Issue # 3: Kraisis
Wanem kain Tok Pisin Yu Toromoi - "Kraisis" (Crisis)
Tok Pisin Vocabulary Series: Wanem kain Tok Pisin Yu Toromoi
Issue # 3 - "Kraisis" (Crisis)
Dia Grup Memba,
Tude bai yumi lukluk long wanpela niupela hap toktok we i kam insait pinis long tok pisin yumi save toromoi. Dispela hap toktok em "kraisis". "Kraisis" em ino stap insait long dictionary bilong Pater Mihalic bilong wanem emi kamap hap toktok bilong yumi long 1990s tasol.
Ol advisor bilong Wol Benk (World Bank) oli bin planim dispela hap toktok long namel bilong yumi long taim ol i bin tek ova (take over) long ronim ol gavman sevis bilong Papua New Guinea long taim oli bin introdusim "Structural Adjustment Programme".
Papua New Guinea i bin gat dinau "loan" long Wol Benk na Wol Benk i bin kam long PNG long taim yumi bin stap long bikpela hevi tru - Bougainville i bin bagarap long fait namel long yumi yet. Na yu tingim, sapos wanpela poroman trutru blong yumi, bai oli helpim yumi long pasim pait long Bougainville na mekim "peace na reconcilliation" hariap. Nogat ia, oli bin tok "Bougainville Crisis" na sem taim oli kolim "Economic Crisis" na taim yumi stap long bikpela hevi na yumi nogat choice - hariap tru oil askim yumi long akseptim World Bank "Structural Adjustment Programme". Yu ting oli sore long yumi? Nogat..! Llogging i stap yet, oil na gold i stap yet long graun bilong yumi. Senisim sampela lo liklik na mekim isi long yumi bai baim ol dinau bilong yumi long Wol Benk.
Sem taim Wol Benk i bin poret bilong wanem, Taiwan i bin laik givim mani long Papua New Guinea - olsem na oli tokim Papua New Guinea - nokem kisim "Dirty Money" long ol Taiwan. Yusim tasol dinau mani bilong Wol Benk.
So nau yumi gat niupela tok pisin toktok: em "kraisis" meaning bilong em long tok English em olsem yumi poret, or yumi paul na yumi no klia long wanem rot bai yumi bihainim. Long tok pisin yumi save tok: "yumi painim siks rot".
Em nau yumi stap long kain kain "kraisis".
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Dear member,
Today we look at the word "kraisis" a word that is not found in Father Mihalics dictionary because it only came into popular use in the 1990s.
The World Banks economic advisors impressed this word into common use in Papua New Guinea through its drive at political influence over Papua New Guinea's self determination during the so called "Bougainville Crisis" and the "Economic Crisis" where the world bank started to dictate the economic and political desitny of Papua New Guinea through the "Structural Adjustment Programme" (SAP). SAP programmes are spin doctored in the media using key words that strike fear into the public and give them the impression that they are no longer in control of their well being and destiny. "Crisis" is one of these slogans that are designed to drive "shock and awe" into the public.
In the 1990s,
We had the "Bougainville Crisis" we had waves of "Economic Crises"
and there after we had various waves of "Constitutional Crises" which were being echoed all over the Pacific including the Solomon Islands and Fiji.
"Crisis" simply means a moment of tension and lack of clarity about decisions and the determination of a clear path.
It is very difficult to convince a whole country of self determining people how to give up control of their nation and surrender control to outside corporate and banking interests. Therefore, it is necessary to shock the population into extreme fear by using key words that deny the population any confidence in self determination and nation building. Thus a word like "crisis" is instilled into our psychology and every day terminology even if all our people do not understand the meaning of the word.