Looking for practical Tok Pisin to Kiga phrases? This free guide lists 100 essential sentences for travel, study, work, and everyday conversation. Each line shows the Tok Pisin phrase first, then the Kiga translation (Kiga) — 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 Kiga.
Tip: when a Kiga phrase looks unfamiliar, compare it with the Tok Pisin wording — noticing word order differences helps you understand grammar naturally.
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Greetings and pleasantries
Hello, goodbye, please, thank you, and polite introductions for meeting new people.
Halo
Okwagala
Tenkyu
Webale
Gutpela moning
Osiibye bulungi
Gutpela apinun
Osiibye bulungi
Gutpela nait
Osiibye bulungi
Gutpela nait
Osiibye bulungi
Lukim yu bihain
Tugenda okukutana
Gudbai
Nkwagala
Wanem nem bilong yu?
Erinnya lyo ani?
Mi nem em John
Erinnya lyange nze John
Yu stap gut?
Oli otya?
Gutpela long mitim yu
Nneebwanga okukuyita
Useful phrases for travellers
Airport, hotel, tickets, and transport phrases for getting around on a trip.
Yu tok Pisin?
Oli muwandiika kiingereza?
Mi no tok Hindi gut.
Sikuwandiika Hindi bulungi.
Mi no save.
Sikuganya.
Plis, tok liklik.
Nkwenda okwandiika bulungi.
Yu ken tokim gen?
Osobola okuwandiika ekyo na?
Wea toilet?
Ekitanda kiki?
Olsem wanem mi ken go long centa?
Nkwenda otya mu kiti?
Taim yu go, tanim left.
Genda ku kkono.
Taim yu go, tanim raet.
Genda ku ddyo.
Go stret.
Genda mu maaso.
Olsem wanem pris bilong fare?
Ekitundu kiki?
Wan tiket, plis.
Ekitanda emu, nyamba.
Em i long long wanem?
Kiki ekitundu okuva wano?
Mi lus.
Ndi mu kwegendereza.
Wea mi ken baim SIM card?
Nkwenda kutuuka wa SIM card?
Everyday conversation
Small talk, feelings, opinions, and common chat phrases for daily life.
Yes
Eee
No
Oya
Baibe
Wali
Mi agri
Ndiinze
Mi no agri
Sindiinze
Em i gut
Ekitanga kiza
Yu ting wanem?
Oteka ki?
Yu inap helpim mi?
Okwetegera?
Mi nidim help
Nfuna okwetegera
Wai liklik
Leka akaseke
Mi sori
Ndi mwefwe
No problem
Tera kintu
Tenkyu
Nkwagala
Hapi baisde
Okwagala omwaka omukya
Lukaut long trip
Okwetegera mu nsi
Directions and getting around
Asking where something is, left and right, distances, and finding your way.
Wea em train stesen?
Eri heza y'ekitabo?(Eri heza y'ekitabo?)
Wea em bus stop?
Eri heza y'ekibuga?(Eri heza y'ekibuga?)
Wea em platform?
Ekiyungiriro ki?(Ekiyungiriro ki?)
Wanem taim em i likim?
Ekitonde ki?(Ekitonde ki?)
Dispela em stret rot?
Oni omukono ogw'ekirungi?(Oni omukono ogw'ekirungi?)
Em i klostu hia
Eri wansi wano(Eri wansi wano)
Em i longwe long hia
Eri kure wano(Eri kure wano)
Yu inap soim mi long map?
Oyinza okundabira ku karita?(Oyinza okundabira ku karita?)
Stap hia, plis
Mugume wano, nyabo(Mugume wano, nyabo)
Hao long em i tek?
Ekitanga ki?(Ekitanga ki?)
Shopping and dining
Ordering food, asking prices, paying the bill, and shopping at markets or stores.
Hamamas dispela i kost?
Ekitanga ki?(ekitanga ki)
Dispela i tu mipela
Ekitanga ky'ekikula(ekitanga ky'ekikula)
Yu gat wanpela samting i nap?
Oli n'ekintu ekirungi?(oli n'ekintu ekirungi)
Inap mi peim long kad?
Nkwenda okwekwasa ku kadi?(nkwenda okwekwasa ku kadi)
Mi laikim wanpela tebol bilong tupela
Nkwenda akatabo ku b'abiri(nkwenda akatabo ku b'abiri)