Neo Patwa Blog

2010-04-02T03:09:00.000-07:00

Mi kaki numewan neo Neo Patwa kalim-kitabu. Ta-pela, 2010-anyo Neo Patwa. Ta tene kambi, lekin no maha kambi. Mi espeha yu-omni gani neo Neo Patwa!

I have written the latest Neo Patwa dictionaries. It is the 2010 Neo Patwa. There are changes, but not many. I hope you will all look at the new Neo Patwa.

2009-08-05T03:35:00.000-07:00

Cika-wela, mi onana Sentaro Mizuta, ta yan po hase Noxilo. Noxilo, ta bye wan na dunya lida.

2009-06-15T03:43:00.000-07:00

Bifo do-pela sem-din, America-stan na kapo-yan, Barack Obama, ta hase sema nipa Islam-sofi, po Al-Kahira (Cairo). Mi pensa ta mwito aca na sema. Po sema, Obama pakai Arabi-lida. Mi pensa, ta aca na delo. Mi espeha sole-oci na stan-stan mo Islam-sofi na stan-stan, ta lai tomo.

2009-06-04T02:16:00.000-07:00

Neo-wela, mi soma makala nipa Chinook Jargon. Ta mwito dalam na lida. Ta sema po America, po Oregon-landa. Ta pakai po bendi-delo. Ce-wela, yan-yan no sema pakai ce-pela lida. Lekin, ta no muskin. Ta macam Neo Patwa, mi pensa.

2009-06-02T03:15:00.000-07:00

Mi tene mwito aca na habari. Mi na tomo, ta hase neo na youtube video, ta pakai Neo Patwa lida. Ta kanta pakai Neo Patwa. Asi yu suka gani, mintan gani youtube.

Good news! A fan of Neo Patwa has made some youtube videos. He uses Neo Patwa, or rather sings using Neo Patwa. If you would like to take a look, go to the youtube page.

2009-04-22T02:57:00.000-07:00

Po blog nyem Qeyh bahri (mi no sabe mana!), tene makala nipa Swahili-lida. Ta duman, Swahili-lida, ta satya "pidgin" na lida? Ta no pensa Swahili-lida, ta "pidgin." Mi pensa satya. "Neo Patwa," ta satya pidgin, lekin, Swahili-lida, ta tene yan-yan po sema Swahili-lida kaici ta dunya-enta.

In the blog called "Qeyh bahri" (I don't know what it means), there is an article about Swahili. They ask whether Swahili is really a pidgin language. They don't think Swahili is a pidgin. I think that's true. Neo Patwa is a pidgin, but Swahili has people who speak it starting from birth.

2009-04-14T03:47:00.000-07:00

Ce-din, mi kaki nipa nadi. Nadi, ta lado po lagwa kule. Maha na lagwa, ta kule po nadi. Dunya na nume-wan lamba na nadi, ta Nadi Nil. Nil, ta kule po Africa. Nadi, ta mwito hefi. Asi no tene nadi, yan-yan no tene lagwa. Asi yan-yan no tene lagwa, ta mati.

2009-03-27T02:58:00.001-07:00

Cika-wela, mi soma mwito dalam na kitabu. Ta nyem Sea of Poppies. Ta na kaki-yan, nyem Amitav Ghosh. Ta-pela makala, nipa kapal, ta nyem Ibis. Makala na lado, ta Bharat-stan. Makala na wela, mi pensa mandala 1840. Ke-ibo mi suka ce-pela kitabu? Wan, ta dalam. Lekin mo, ta tene mwito na Anglo-Indian pidgin. Tene mwito na aca na kalim.

Translation: I recently read a very intersting book. It's called Sea of Poppies. The author is Amitav Ghosh. The story is about a ship, called the Ibis. It takes place in India. It happens around 1840, I think. Why do I like the book? First, it's intersting. But also, it has a lot of Anglo-Indian pidgin. It has many interesting words.

2008-12-05T01:49:00.000-08:00

Mi na tomo, Nikhil Sinha, ta mo lida-fanya-yan. Ta fanya kalim pakai Neo Patwa. Mi kambi po Anglo-lida.

