Tok Pisin/Class 1 adjectives

Tok Pisin > Tok Pisin Adjectives > Tok Pisin Class 1 Adjectives Definition Tok Pisin Class 1 adjectives have the suffix -pela in attributive position, and also when they follow the copula. List of very useful Class 1 adjectives yangpela - young nupela - new olpela - old bikpela - big draipela - huge hatpela - hard strongpela - strong longpela - long sotpela - short raunpela - round retpela - red blakpela - black blupela - blue braunpela - brown grinpela - green waitpela, wetpela - white gutpela - good naispela - nice, beautiful switpela - sweet dispela, despela, tispela - this, that sampela - some narapela - another, other arapela - other diskain, tiskain - this kind of Reference Wurm, S.A. et Mühläusler (eds) (1985). Handbook of Tok Pisin (New Guinea Pidgin). Canberra : Australian National University. . Exemples of use found on the Internet Orait papa bilong kanu i larim wanpela yangpela man i was i stap long kanu. > There the father of the canoe left a young boy to watch over it. (Sepik Stories) Yumi mas lainim ol pikinini bilong yumi... long stretpela pasin taim ol i yangpela yet.> We have to teach our kids... about good habits while they are still young. (CBS Press) Kantri ibin bungim bikpela heve longpela taim tumas na mi hop olsem dispela eleksin bai bringim ol gutpela lida. > The country have been facing some big problems for far too long a time, and I hope that this election will bring good leaders. (asiapacific) ...dispela wei bilong developmen i gutpela. > ...this form of development is good. (Time to talk, ABC)