sister [nephew]. |
| U-katau anoko u-vene u-le amjaka, u-vagasi pongo gilita.Follow the path upwards a little bit, and you'll reach the top of the hill. |
| Laperus i-te ne gilita apilaka te’ mo’ ie teliki re.Lapérouse was standing on the small hill close to the chief's house over there. |
| Ni-tabulu voko i-abu i-le ne gilita.I rolled a rock down into the valley. |
| Ni-lengi mama gita.I can hear the sound of a guitar. |
| Li-abu ukalele ka gita.They play the ukulele and the guitar. |