Example sentences for: tok

How can you use “tok” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • And a Tok Pisin version of Little Red Riding Hood, told me some years ago by an old China Sea sailor, remains to this day one of the most hilarious monologues I have ever heard.

  • Whereas in English there are totally different words to express different aspects of speech, the word tok combines with other words to define various kinds of communication: tokaut `speak out,' tok baksait `gossip,' toktok `converse,' tok mama `advise,' tok hait `secret,' tok tru `truth,' tok nogut `foul language,' tok giaman `lying,' tok pait `argue,' tok ples `local language,' tok tasol `idea,' tok nating `nonsense,' tok isi `comfort,' tok pani `joke,' tok strong `emphasize.

  • The Pidgin word tok by itself means “talk” and its synonyms, in both verb and noun forms.

  • Tok Pisin does not stand on ceremony, either.

  • Attempts have even been made to introduce the works of Shakespeare to the masses by translating them into Tok Pisin.


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