Tok Pisin Flashcards
Yu olrait?
You alright?
Yu gudpla?
You good?
Yu wokem wanem? Yu mekem wanem?
What are you doing, what are you making
Inap mi kisim wara? Kaikai, pensil, pepa
Can I have a water? Food, pencil, paper
Kisim wara blo yu?
You get your water?
Wanem Xmas blo yu? Yu gat hamas Xmas blo yu?
How old are you?
Mi gat 5 pla ten krismas
Krismas blo mi 5 pla ten
4 pla ten eit
I’m 50
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Yu go long we?
Where are you going?
Mi go kaikai long rum
Mi go belo/liklik kaikai
Mi go kaikai long moning
Kaikai long belo
I’m going to eat in the room
I’m going for lunch
I’m going for breakfast
Dinner
Mi go lukim pren/wontok/poroman blo mi
I’m going to visit my mate/friend
Mi no makim wan pla sumting
Mi stap tasol
I’m not doing anything
Yu stap gud?
You all good
Ples blo yu we?
Where are you from?
Ples blo mi NZ
I’m from NZ
Mi save yusim pone blo yu?
Inap mi yusim pone blo yu?
Can I use your phone
Mi lusim wallet blo mi. Basket/bilum
I lost my wallet, bag
Mi siki
I’m sick
Yu save helpem mi?
Can you help me?
Bai mi kalim MS/DF Curt etc
I’ll call MS etc
Mi no understandim/ mi no save / mi no gettim
I don’t understand
Gudnait, bai mi go fo slep
Night I’m going to sleep
Mi no save gud long tok pisin
I don’t understand pijin well
Gud pla long bungim yu
Nice to meet you
Nogat sumting
You’re welcome
Mi sori tumas
Very Sorry
Mi no harim tok blo yu
I don’t understand what you are saying
Maski long planti toktok
Enough talking
Smolhaus stap long we?
Where’s the toilet?
Mi nidim dokta
I need a doctor
Noon
Belo
Kilok
O’clock
Biknait
Midnight
Wan kilok long biknait
1am
Wik go pinis
Last week
Apinum
Afternoon
Kisim gud pla de
Have a good day
Yu inap soim mi…….
Can you show me
Tanim long lephan
Turn left
Tanim long raithan
Turn right
Noht, saut, ees, Wes,
North south east west
Pastaim
First
Wanem taim bai yumi kaikai moning?
What time are you and me having breakfast this morning?
Kaikai long nait
Supper
Mi tambu long kaikai bulmakau
I don’t eat beef
Mi laikim kakaruk
I like chicken
Sipsip
Sheep
Lek blo pik
Ham
Susu
Milk
Kiau
Egg
Kumu
Fresh vegies
Nu pla / prut
Fruit
Swit moli
Orange
Moli
Lemon
Mi laikim wan pla kap kofi
I’d like a cup of coffee
Mi laikim wan pla ~ salt, bata, bia
I’d like some salt, butter, beer
Mi kaikai pinis
I’m finished eating
Kaikai em swit no gud tru
It was delicious
Lolli wara
Coke
Hamas long displa?
How much is this?
Mi no laikim tumas
I’m not interested
Sop, sop blo garas, sop blo tit
Soap, shampoo, toothpaste
Mi no wokim wan pla samting rong
I havent done one thing wrong
Em wanem
What is this?
Yu go we?
Where are you going?
Em husat?
Who’s that?
Bai mi kum bihain
I’ll come later
Bai mi kam pass
I’ll go in front of you
Nao em Mande
Today is Monday
Em planti tumas
It’s plenty
Planti manmeri
Plenty people
Mi sanup, sidaun
I’m standing , sit down
Aninit
Underneath
Bihain 6 pla mon
In 6 months time
Pone blo yu stap aninit long table
Your phone is under the table
Yu toktok wantaim pikinini blo yu tu
You spoke to your kids
Dis pla hamas
How much for this?
Pikinini blo yu stap olrait?
Your kids all good?
Wanem taim yumi lusim Angore?
What time are we leaving angore
Yu gat sampla brata na susa?
