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Most Common Tok Pisin Words
Tok Pisin
Essential Tok Pisin vocabulary with pronunciation guides. Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
Nouns
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| haus | house | haus |
| wara | water | WA-ra |
| bret | bread | bret |
| taim | time | taim |
| man/meri | person | man / ME-ri |
| de | day | de |
| rot | road / way | rot |
| wok | work | wok |
| mani | money | MA-ni |
| taun | city | taun |
| skul | school | skul |
| buk | book | buk |
| nem | name | nem |
| pikinini | child | pi-ki-NI-ni |
| pren | friend | pren |
| kaikai | food | KAI-kai |
| tok | language | tok |
| graun | earth / land | graun |
| han | hand | han |
| dok | dog | dok |
Verbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| stap | to be / stay | stap |
| go | to go | go |
| kam | to come | kam |
| toktok | to speak | TOK-tok |
| kaikai | to eat | KAI-kai |
| dringim | to drink | DRING-im |
| lukim | to see | LUK-im |
| save | to know | SA-ve |
| lakim | to want / like | LAK-im |
| givim | to give | GIV-im |
| kisim | to take / get | KIS-im |
| mekim | to do / make | MEK-im |
| tingim | to think | TING-im |
| sindaun | to live / sit | SIN-daun |
| ridim | to read | RID-im |
| raitim | to write | RAIT-im |
| wokim | to work | WOK-im |
| helpim | to help | HELP-im |
| painim | to find | PAIN-im |
| holim | to hold | HOL-im |
Adjectives
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| gutpela | good | GUT-pe-la |
| nogut | bad | NO-gut |
| bikpela | big | BIK-pe-la |
| liklik | small | LIK-lik |
| nupela | new | NU-pe-la |
| lapun | old | LA-pun |
| naispela | beautiful / nice | NAIS-pe-la |
| kwik | fast | kwik |
| isi isi | slow | I-si I-si |
| longpela | long / tall | LONG-pe-la |
| sotpela | short | SOT-pe-la |
| hat | warm / hot | hat |
| kol | cold | kol |
| strongpela | strong | STRONG-pe-la |
| isi | easy | I-si |
| hat | difficult | hat |
| bikpela samting | important | BIK-pe-la SAM-ting |
| insting | interesting | IN-sting |
| amamas | happy | a-MA-mas |
| dia | expensive | di-A |
Adverbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| nau | now | nau |
| tude | today | TU-de |
| tumoro | tomorrow | tu-MO-ro |
| asde | yesterday | AS-de |
| hia | here | hi-A |
| bihain | there / after | bi-HAIN |
| kwik | quickly | kwik |
| isi isi | slowly | I-si I-si |
| gutpela | well | GUT-pe-la |
| tumas | very / a lot | tu-MAS |
| tu | also / too | tu |
| nogat | no / not | NO-gat |
| yes | yes | yes |
| pinis | already | PI-nis |
| yet | still / yet | yet |
| tasol | only / just | TA-sol |
| tru | really | tru |
| planti | a lot | PLAN-ti |
| liklik | a little | LIK-lik |
| kwiktaim | immediately | KWIK-taim |