Pidgin English as spoken in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. This list compiled by Terry D. Barhorst and Sylvia O'Dell-Barhorst and obtained from their web-site.


Pidgin English Dictionary

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I

I - mi
I alone - mi wanpela
I myself - mi yet
I think (so) - ating
ice - ais
iceblock - aisblok
ice chest, refrigerator - bokis ais
ice-cream - aiskrim
if - sapos
ill - sik
illegitimate child - pikinini bilong rot
ill-will - pasin birua
imitate - bihainim
immediately - stret nau
important - i bikpela samting
impossible - i hat moa
imprison - kalabusim
improve - kamapim
in - insait long
increase (price) - antapim
independence - independens
indigenous person - kanaka
industrious person - man bilong wok
information - toksave
injection - sut
injure - kilim
in-laws - tambu
inner tube - gumi
in order to - bilong
insect - binatang
inside - insait
inside of - insait long
instead of - long halivim
insult - nogutim, tok nogutim
interesting - i laikim tru
interfere - paulim
interpreter - man i tanim tok ples
interrupt - katim tok
interviewer - intaviua
intestines - liva
in the middle of - namel long
iron - ain; ainim, ainim klos
is - stap
island - ailan
isn't it? - laka?
it - em
it would be better if - mobeta sapos


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