You got some brothers and sisters?
O nogat
Or not
Maski
Doesn’t matter
Diwai
Tree
Bai mi kum bak
I’ll come back
Wan kain
Same
Tupla wan kain
To of The same
Dok blo husat stap aninit long Haus blo yu pla
Who’s dog is under your house
Mi laik givim displa long em…tasol em no kisim
I want to give this to him but he won’t take it
Em laik slip tasol
He likes to sleep
Yu kam asde o nao ?
Did you come yesterday or today?
Dai pinis
To die
Yu mas stap long Haus sik inap tumora
You must stay at hospital until tomorrow
Gud pla moning
Good morning
Naispla
Beautiful
Longpla moa
Taller
Sotpla moa
Shorter
Liklik moa
Smaller
Em katim stap tude
He’s cutting today
Em i mas ridim wan pla buk nau
He must read one book today
Mani
Money
Jon ken wok
Jon mas wok
Jon inap wok
Jon laik wok
Jon save wok
Jon wok pinis
Jon can (desired) work
Jon must (obligated) work
Jon is able to work
Jon likes to work
Jon knows (habitual) work
Jon finished work
Mi bin lukim wan pla man
I saw a man
Mi bin lukim ol man
I saw men
Mi Kat
Mi giv
Mi rit
I cut
I give
I write
Mi katim frut
Mi givim mani
Mi ritim buk
I cut fruit
I give money
I read books
Yu ting wanem?
What do you think?
Hamamas
Enjoy
Mamapapa
Parents
Em i save stap neispla olgeta taim
She is always beautiful
Mi bin go long maket asde
I went to the market yesterday
Yu bin wokim wanem asde?
What did you do yesterday ?
Yu save wokim Wanem olgeta de
What do you do everyday?
Bai yu wokim Wanem tumora?
What are you doing tomorrow?
David I wokim Wanem nau?
What’s David doing now?
Wanem samting bai kamap tumora?
What will happen tomorrow?
Bagarapim
To ruin
Goapim
To climb
Pairapim
To explode
Pulapim
To fill
Lokim
To lock
Hivapim
To lift
Hariapim
To hurry
Pulimapim
To pour
Driman long samting
Dream about something
Yu bihainim mi
You follow me
Bekim
To return
Luksave
To recognise
Pilai
To play
Yu abrusim em
You avoid him
Wasim
To watch
Yu Tok long em
You Tell him
Bosim
To supervise
Wetim
To await
Em bin lap long em yet
He laughed at himself
Em yet
Him herself
Em husat?
Who’s that?
Wanem hia?
What’s this?
Wanem wok blo Mary?
What work does Mary do?
Em Kar blo husat?
Who’s is the car
Displa bal blo husat?
Who owns the ball?
Yu stap we tasol nau?
Where have you been just now?
Ol pikinini blo yu we?
Where are all your children?
Bai yumi stap we tude long apinun?
Where are we going this afternoon?
Goroka I bik pla?
Is goroka big?
Ol visita no bin kam tude?
The visitors didn’t come today?
Mi stap hia 5 pla wek pinis tasol mi no save long Tok pisin
I’ve been here 5 weeks but I don’t speak Pijin yet
Yu giamanim mi
You’re lying to me
Yu pinisim Haus?
You finished the house?
Mi singautim yu
I’ll call you?
Rausim
To remove
Maski
Never mind
Mi go nating
I’m going with nothing
Larim displa pikinini holim buk
Let the child hold the book
Em Tokim mi! ‘Nogat yu tokim em olsem’
He said to me ‘ don’t speak to him in this way’
Lapun meri o man
Old woman or man
Lapun meri o man
Old woman or man
Dis pla de em kul tumas
Today is cold
Ples em kul
This place is cold
Ples em hat
This place is hot
Hottim wara
Boil the water
Walkabot I go
Walking away
Walkabot I kam
Walking towards
Mi pispis
I’m urinating
Mi pelim toilet
I feel like going to the toilet
Mi rausim wara
I need a piss
Banis
Fence
Haus lotu
Church
Ples Matmat
Cemetery
Maus gras
Moustache
Het gras
Head of hair
Maus gras man
Bearded man
Buai
Betel nut
Kambang
Lime
Dakka
Mustard
Pekpek
Shit
Wara tight
Flooding
Bikpla ren puldaun long morning nao
Lots of rain fell this morning
Mi les
I’m tired
Pasim Maus
Shut your mouth
Yu save laikim country n western?