My friend Nikhil made a translation from English to Neo Patwa, and I back-translated into English again. Here are the results:

Original English:

Hindi is an Indo-Aryan language, a direct descendant of Sanskrit, and is written in the Devanagari script. In essence, Hindi and Urdu, are the same language, but Urdu is written in the Arabic script and has adopted a large part of its vocabulary from Persian and Arabic, whereas Hindi draws on Sanskrit vocabulary.

Neo Patwa translation:

Hindi-lida, ta India-Arya lida. Ta pikin po Sanskrit-lida. Ta subi kaki po Devanagari-kaki. Hindi-lida mo Urdu-lida, ta-saba sama lida. Lekin Urdu-lida subi kaki po Arabic-kaki, mo ta sewa muito kalim po Persian-lida mo po Arabic-lida. Lekin Hindi-lida pakai Sanskrit-lida na kalim.

Back-translation:

Hindi is an India-Aryan language. It is derived from Sanskrit. It is
written using Devanagari writing. Hindi and Urdu are the same
language. But Urdu is written with Arabic writing, and it borrows many
words from Persian and Arabic. But Hindi uses Sanskrit words.

2008-10-28T02:53:00.000-07:00

Nipa monte: Monte, ta mwito swai. Dunya na nume-wan maha na monte, ta nyem Sagarmatha-monte, ta anda labi po Nepal-stan mo Cungwo-stan. Monte, ta mwito maha-delo. Ta fanya nadi, ta dena lagwa, yan-yan pakai ta na lagwa.

Translation: Mountains are very beautiful. The biggest mountain in the world is called Sagarmatha, it is on the border of Nepal and China. Mountains are important. They make rivers, that give water, and people use their water.

2008-10-23T03:11:00.000-07:00

Nipa kayu: Po yan-yan, kayu mwito maha na pela. Kayu, ta dena po mi-saba, ta dena mwito na aca na delo. Nume-wan, asi no tene kayu, mi-saba no sabe hawa, mi-saba saba mati. Mo, wela po sole lai fwego, kayu fanya siya, mi-saba no lai fwego. No tasoll, mi-saba pakai kayu, fanya mwito na pela. Misale, mesa, kasa, kapal.

Translation: About trees: for people, trees are very important thing. Trees give us many good things. First, if we didn't have trees, we wouldn't be able to breathe, and we would all die. Also, when the sun is hot, trees make shade, and we don't get hot. Not only that, we use trees to make many things. For example, tables, houses, boats.

2008-10-21T02:28:00.000-07:00

Nipa moana: Moana, ta mamo po saba na hawa anda dunya. Hawa, ta kaicianda moana. . . Ta, mi-saba sabe. No tasol, moana, ta koma po dunya na lagwa. No tasol, moana, ta mwito swai. Mi suka nata po moana. Lekin, tene mwito na pwason!

2008-10-20T03:14:00.000-07:00

Cika-wela, mi no tene mwito wela. Ta no aca na delo. Ta mwito baya na delo. Cika-wela, mi fanya kambi nipa Neo Patwa. Mi no pakai "di", kambi pakai "na". Mi pensa ta aca.

2008-08-22T02:45:00.000-07:00

Mi no tene mwito wela, no kaki po ce-pela blog. Lekin, mi mesti kaki wela-wela. Cika-wela, mi fanya kambi po Neo Patwa.

2008-06-02T02:51:00.000-07:00

Cika-wela, mi kaici lisen po seda po Jim O'Rourke. Yu sabe ta? Ta mwito lucu na Amerika-yan na kanta-yan. Ta lalu-wela, mema po Sonic Youth. Satya, ce-wela ta kasa anda Tokyo.

2008-05-27T03:16:00.000-07:00

Mi cika-wela, mwito mangi, saba-din tene delo! Lekin, sem-din-fini, mi naiti mwito aca kalim. Ta fasil kalim. Ta kalim-lista po Baba Malay. Yu sabe Baba Malay? Ta lida po China-yan ke tene kasa anda Malaya-stan. Ta macam Creole lida.

2008-05-12T03:23:00.000-07:00

Ce-wela, mi suka kaki nipa kanta-lei. Ce-din, mi kaki nipa meli kanta-yan, ta nyem Sevara Nazarkhan. Ta yan po Uzbekistan. Ta tene mwito limpya seda.

