Tok Pisin phrasebook
旅遊會話手冊
Tok Pisin (or Pidgin) is spoken in Papua New Guinea, and is closely related to Pijin blong Solomon (Solomon Islands), Bislama (Vanuatu), and Ailan Tok (Torres Strait); these Bislamic languages are descended from a pidgin which formed in the early 1800s. The vocabulary is 5/6 Indo-European (mostly English, some German, Portuguese, and Latin), 1/7 Malayo-Polynesian, and the rest Trans-New-Guinea and other languages. The grammar is creolized and unlike those of the source languages.
Pronunciation Guide
Vowels a like father e like set or name i like hit or machine o like squawk, fork, or home u like soup
Consonants b like bed d like dog f like fun or a bilabial fricative; often interchangeable with "p" g like go h like help j like judge; only word-initial k like keep l like love m like mother n like nice p like pig; often interchangeable with "f" r trill or flap s like sue or zoo t like top v like five w like weigh y like yes
Common diphthongs ai like time (taim), trying (traim), or offering (without the "r") (ofaim), depending on the word au like cow
Phrase list
Basics Hello. Gude. (goo-DAY) Hello. (informal) Hi. Hai. (HIGH) How are you? Yu stap gut? (yoo stahp goot?) Fine, thank you. Mi stap gut. (mee stahp goot) What is your name? Husat nem bilong yu? (HOO-zaht naym bee-LONG yoo?) My name is ______ . Nem bilong mi emi ______ . (naym bee-LONG mee em ee _____ .) Nice to meet you. Gutpela long bungim yu. (GOOT-peh-lah long BOONG-im YOO) Please. Plis. (plees) Thank you. Tenkyu. (TENK-yoo) You're welcome. Nogat samting. (NO-gaht sahm-ting) Yes. Yes. (YESS) No. Nogat. (noh-GAHT) Excuse me. (getting attention) Skius. (skyooz) Excuse me. (begging pardon) Skius. (skyooz) I'm [very] sorry. Mi sori [tumas]. (mee SOH-ree [too-MAHS]) Goodbye Gutbai. (GOOT-bigh.) Goodbye (informal) Lukim yu bihain. (LOO-keem yoo bee-HIGHN) I can't speak tok Pisin [well]. Mi no save [gut] long Tok Pisin. (mee noh SAH-vay [goot] long tohk PIH-zin) Do you speak English? Yu save long tok Inglis, a? (yoo SAH-veh long tohk ING-glis ah?) Is there someone here who speaks English? Husat i save long tok Inglis? (hoo-ZAHT ee SAH-veh long tohk ING-glis?) Help! Help! (HEHLP!) Good morning. Moning/Moning tru/Moning nau (MOHN-ing/MOHN-ing troo/MOHN-ing now) Good night. Gut nait. (guhd NIGHT) Good night (to sleep) Gut nait. (good NIGHT) I don't understand. Mi no harim tok bilong yu. (mee noh HAH-reem tawk bee-LONG yoo) Enough of all this talking! Maski long planti toktok! (MAHS-kee long PLAHN-tee TOHK-tohk!) Where is the toilet? Smolhaus i stap we? (SMOLL-hows ee stahp WEH?)
Problems Leave me alone. Larim mi. (lah-rim mee) Don't touch me! Noken holim mi! (no-kehn hole-im mee) I'll call the police. Mi bai singautim polis. (mee buy sing-out-im pole-ees) Police! Polis! (Pole-ees!) Stop! Thief! Holim! Raskol! (hole-im! rahs-kohl) I need your help. Mi nidim halivim bilong yu. (mee nee-dim hah-lee-vim bee-long yoo) It's an emergency. Dispela em wanpela imegensi. (dis-pela em one-pela ee-meh-jen-see) I'm lost. Mi no inap painim rot bilong mi. (mee no ee-nahp phai-nim rote bee-long mee) I lost my bag. Mi lusim bek/bilum bilong mi. (mee loo-sim bek/bee-loom bee-long mee) I lost my wallet. Mi lusim hanpaus bilong mi. (mee loo-sim hahn-pows bee-long mee) I'm sick. Mi pi
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