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.
II - miI 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 |