2008-04-19T22:24:00.000-07:00

Ce-din, me naiti muito dalam kanta-lei. Ta nyem “Outlandish”. Ta san-pela yan di lei. Ta anda Danmark-stan. Lekin, enta-yan, ta lai po bye-bye di stan. Isam Bachiri, ta nasen anda Danmark-stan, lekin mama-papa, ta lai po Morocco-stan. Waqas Ali Qadri, ta nasen Danmark-stan, lekin mama-papa, ta lai po Pakistan. Lenny Martinez, ta nasen Honduras-stan. Ta kanta lei “Hip Hop”, lekin mi suka Wela ta kanta, ta pakai no tasol Anglo-lida, ta pakai muito di lida.

Manyani Chiyowoyero Cha ChiTumbuka: FOOD AND SHOPPING

2008-03-28T06:44:00.000-07:00

Ce-din, mi gani muito lucu di blog. Ta kaki po Anglo-lida. Kaki-yan, ta nyem Tobias Kennedy Chitatata Kumwenda. Blog kaki nipa Tumbuka-lida. Mi no sabe muito po Tumbuka-lida. Ta macam Swahili-lida. Mi muito hapi po gani ce-pela blog. Manyani Chiyowoyero Cha ChiTumbuka: FOOD AND SHOPPING

Beyond Niamey: Development NGOs and African languages

2008-03-13T06:37:00.000-07:00

Beyond Niamey: Development NGOs and African languages
Po ce-pela blog, Niamey kaki nipa NGO mo Afrika-maha-stan di lida. Mi pensa ce-pela makala, ta muito hefi.

2008-02-23T04:51:00.000-08:00

Cika-wela, mi kaki blog nipa Barack Obama. Ta-wela, mi no satya pensa ta lai stan-kapo. Lekin, cika-wela, mi pensa satya, Obama sabe lai America-yan di stan-kapo. Mi espeho.

(Recently, wrote a blog about Barack Obama. At that time, I didn't think that he would really be able to become president. But recently, I have come to think that in fact, Obama has the potential to become the president of the US. I hope so)

2008-02-01T02:57:00.000-08:00

Po Global Voices Online, Mong Palatino kaki makala nipa wenti po Pilipinas-stan nipa Anglo-toki di logi. Ta muito lucu di makala.

(On Global Voices Online, Mong Palatino wrote an article regarding the problem in the Philippines of English language education. It's a very interesting article.)

2008-01-30T02:16:00.000-08:00

Hyejin Kim tene makala nipa Anglo-lida po Hanguk-stan. Mi pensa ta muito lucu di sema. Ce-wela, yan po muito di stan, ta sema nipa Anglo-lida di wenti. Mi pensa lida macam Neo Patwa, ta aca po dunya.

(Hyejin Kim has an article regarding English in Korea. I think it is very interesting discussion. Today, there are discussions on the problem of English in many countries. I think a language like Neo Patwa would be good for the world. )

2008-01-11T02:12:00.000-08:00

Maga-Lakwa, Ta Lai
Po Peter Gabriel

Po wela ke noce lai,
Alama puse, po radio,
Saba di gwai di pela,
Ta lai, ta ale, macam wiki di bahaya,
Stela-pwason, ta saba no tene lado po ale,
Ta mate maha di Pasko di maha-moana,
Ale-lado, ta no hefi,
Mi-saba no sabe kime lado.

(Here Comes the Flood
When the night shows, the signals grow on radios
All the strange things, they come and go, as early warnings
Stranded starfish have no place to hide, still waiting for the swollen Easter tide
There’s no point in direction we cannot even choose a side.)

2008-01-10T02:26:00.000-08:00

Cika-wela, mi muito lucu po America-stan di stan-kapo di kime-delo. Mi pensa ke Barack Obama, ta nume-wan yan po lai stan-kapo. Satya, mi no muito suka Hillary Clinton, lekin mi pensa ta sabe lai muito aca di stan-kapo. Ta muito aca-kapo, lekin moyo no tene fwego.

(Recently, I've been very interested in the presidential election in the US. I think Barack Obama would be the best president. To be honest, I don't like Hillary Clinton that much, though I think she would also be a good president. She is very intelligent, but somehow her heart doesn't seem warm.)

