it traem soem long mi could you show it me? (request) wantem + V : "want to" hem i wantem go long Santo she wants to go to Santo save + V : be able to, or be in the habit of doing mi save rid I can read mi no save dring suga I don't take sugar in drinks fish ia i save kilim man this fish can kill a person Some of these markers also have lexical meanings. For example, save can mean "be able to" but it is also a verb "know". Subordination sapos + Clause : if if we find a pig, we'll kill it Dialectal variations Dialects exist, based mainly on different pronunciations in different areas which stem from the different sounds of the native languages. The future tense marker can be heard to be said as: Bambae, Mbae, Nambae, or Bae. There are also preferences for using Bislama or native words that vary from place to place, and most people insert English, French, or local language words to fill out Bislama. So in the capital city it is common to hear 'computer'; in other places one might hear 'ordinateur'. Pacific creole comparison Literature and samples The longest written work in Bislama is the Bible completed in 1998. Yumi, Yumi, Yumi Further reading Camden, William. 1979. Parallels in structure and lexicon and syntax between New Hebrides Bislama and the South Santo language spoken at Tangoa. In Papers in Pidgin and Creole Linguistics, No.2. Pacific Linguistics, A-57. Canberra: Australian National University. pp. 51–117. Charpentier, Jean-Michel. 1979. Le pidgin bislama(n) et le multilinguisme aux Nouvelles-Hébrides. Langues et Civilisations à Tradition Orale 35. Paris: SELAF. . References External links Bislama Wikipedia Bislama.org, a portal of resources about the Bislama language. Bislama Translator & Spelling Dictionary for Microsoft Word English – Bislama online translator and MS Word dictionary Vanuatu Daily Post – news in English and Bislama A bibliography of Bislama , from an Australian National University website Peace Corps in Vanuatu – Bislama Language Lessons Portions of the Book of Common Prayer in Bislama Preabuk long Bislama Book of Mormon in Bislama Paradisec has a number of collections that include recordings of Bislama language. English-based pidgins and creoles Languages of Vanuatu Languages of New Caledonia Bislama words and phrases