Informal Writing Styles of Tok Pisin Part 6
Tuhat tuhat Hatwok man Taitim bun taitim bun Tuhat tuhat Hatwok meri Brukim bun brukim bun Tuhat tuhat Hatwok pikinini Brukim het brukim...
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Deborah Salle
Sep 8, 20231 min read
Mi Sekim Mi Yet, Mi Glasim Gut
Mi sekim mi yet, mi glasim gut. A Tok Pisin poem with the theme of 'introspection'.
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Deborah Salle
Sep 2, 20231 min read
Wok long Satade
Wok long Satade Wok long bet Nogat waswas Nogat brekfas Em 10 kilok Praim rais bilong aste Wok long Satade Wok long bet Opim windua Win i...
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Deborah Salle
Aug 25, 20231 min read
Amamas bilong tisa
Gutpela sumatin. Gutpela tru. Taim yu toktok gut. Tisa i amamas! Gutpela sumatin. Yu wokhat tru. Taim yu kamapim nupela sentens. Tisa i...
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Deborah Salle
Aug 25, 20231 min read
Longwe Longwe
Longwe, longwe. I no klostu. Hait, hait. I no ples klia. Hot na kol. I no wankain. Pret, pret. I no strong. Giaman, giaman. I no tru....
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Deborah Salle
Mar 28, 20231 min read
Hones Politisen (Honest Politician)
I promis. (Promising.) I mekim. (Fulfilling the promise.) I promis. (Promising.) I mekim. (Fulfilling the promise.) Olsem papa bilong...
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Deborah Salle
Mar 28, 20231 min read
Hatwok Man (Hardworking Person)
I wok long san. (Working during the day) I wok long nait. (Working during the night) I wok long san. (Working when the sun is shining) I...
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Deborah Salle
Mar 28, 20231 min read
Giaman Politisen (Lying Politician)
I promis, (promising) I senis. (changing) I promis, (promising) I senis. (changing) Olsem man paul man, i tok gris tasol long kisim skel....
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Deborah Salle
Mar 28, 20231 min read
Les Man (Lazy Person)
I kaikai, (eating) I slip, (sleeping) I kaikai, (eating) I slip. (sleeping) Olsem king. (Like a king) Olsem bos i gat planti wokmanmeri....
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Deborah Salle
Oct 15, 20211 min read
Informal Writing Styles of Tok Pisin Part 3
Two other stylistic features of Tok Pisin are used here in this poem. At the word level we can observe 'added vowels' while at the...
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Deborah Salle
Oct 1, 20211 min read
Informal Writing Styles of Tok Pisin in a Poem
Can you name the stylistic features used in this poem?
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