2008-01-07T02:25:00.000-08:00

Po Global Voices Online, Ayesha Saldanha, anda Bahrain, kaki nipa Arabiya-lida. Konti-pela yan-yan, ta sema ke Arabiya-lida muito susa di lida. Ibo, sema di lida, kaki di lida, ta no sama. Ta muito lucu di duman. Mi no sabe ako ta satya, no satya.

2008-01-01T04:17:00.000-08:00

Ce-din, mi kaki nipa lamba-din. Yu sabe lamba-din? Lanba-din, ta saba di anyo di din ke tene nume-wan lamba di sol-wela. Po dunya di camal di demi-mandala, ta deka-ni-luna do-deka-wan-din. Satya, kusini di demi-mandala, ta lyu-luna do-deka-wan-sin. Yu kapice? Po Anglo-toki, mi-saba pakai kalim "solstice". Mo, "equinox" mana din po sol-wela mo noce-wela, ta sama.

2007-12-27T21:17:00.000-08:00

Ce-din, mi lisen muito duka di habahi. Pakistan di bifo di kapo-yan, Benazir Bhutto, ta subi mati. Mi-saba no sabe ke-yan mati ta, lekin mi pensa Bhutto tene muito di anti-yan. Mi no sabe ke-lado Pakistan ale po pili-din.

2007-11-07T02:26:00.000-08:00

Mi di nume-wan suka di musika-yan, ta sta Peter Gabriel. Ta sta England-stan di yan. Ce-wela, mi lisen kanta po PG, kanta di nyem sta "Signal to Noise." Ta kanta mo tene Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, muito hau di Sufi di musika-yan. Duka, ta mati po 1997.

2007-11-03T07:10:00.000-07:00

Cika-wela, mi no soma po Neo Patwa di blog. Mi pensa aca mi soma saba din, tapi sta muito susa. Mi pensa oke soma saba sem-din.

2007-09-20T07:07:00.001-07:00

Mi sta muito hapi. Ima-din, Global Voices Online di blog-yan di Chris Salzberg, ta soma blog nipa Neo Patwa. Mi espera ta di blog ale kambi po bye-bye di toki.

2007-09-11T03:05:00.000-07:00

Blog-sana-yan di Rezwan, ta sana blog nipa Bangladexi-stan, pakai Anglo-toki. Ako yu yau sabe muito pela nipa na-pela stan, mi pena hau soma ta di blog.

2007-08-06T02:53:00.000-07:00

Anda bye di blog, tene makala po logi Neo Patwa. Tene muito di hau di misale po Neo Patwa.

2007-07-31T03:30:00.000-07:00

Ima-din, mi sana neo di kalim-lista po Neo Patwa. Ima, mi pakai neo di moda, pakai Google spreadsheet. No pakai PDF moda. Mi no sabe ako ta sta fasil ma, susa ma. Tapi, ta sta fasil po mi. Sana PDF, yau muito di wela! Neo di ilia, sabe gani po ce-lado.

2007-07-23T22:08:00.000-07:00

Fo Global Voices Online, Jill York tene blog nipa Magribi-stan (Morocco-stan). Mi pensa muito lucu. Mi naiti nyem di Morocco, ta sta al-Maghrib fo Arabi-toki, tapi Morocco fo Anglo-toki. Anglo-toki di nyem, Morocco, ta asili fo "Marrakesh," Magribi-stan di nume-wan myasto. Fo blog, Jill toki nipa Magribi-stan, mo toki nipa Palestina-stan. Cika, ta toki nipa "dunya di neo di sem-pela maha-pela."

2007-07-04T07:05:00.000-07:00

Nan Yang, ta sta blogger-ya, dwel Shanghai, Zhonguo-stan (China). Ta sana blog, sema muito lucu, nipa muito di Zhonguo-stan di wenti. Anyo-anyo, Zhonguo-stan lai muito mohem di stan. Mi-saba, mi mesti logi Neo Patwa toki, tapi mo mesti logi Zhonguo-stan-toki.

2007-06-21T21:33:00.000-07:00

Amira Al Hussaini sana makala fo Global Voices Online, ta sema Arabi-yan paswa kaixi toki fo bye di Arabi-yan, pwi kaixi toki fo Europa-yan. Mi pensa ta hau di pensa. Tapi, fo sana Neo Patwa, mi mau sana toki fo saba yan-yan sabe pakai.

