Category: Tok Pisin to English

vocation

• Mi no gat vokeisen bilong kamap pater.
  I do not have the vocation to become a priest.

one; as when used in compound words such as wanpela (see following), nambawan the best; same; used as a prefix in words such as wanples, wantok, wanskin, wanskul etc.

‘white spot’ skin disease.

once (also wanwan de)

• Mi lukim em wande tasol.
  I only saw him once.

1. daily

2. now and then

• Em i no kam olgeta taim, wande wande tasol.
  He does not come here often, just once in a while.

1. to chase away

• rausim i go chase him out

2. to get rid of

• rausim bel to abort
• rausim bol (get out ball) to castrate
• rausim kus long nus (get out cough (prep) nose) to blow one’s nose
• Ol i rausim tel bilong liklik dok.
  They cut the puppy’s tail off.

3. to remove

• rausim nem long buk (get out name (prep) book) to remove one’s name
  from the list
• Rausim nem bilong em long buk.
  Remove his name from the book.

phone

• Tasol tude em i ken lukim akaun bilong em wantaim mobail fon.
  Today, she can access her account through a mobile phone.