Pidgin Flashcards
PILIKIA
“Da guys dat go all out fo make money, Dey make PILIKIA fo dea ohana.” - smart guys 15:27
Trouble
KULEANA
“He tell, “How come you wen look fo me? You neva know I gotta do my Faddah KULEANA?” - Luke 2:49
Responsibility
HUHU
God tell Jonah, “So! You tink dass good you stay HUHU cuz da plant gone awready?!” - Jonah 4:9
Mad
HEMO
“Soon God goin hemo all da tings dat make us suffa” - Isaiah 65:17
Take Off
AKAMAI
Da AKAMAI peopo, dey tink firs bout wat day goin do. - Smart Guys 14:15
Smart
AKS
Aks Jehovah fo help
Ask
ALII
Az why today, da alii wahines from Persia an Media dat stay hear awready wat da queen wen do, dey goin talk to all da alii guys lidat too. Dey no goin show respeck, an dey goin make argue. - Esther 1:18
Noble/Royalty
Amp Out
Excited
Aloha
Hello/Goodbye/Love
Aloha Kakahiaka
Good Morning
ANYKINE
“No make anykine”
Donʻt be crazy. Donʻt do naughty things.
AUTOMATIC
For sure. Similar to “garrans”
BAG OUT
Dass why God peopo BAG OUT from God fo lissen dem, Dey God peopo but dey like hear eryting da bad guys tell, jalike dey tanking watta. - Songs 73:10
“I knew Jehovah wouldn’t BAG from me, but I wen wonda if my friendship wit him would eva be da same, o if I could do plenny fo him again.” - WT Trust in Jehovah, Jalike Samson Septemba 2023
Leave Quickly; Abandon
NA AU
Guts
Kala / Corta
Money
MAKULE
Da king was one young guy, But you wen make um Come makule real fas. You wen make him come all shame. -Songs 89:45
Old Man
NIELE
Den dey come lazy. Dey go holoholo from one house to anodda. Dey lazy, an dey like talk stink bout erybody an dey NIELE bout odda peopo stuffs. Dey talk about stuff dey not suppose to do. - 1 Timoty 5:13
Nosey
PUUWAI
Heart
PALAPALA
Paper
HAUOLE
Happy
KOKUA
Real fas, you goin come broke, jalike one steala guy wen come rip you off. You goin need kokua, but nobody goin come kokua you - Smart Guys 24:34
Help
PAINA
Get Together
MAIKAʻI
Good, Fine
MOMONA
An dose buggahs dat befo time get plenny food an come real MOMONA, now dey gotta bus ass fo find stuff fo eat. - 1 Samuel 2:5
Fat
AOLE
No
PUPULE
So den he ack jalike he PUPULE weneva dey see him. All da time he stay dea, he ack PUPULE kine. He scratch up da doors a da town gate, an let spit run down his beard. - 1 Samuel 21:13
Crazy
BORROT
Show Off
HAPAI
Abram an Hagar sleep togedda, an she come HAPAI. But wen she know she HAPAI, she make jalike she mo betta den Sarai, da lady she work fo. - Start 16:4
Pregnant
POHO
I tink, “POHO, eryting I wen work fo unda da sun. Cuz I gotta leave um fo da guy dat goin come afta me. - Teacha 2:18
Too Bad, S O L
BABOOZE
Dummy
Beef
Jesus know what dey tink. He tell um, “Da country dat beef each odda, dey ony bus up dea country. Da town o da ohana dat beef each odda, no can stay strong. - Matthew 12:25
Fight/Warfare
BESTES
Inside, I feel jalike I get eryting I like, Jalike wen I eat da bestes kine grinds. I goin yell cuz I feel good an tell erybody dat you da bestes! - Songs 63:5
Best
BOMBUCHA
Big/Large; especially beer
BOROS
Fo all dose forty year yoa clotheses neva come boros, an yoa feets neva swell up. - Rules Secon Time 8:4
Worn Out
BUCKALOSE
Go Crazy
BULAI
Da judges gotta aks plenny question an check out eryting real good fo find out if da guy stay bulai. If da guy bulai bout his braddah den you guys gotta make to da bulaia guy jalike how he wen make to his braddah. - Rules Secon Time 19:18,19
Lie 🤥
BUMBYE
Same ting, no go yoa fren house too much. Cuz bumbye he goin hate you. - Smart Guys 25:17
Later/Eventually/Future
CALABOOSE
Prison
CALABASH COUSIN
Extended Family. Close friend thats like family
CAN
Jesus tell, “You donno wat you stay tell. You figga you guys can suffa jalike I goin suffa?” Dey tell, “Yeah, CAN handle.” - Matthew 20:22
Yes I can do that; Affirmative 👍🏼
CHOKE
You know how far da earth to da sky? Dass how plenny love an aloha God get fo us guys, fo stay wit da peopo dat get CHOKE respeck fo him! - Songs 103:11
A Lot
CHOICE
Good Stuff; Grade A
Cut Skin
If you CUT SKIN, no matta. If you neva CUT SKIN, no matta. Dass same ting. Main ting us guys do wat God tell us fo do. - 1 Corint 7:19
Circumcise
DA KINE
Den God tell, “I like da land get all diffren kine plants! DA KINE plants dat get seed, an DA KINE trees dat get fruits wit da seed inside, eryting!” An dass wat God do. - Start 1:11
That Kind; Whatsit; whatchamacallit; da kine is general in usage and could refer to anything, any being, object or concept. You can use it anywhere, anytime, anyhow. The word you use when you don’t know the word to use.
DUCK SOUP
“Maybe you feel like one guy who used to run fas but now he limp cuz he went get hurt. You get hard time for do da tings dat used to be duck soup.” -WT JANUARY 2024 PAGE 23 PARAGRAPH 10
Easy
FUTLESS
Lissen up and do someting! Get stuff dat bodda me plenny. Az why I no can res. I stay all futless - Songs 55:2
Frustrated
GARRANS
Guaranteed
GRIND
“Wen one guy dat like get eryting, tell you fo come his place fo GRIND, no go pig out all da fancy kine stuff he put in front you.” -Smart Guys 23:6
Esau tell Jacob, “Eh braddah, give me some a dat red stuff fo grind, cuz I real hungry.” -Start 25:30
Eat a lot; See Kanak Attack
GEEV UM
Wateva work you get, GEEV UM wit all yoa powa! Cuz inside da Mahke People Place wea you going, no can work, no can make plan, no can know stuff o know wat fo do erytime. -Teacha 9:10
Go for it!
GUNFUNNIT
Exasperated
HABOOT
Resentment; Mad; Angry; Grumpy; Bad Mood
HAU’OLI
“We so hau’oli you should us da truth.” - Song 7 Jehovah, Oua Pohaku
Joy; Happy