2007-06-05T03:27:00.000-07:00

Fo global voices online, Hamid Tehrani sana muito lucu di blog, toki fo hali fo Iran-stan. Mi pensa ta no dwel fo Iran-stan fo ima. Cika-wela, ta kyan makala nipa America-yan ke subi fangen fo Iran-stan.

2007-05-14T03:59:00.000-07:00

Mi pensa ke pakai muito di toki, ta sta hao. Ke-kalena? Me pensa sta do-pela kalena.

Nume-wan, ako tasol pakai wan-pela toki, na-pela toki di yan, ta pensa ke ta "tene" na-pela toki. Misale, ako toki pakai Europa-toki, Europa-yan, ta pensa ke mesti pakai acana kalim mana "see" mo "look". Tapi, "see" mo "look", fo muito de toki, ta sta mwan di kalim.

Nume-do, mi pensa ke dunya di toki, te paswa sta "saba yan di toki". Ta paswa pakai muito di toki. Mi no pakai Cungwo-toki fo dunya di toki. Pwi, mi pensa ke Cungwo-yan, ta no mau pakai Europa-toki fo dunya di toki. Mi pensa ta sta asili.

2007-04-11T03:38:00.000-07:00

Fo Global Voices Online, Lova Rakotomalala sema Madagascar-stan, ta pensa pakai English-toki fo wan-pela tawala-yan (gafamen) di toki. Me pensa no sta nume-wan tene sam-pela toki, ta saba pakai wan-pela dunya di toki.

2007-03-31T05:14:00.001-07:00

Technorati Profile

2007-03-29T03:42:00.000-07:00

Ce-pela makala sema, Google mau hase neo di kalim-kambi maxin. Na-pela maxin, ta sabe kambi kalim muito kwai, muito betel. Ako na-pela maxin nasen, mi saba mada suyo yan-sana toki ma? Mi pensa mi saba mada suyo. Kalena, ako no tene maxin, no saba kambi kalim.

2007-03-27T03:07:00.000-07:00

A. Fatih Syuhud tene muito lucu di blog (fo English-toki), nipa Indonesia-stan di ima di dyelo.

2007-03-19T03:38:00.000-07:00

Fo National Geographic: Moana-culi di kacana, ta asi naiti fo Karibe-moana. Asi ta naiti muito sona. Mi mo mau tene som-pela sona.

2007-03-15T21:07:00.000-07:00

Kampuchea-stan di Ankor Wat di yan-yan, ke fo ta-saba bwam Ankor Wat? Na sta maha di pahel. Australia-stan di gaseta, ta sema yan-yan bwam Ankor Wat fo no tene lakwa.

2007-03-08T02:57:00.000-08:00

Wikipedia di sana-yan, Jimmy Wales, ta lai fo Nipan-stan, toki fo Nipan-yan di Wikipedia-yan. Mi pensa Wikipedia sta muito hau di sofi-kitabo.

2007-03-06T02:26:00.000-08:00

New Horizons tene nyem di kosmobato, ta pasa Kayustela (Jupiter) fo cepela semanya. Ta hase muito swai di foto. Mi mo mau ale fo Kayustela, tapi ta muito daleko.

2006-12-14T01:56:00.000-08:00

Neo Patwa di kalim, tapela biani neo. Mi pensa Neo Patwa bi bweno di toki.

2006-06-26T03:42:00.000-07:00

Wasfi, mipela mesti wanpela toki lon telja ka? Tis ta mohem nja wenti. Mi pensa mipela mesti wanpela toki lon telja la. Yupela pensa was ka?

2006-06-22T22:03:00.000-07:00

Lalutjen, Nipon-stan nja saka ekipo, japela kompe fi Brazil-stan nja ekipo, japela wen tefa. Brazilstan nja ekipo, janpela ta silni la. Stan lon mi, America-stan nja ekipo, japela also tefa.

2006-04-24T06:43:00.000-07:00

Neo Patwa ta fasil nya toki. Ja ta toki ce tjela nja kila jan kjan sema.

2006-04-22T05:34:00.000-07:00

Neo patwa ta neo toki.