Mi blong London

Vanuatu has three official languages and approx 115 unofficial languages.

English, French and Bislama.

Bislama is a sort of creole, pidgin English. Its a lot easier to understand when you see it written down.

Mi blong London but mi long Sydney. (I'm from London, but I now live in Sydney)

Tank yu tumas. (Thank you so much)

Yu gat fis? (Do you serve fish?)

And some of my favourites I learnt:

Basket blong titi (A bra)

Mi kakae no mit (I'm a vegetarian)

And the all time favourites:

Pulem I kam, pushem i go, wood i fall down......which means "A saw!"

Pigeon blong solwater .....which means pigeon belongs in sea....or a seagull

Wan smol box blong white man, oli scratchem beli I singout gudfala. Which in English means "One small box belongs to white man, they all scratch them and it sings good" or as we know it....a violin!