TEACH YOURSELF TOK PISIN

These days there are not many competent teachers of Tok Pisin in the country who understand the basics and are able to drill the basic patterns.

I have a mobile phone that holds internet.  I just have to type FAMILY POSITIVE LIVING - TOK PISIN FOR EXPATRIATES and all the basic patterns are there.

I could be sitting under a tree or lying on my bed and all the patterns are before me.

These have been integrated into two reports Tok Pisin Tree 1 and Tok Pisin Tree 2. Please click:

TOK PISIN FOR EXPATRIATES

Take one start of a sentence at a time and chant off each pattern. Remember the weak-strong-weak-strong rhythm. 

Mi wokabaut i go long taun. (I walk to town).

Mi (weak) wo (strong) ka (weak) bau (strong) ti (weak) go (strong) long (weak) taun (strong).

Remember that the following words are the weak stresses - i pronounced in a clipped ee as in tree, the plural ol as in ol meri, long pronounced law, bilong pronounced blaw and go pronounced gaw.

Try the patterns at the end of Tok Pisin Tree 2. These patterns have a poetic beauty.

The patterns are so comprehensive that the basics of Tok Pisin are all available in mastery format on the one blog report.

Know how to start and the rest of the sentence looks after itself:

Gentle suggestion: Ating mobeta yu......go kisim sut long haus sik.

Don't worry about: Maski long....wasim ka

An observation:  I luk olsem....ren bai kam

An opinion: Mi ting olsem...yu sik

When: Long wanem taim...em bai kam

Expressing concern: Mi wari olsem....ol man bai kros

And so on.