Looking for practical Shan to Tok Pisin phrases? This free guide lists 100 essential sentences for travel, study, work, and everyday conversation. Each line shows the Shan 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: read the Tok Pisin line out loud three times, then cover the Shan side and try to recall the meaning — repetition builds memory faster than silent reading.
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Greetings and pleasantries
Hello, goodbye, please, thank you, and polite introductions for meeting new people.
မင်္ဂလာပါ
Halo(mingalar par)
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါတယ်
Tenkyu(kyeizu tin par tal)
မနက်ခင်းဖြန့်
Gutpela moning(ma net khin phyan)
နေ့လည်ခင်းဖြန့်
Gutpela apinun(nei lyae khin phyan)
ညနေခင်းဖြန့်
Gutpela nait(nya nae khin phyan)
ညအိပ်ချိန်
Gutpela nait(nya eit chain)
နောက်မှတွေ့မယ်
Lukim yu bihain(nauk hma twei mae)
သွားတော့မယ်
Gudbai(thwa dor mae)
သင့်နာမည်ဘာလဲ?
Wanem nem bilong yu?(thing na mei ba leh)
ကျွန်တော်နာမည်ဂျွန်ပါ
Mi nem em John(kyaun taw na mei John par)
သင်ဘယ်လိုလဲ?
Yu stap gut?(thing beh lo leh)
သင့်ကိုတွေ့ရတာဝမ်းသာပါတယ်
Gutpela long mitim yu(thing ko twei ya ta wan tha par tal)
Useful phrases for travellers
Airport, hotel, tickets, and transport phrases for getting around on a trip.
သင်အင်္ဂလိပ်စကားပြောလား?
Yu tok Pisin?(thing angalait sa ka pyaw lar?)
ကျွန်တော်ဟင်းဒီကိုမပြောနိုင်ပါဘူး။
Mi no tok Hindi gut.(kyaung taw Hindi ko ma pyaw nain par bu.)
ကျွန်တော်မနားလည်ပါ။
Mi no save.(kyaung taw ma nar hlei par.)
ကျေးဇူးပြု၍အနှေးအမြန်ပြောပါ။
Plis, tok liklik.(kyei zu pyu ywa a hnei a myan pyaw par.)
ဒါကိုနောက်ထပ်ပြောပေးနိုင်မလား?
Yu ken tokim gen?(da ko nauk htaut pyaw pay nain ma lar?)
အိမ်သာဘယ်မှာလဲ?
Wea toilet?(ain tha beh hma leh?)
မြို့လယ်ကိုဘယ်လိုသွားရမလဲ?
Olsem wanem mi ken go long centa?(myo leh ko beh lo thwa ya ma leh?)