You like country and western?
Bihain wek
Next week
Lustintin
Forget
Mi givim pinis
I’ve given it
Yu lusem hat blo yu?
You lost your hat?
Namel
Middle
Tam blo
Down below
Antap
Up/on top
Em go pinis
He/shes gone
Mi pla lusem HGCP
We’ve leaving HGCP
Mi pla kam pinis HGCP
We have arrived at HGCP
Mi wearim shirt blo mi
I’m wearing my shirt
Planim
Plant
Ol man blo bipo
Ancestors
Balus I Pundaun
Landed
Displa wara hot tru
This water is very hot
Hamas kain diwai stap klostu long Ples blo yu?
How many types of tree are there near your village?
Papa blo mi stap yet long ples
My father is still at the village
Long wanem?
For what?
Inap yu tokim mi gen?
Can you tell me again?
No kan wari
Don’t mention it
Gudpla
Great
Inap mi helpim yu?
Can I help you?
Yu Lukim wanem?
What are you looking at?
Yu baim wanem?
What are you buying?
David i man blo NZ
David is a man from Nz
Yu save long tok ples blo hia?
You understand the local language?
Yu save long displa hap?
Do you know this ples?
Yangpla man - meri
Young man girl
Ples nogud
Bad place
Sait lo rot
Side road
Bai mi bungim yu long WPC ah?
I’ll meet you at WPC later ah?
Blut i kamap
Bleed
Kamapim mani
Raise money
Kamapim
Improve/develop
Haus pamuk
Brothel
Pamuk
Prostitute
Blo Wanem?
Why
Belhat
Angry
Mi laik wok oltaim long AirNZ
I’d like to work for Air NZ forever
Ating
I suppose, probably
Salim
Send
Bihain long hamas wek bai yu kam buk gen?
After how many weeks will you come back again?
Stret pla
Correct
Kamap
Arrive/come up/appear
Pikinini blo mi winim skul
My child passed school
Kranki
Wrong
Em no wokim stret, em wokim kranki
He didn’t make it correctly he made it incorrectly
Bipo bikpla ren kam, bikpla win kamap
Before the big rain, a big wind came
Dis pla wok olrait
This work is ok
Mi lusim naip blo mi long bus, na mi laik painam em
I lost my knife in the jungle and I want to find it
Olsem wanem
How?
Yu pla wokim dis pla kain spia olsem Wanem?
How do you make this kind of arrow?
Skulim
To Teach
Nu pla
New
lukautim
To watch or care for
Long taim san kamap, em no hat tumas
When the sun comes up it’s not very hot
Displa meri painim wok, em save wasim clos tasol
This woman is looking for work, she only knows how to wash clothes
Taim blo ren
Rainy season
Taim blo san
Dry season
Olpla
Old
Planti lapun man meri stap long Ples blo yu, o nogat?
Are there many old people in your village or not?
San hat pla tru na kukim skin blo mi
The suns very hot and it’s burning my skin
Putin planti kaikai long dis blo mi
Put plenty of food on my dish
Long Wanem/bikos
Because
Mi laik go tasol em laik stap hia
I want to go but he wants to stay here
Tudak
Darkness or night
olgeta ren pinis na san lait
All the rains finished and the sun is shining
Sampla ol no laik wokabaut long tudak
Some ppl don’t like to walk at night
Tulait
Daylight
em go wantaim mi
He is going with me
bikhet
Stubborn or disobedient
Wasim displa laplap, em doti tumas
Wash the cloths it’s very dirty
Ol go pinis long wewak long sip?
They went to wewak by ship
Haptumoro
Day after tomorrow
2 pla wek go pinis
2 weeks ago