Looking for practical Latin to Tok Pisin phrases? This free guide lists 100 essential sentences for travel, study, work, and everyday conversation. Each line shows the Latin phrase first, then the Tok Pisin translation (Tok Pisin) — so you can scan quickly before a trip, class, or video call.
The phrases are grouped into eight topics: greetings and pleasantries, useful phrases for travellers, everyday conversation, directions and getting around, shopping and dining, emergencies and health, work and business, and time, days and numbers. Use the table of contents to jump straight to greetings, directions, dining, emergencies, or numbers. You do not need perfect grammar to start — short, clear sentences often work better than silence when you are learning Tok Pisin.
Tip: pick five Tok Pisin phrases from the greetings section and use them in a real message today. Small daily practice beats cramming before a trip.
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Greetings and pleasantries
Hello, goodbye, please, thank you, and polite introductions for meeting new people.
Salve
Halo(sal-way)
Gratias tibi
Tenkyu(grah-tee-as tee-bee)
Bonum mane
Gutpela moning(boh-num mah-neh)
Bonum postmeridianum
Gutpela apinun(boh-num post-meh-rih-dee-ah-num)
Bonum vesperum
Gutpela nait(boh-num vehs-peh-rum)
Bona nox
Gutpela nait(boh-nah nox)
Vide te postea
Lukim yu bihain(vee-deh tay pos-teh-ah)
Vale
Gudbai(wah-leh)
Quod est nomen tuum?
Wanem nem bilong yu?(kwod est noh-men too-um)
Nomen meum est Iohannes
Mi nem em John(noh-men may-um est yo-han-nes)
Quomodo es?
Yu stap gut?(kwo-mo-do es)
Te convenire mihi iucundum est
Gutpela long mitim yu(tay kon-veh-nee-re mee-hee yoo-kun-dum est)
Useful phrases for travellers
Airport, hotel, tickets, and transport phrases for getting around on a trip.
Loquerisne Anglice?
Yu tok Pisin?(Loquerisne Anglice?)
Non bene loquor Hindi.
Mi no tok Hindi gut.(Non bene loquor Hindi.)
Non intellego.
Mi no save.(Non intellego.)
Quaeso, lente loquere.
Plis, tok liklik.(Quaeso, lente loquere.)
Potesne id iterum dicere?
Yu ken tokim gen?(Potesne id iterum dicere?)
Ubi est latrina?
Wea toilet?(Ubi est latrina?)
Quomodo ad centrum urbis pervenio?
Olsem wanem mi ken go long centa?(Quomodo ad centrum urbis pervenio?)
Dextra verte.
Taim yu go, tanim left.(Dextra verte.)
Sinistra verte.
Taim yu go, tanim raet.(Sinistra verte.)
I ad rectum.
Go stret.(I ad rectum.)
Quot est merces?
Olsem wanem pris bilong fare?(Quot est merces?)
Unum tessera, quaeso.
Wan tiket, plis.(Unum tessera, quaeso.)
Estne longum a hic?
Em i long long wanem?(Estne longum a hic?)
Ego sum perditus.
Mi lus.(Ego sum perditus.)
Ubi possum emere SIM card?
Wea mi ken baim SIM card?(Ubi possum emere SIM card?)
Everyday conversation
Small talk, feelings, opinions, and common chat phrases for daily life.
Ita
Yes
Non
No
Fortasse
Baibe
Consentio
Mi agri
Non consentio
Mi no agri
Bene sonat
Em i gut
Quid censes?
Yu ting wanem?
Potesne me adiuvare?
Yu inap helpim mi?
Auxilium mihi opus est
Mi nidim help
Exspecta paulisper
Wai liklik
Me paenitet
Mi sori
Nullum problema
No problem
Felicitaciones
Tenkyu
Felix natalis dies
Hapi baisde
Felix iter habeas
Lukaut long trip
Directions and getting around
Asking where something is, left and right, distances, and finding your way.
Ubi est statio ferriviaria?
Wea em train stesen?(Ubi est statio ferriviaria?)
Ubi est statio bus?
Wea em bus stop?(Ubi est statio bus?)
Quae est suggestus?
Wea em platform?(Quae est suggestus?)
Quo tempore discedit?
Wanem taim em i likim?(Quo tempore discedit?)
Estne haec via recta?
Dispela em stret rot?(Estne haec via recta?)
Prope est hic
Em i klostu hia(Prope est hic)
Longius est ab hoc
Em i longwe long hia(Longius est ab hoc)
Potesne mihi ostendere in mappa?
Yu inap soim mi long map?(Potesne mihi ostendere in mappa?)
Siste hic, quaeso
Stap hia, plis(Siste hic, quaeso)
Quot tempus capit?
Hao long em i tek?(Quot tempus capit?)
Shopping and dining
Ordering food, asking prices, paying the bill, and shopping at markets or stores.
Quot hoc constat?
Hamamas dispela i kost?(hamamas = how much)
Id nimis carum est.
Dispela i tu mipela(mipela = expensive)
Habesne quidquam cheap?
Yu gat wanpela samting i nap?(nap = cheaper)
Possumne solvere charta?
Inap mi peim long kad?(peim = pay)
Velim mensam pro duobus.
Mi laikim wanpela tebol bilong tupela
Ratio, quaeso.
Bil, plis
Estne servitium inclusum?
Service i stap insait?(stap = included)
Vegetarianus sum.
Mi vegetarian
Nulla cibi acida, quaeso.
No spicy kaikai, plis
Hoc est deliciosum.
Dispela i naispela
Possumne habere menu?
Inap mi kisim menu?
Poculum aquae, quaeso.
Wanpela glas bilong wota, plis
Emergencies and health
Help, police, doctor, pharmacy, and urgent situations when you need assistance fast.
Vocā polīciam
Kolim polis
Vocā ambulantiam
Kolim ambulans
Medicum mihi opus est
Mi nidim dokta
Māla mē sentio
Mi sik
Arachīnae mihi sunt allergicae
Mi gat alergi long pinat
Ubi est proximus hospitālis?
Wea hospital i klostu?
Hic dolet
I penim hia
Passum meum perdidī
Mi lusim paspot
Potesne meum deversorium vocāre?
Yu inap kolim hotel bilong mi?
Auxilium!
Help!
Work and business
Meetings, email tone, schedules, and professional phrases for the workplace.
Te convenire pulchrum est
Nais long mitim yu
Conventum constituamus
Makim wanpela miting
Quot hora tibi convenit?
Wanem taim i gut long yu?
Reportum hodie mittam
Mi bai sendim report tude
Possumusne cras loqui?
Inap bilong yumi tokim tede?
File adiunctum invenias, quaeso
Plis lukim fael i atach
Gratias tibi ago pro tempore tuo
Tenkyu long yu taim
Spero ad te laborare
Mi lukim forward long wok wantaim yu
Potesne illud punctum explicare?
Yu inap kliaim dispela point?
Permitte me ad te redire
Lukim mi bai kam bek long yu
Terminatio est Veneris
Deidlain i Fraida
Time, days and numbers
Clock times, days of the week, months, quantities, and counting for appointments and plans.