Category: A

preposition antap, antap long

• The cloud is above the mountain.
  Klaut i stap antap long maunten.

adverb

1. i no stap, goaut

• I’ll be away next week.
  Neks wik mi no inap stap, neks wik bai mi goaut.

2. to go away i go

• All the children ran away.
  Olgeta pikinini i ranawe i go.

3. (distance) longwe long hia

• The village is only two kilometres away.
  Ples i stap tu kilomita long hia tasol.
• How far away is it?
  Em i stap longwe long hia?
• not far away longwe liklik, i no longwe tumas
• I am far away from home.
  Mi stap longwe long ples.
• They stood a long way away.
  Ol i sanap longwe.
• You must stay away from…
  Yu mas stap longwe…; yu mas klia long…

4. to put something away putim long ples bilong ol

• I’ll just put my books away.
  Mi laik putim ol buk bilong mi long ples bilong ol.

5. to take away tekewe

• Six take away two is four.
  Sikis tekewe tu mekim foa.

6. take it away kisim i go, karim i go

7. to throw away tromoim i go

8. go away! klia!, raus!

noun autim pikinini long bel; rausim bel; kilim pikinini i stap long bel

adjective

1. nogut, nogut olgeta

• That is an awful thing.
  Em i samting nogut olgeta.

2. sik nogut

• I feel awful (ill).
  Mi sik nogut.

3. I feel awful about it. Bel i nogut long en.

4. an awful lot of planti tumas

• indefinite article

1. wanpela

• I found a book.
  Mi painim wanpela buk.
• They are building a bridge.
  Ol i wokim wanpela bris.
• A tin of fish.
  Wanpela tin pis.

2. not present as a word

• They are building a bridge.
  Ol i wokim bris.
• Ana is a woman.
  Ana em i meri.

adverb ovasis.

adjective

1. kranki

• an awkward person krankiman

2. hevi

• to be awkward han i hevi

verb lusim

• The man abandoned his family.
  Man i lusim famili bilong en.