Vanātǭţi u’m vȯnd vanāǟmast jõvāgid vaņīm.
Grandfather was much older than grandmother.

Sīekõrd ta vȯ’ļ vȯndzi.
He was lucky this time.

Võrgõd attõ touvõ kä’dsõ vȯnnõd.
The nets were in the storm.

Või jõvāst vȯnstõ ä’bjõvā vȯn sǭņ u’m pitkā riek?
Is [it] a long road from good luck to bad luck?

Vȯnnõ vȯ’dlõb ne’iku valdõ kuo’igõ.
[One] waits for joy like a white ship.

Sa vȯņštõd, sa ūod vȯndzi.
You get lucky, you are happy.

Si’nnõn vȯņštõb, amādõn ä’b vȯņšt.
You are succeeding, everyone does not succeed.

Vȯņštiz jarā urgõ.
[He] managed to escape.

Se tīe vȯņštiz.
This job worked out.