Grammatical Words in Neo Patwa

Personal Pronouns

1PS Mi (Eng) 1PP Mipela

2PS Yu (Eng) 2PP Yupela

3PS Ja (Man) 3PP Japela

Other Pronouns

What: was (Ger)

Who: wasjan

Where: wasna

When: waswela

How: waspanfa

Why: wasfi

How many: waspela

Affirmation and Negation

Negation marker: no

Yes: Si

Tense Markers

Anterior tense: wen (Hawaiian creole)

Nonpunctual aspect: ta (Portuguese creoles)

Irrealis mode: sa (Sranan creole)

Prepositions

In, at, on, to, from: na

For, because of, possessive: fi (Patois)

With, using: kun (Portuguese creoles)

Conjunctions

And: mo (Bislama)

But: kesi

If: sapos (Bislama)

Modification marker

Of, having an attribute: nja (Tetum)

Reverse possessive

Belonging to: lon (Tok Pisin)

Subordination

Relative pronoun: ce (Italian)