Some Papua New Guinea pidgin words and phrases

a reply to: Cloudbuster
Well you write English quite well. I wouldn't have known.

a reply to: stargatetravels
I got a chuckle out of that one too. Being the weirdo that I am, I was asking some off the wall ones. She's a good sport.

a reply to: TNMockingbird

I think it is very sweet of you to take an interest in her native tongue and learn it so that, if I recall correctly, you may ask her Father's permission to marry...properly...

Thank you. Yeah, I want to do things right by her and her people. I want them to know I'll take care of her and everything. I figured that learning pidgin so we could talk would be a big first step.

a reply to: Skid Mark

No my English is good is great I was partly joking. But there are some words that I automatically say in my husband's language instead of the English version even when speaking to someone else. I did try to learn Spanish once and am amazed at what I can remember. A lot of the words I know in indonesian bahasa and Java are because they are one or two letters different than the Maori word for the same thing.

a reply to: Skid Mark
Here are some more phrases I've been taught:

Sweetest heart, thoughts of you drive me so crazy I forget to eat all because of you:
Lewa, mi sa tingm you tasol na head blo mi sa go lonlon natin, mi sa lusim kaikai lo you tosal

I'm so happy for (because) of you:
Mi hamamas lo you

That's it, you said it:
Em tozal yah! You tok pinis

I love you with all my heart:
Mi lovim you stret lo heart blo mi
or Mi lovim you lewa stret lo lewa blo mi

Good morning to you:
Gudmorning lo you

You are a handsome man:
You nicepla reza man stret

You're a pretty woman:
You nicepla reza meri stret

Water:
Wara

I love my wife:
Mi lovim meri blo mi

I want to hug you:
Mi like holimpasim you

It's okay:
Em olrite

Don't worry or don't bother:
Nox bisi em olrite

You're the best:
You best

There is no other like you or there is no one the same as you:
You boss blo heart blo mi
Nogad narapla wankian oslem you

Honestly, I need you right now:
Honest please mi needim you now yet

Sad:
Worry

Laugh:
Laugh

I'm hungry:
MI hungry

Cry:
Cry

Need:
Need

Sit:
Sit

Stand:
Sanap

Are you alright?:
You all right ah?

I miss you:
I miss you

I love your daughter:
Mi lovim pikinini girl blo you

I love you, my sweet heart:
Mi lovim you lewa blo mi

I will live with you forever:
Mi bai stap blo mi

I will die with you:
Mi bai die with you

I like your face:
Mi like lookim face blo you

Oh:
Ayo

I'm happy:
Mi hamamas

You're cool:
You best yah! For females it's you besta yah!

I like looking at your face:
Mi like lukluk lo face blo you or Mi sa like lookim face blo you

Bird:
Pisin (also used for penis)

I had to go pee:
Mi go pispis yah!

Breakfast:
Morning kaikai (note: on a lot of phrases eat (kaikai) is also used for love. The reasoning is that just like eating, we can't survive without love)

Can I marry your daughter?:
Mi like maretim pikinini meri blo you

You are my everything:
You em olgeta samtim blo

I know:
Mi save

I don't know:
Mino save

No:
Don't

Sit down:
Sitdaun

I'm sorry:
Mi sorry

I'm sorry for disturbing you:
Mi sorry lo disturbim you

She is my everything:
Em olgeta samtin blo

You got it:
Em tosal

You are amazing:
You no meri yah honest ( when addressing a man, replace meri (woman) with man

I am at a loss for words, you are in control:
Ayo hard lo toktok, you boss tumas

Your daughter is amazing:
Pikinini meri yah no meri honest

My biggest hello falls from the tips of your hair down to the tips of your toes:
Traipla hello blo me pundaun antap lo head grass blo em down lo tupla finger leg blo em

In-law:
Tambu

You are my baby:
You em baby blo mi stret or You baby blo mi

For:
Blo

Cricket:
Kanki

Dude:
Kak

Cool:
Skel

Boy:
Mangi

I dream of you:
Mi driman lo you

I need you:
Mi needim you

I ache for you:
Mi pilim pen lo you

I'm falling in love with you:
Mi die lo you

Kiss:
Kiss or kaiks mouth

Sleep:
Sleep or slip

Why not?:
Why bai no gad

So. ...I just watched my first two episodes of Portlandia.....coincidence?

Hmmmm....prolly flashbacks.....

a reply to: Skid Mark

Interesting the Maori word for food is kai, I wonder what other words other similar. For instance what is the pidgin words for bird, fish, fire, eyes. Maybe not pidgin maybe in your wife to be native language.

a reply to: Enderdog
I have no clue. I've never watched it.

a reply to: Cloudbuster
I know that pisin is bird. I don't know the others yet.

Once I'm fluent in pidgin I want to learn her mother tongue, as she calls it.

I haven't been here in a while. I thought I'd pop in and update the thread with more words I've learned. Enjoy!

That's it! Love you like crazy
Em tosil! Laikim you nantin tru

Good, real, pure:
Truave

Knees:
Niece

Go quickly before you wet your pants:
Okay go pispis ariap nogud you wetm pants

I am falling in love with oyu
Mi die lo you

That's it for now. I know it's not much but I'll be stopping back soon. Take care!