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Naan Dictionary
- jekpen
- a pretense, a false excuse n.
- to make pretenses, to make false excuses v.
Sample Sentences (English)
Sample Sentences (Marshallese)
| Jesus clearly understood what many in our modern culture seem to forget: that there is a crucial difference between the commandment to forgive sin (which He had an infinite capacity to do) and the warning against condoning it (which He never ever did even once). Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints | Jisōs ekar lukkuun melele ta eo elōñ ilo laḷ in ad rainin rej meḷọkḷọk: bwe ewōr juōn oktak eḷap ikōtaan kakien eo ñan jeorḷok jerawiwi (eo ewōr ippān joñak ko ñan kōṃṃane) im keañ ko ṇae kōṃman jekpen ṇae (eo Ejjañin kar kōṃṃne juōn kattōn). Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints |
| Don’t make false excuses for not being in school. Marshallese-English Online Dictionary | Kwōn jab kōṃṃan jekpen kōn aṃ kar jab jikuuḷ. Marshallese-English Online Dictionary |
| He was always pretending to be sick so that he wouldn’t have to work. Marshallese-English Online Dictionary | Aolep iien ej jekpen im ba enañinmej bwe en jab jerbal. Marshallese-English Online Dictionary |
| And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused. Bible | Im er otemjej, būrueir wōt juon, rej jino aer jekpen. Eo ṃokta e ba ña I ar wiaik juon ṃōttan āne, im eṃṃan bwe in ilọk im lo e: ij kajjitōk ippaṃ bwe kwōn kōtḷọk eō. Bible |