General Expressions
- Tanggio tumas fo helpem mi = Thank you very much for helping me
- No wariwari. Hem oraet nomoa = No worries. It is all right (no more).
- Hem! = That's it! or That's the one!
- Hem na ya! = Voila! or Told you so! (A lot of people smile when foreigners use this correctly)
- Mi karange! = Wow!
- Mi dae nau! = Literally I'm dying but used generally to express surprise or shock.
- Iu kon man! = Liar/Cheat!
- Iu karange? = Are you mad?
- Diswan hem bagarap. = This (thing) is broken.
- Mi no save paiem (baem). = I can't afford it
- Iu save gud tumas pijin! = You understand pijin very well
- Iu save tumas! = You are very capable!
- Mi no save. = I don't know or I can't
- Lukim iu! = Bye! (literally: See you!)
- bro blo' mi / sista blo' mi = my brother / my sister (used respectfully to address the person to whom you are speaking – if spoken by a foreigner it can be quite powerful for breaking the ice)
- diswan hemi bulsit blo' waitman nomoa. = this is simply white-man nonsense
- Mi dae, go long namba nin. = "I'm injured, and going to the hospital".
- Hemi daefinis. "He is dead". (dead finished)
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