| ENGLISH | MISKITO |
| Hello. | NAKSA (knock-sa) |
| Good morning. | MARNIN or TITAN YAMNI (tee-ton yam-nee) |
| Good afternoon. | TUTNI YAMNI (tut-nee yam-nee) |
| Good evening. | TIHMIA YAMNI (tee-ha-me-a yam-nee) |
| How are you? | NAKISMA (knock-kees-ma) |
| I am fine. | PAIN (pine) |
| I am bad; lousy. | SAURA (sa -oo-ra) |
| My name is (Steve). | YANG NINAM LIKA (Steve) (yang nee-nam lee-ka) |
| What is your name? | MAN NINAM DIA? (maun nee-nam dee-a) |
| Does anyone here speak Spanish? | NU APO YA ISPEL AISEE SAPA? (un a-po – ya – ees-pel i-see sa-pa) |
| Excuse me, but could you help me? | ESCYUS, MAN SIPSMA ILPEIMONAYA? (ex-cus man sip-sma ill-pay-mo-niya) |
| I feel sick. | YAN SIKNES (yan – sickness) |
| May I cross your property? | SIPSNA MAN PRIZCAMKU NUEEWAIYA? (sip-sna man preez-cam-koo nu-ee-wi-ya) |
| Where can I change dollars? | ANSARA DALAS SISMONAYA SIPSNA? (an-sa-ra da-las sis.mo-ni-ya sip-sna) |
| Do you have a bathroom? | BANO BRISMA? (ban-yo brees-ma) |
| No problem. | TRABI LAPO (tra-bee la-po) |
| God bless you. | DAWAN YAMNI MAIMUMBIA (da-wan yam-nee my-mum-bee-a) |
| Thank you. | TINKI PALI (tink-ee pa-lee) |
| Goodbye. | AISABE (ay-sa-bay) |
MISKITO WORD SET
| ENGLISH | MISKITO | ENGLISH | MISKITO |
| One | KUM (koom) | Two | WOL (wol) |
| Three | YUMPA (yoom-pa) | Four | WOL WOL |
| Five | MATSIP (mat-sip) | Man | WAIKNA (wike-na) |
| Woman | MAIRIN (mi-reen) | Dog | YUL (yool) |
| Sun | LAPTA (lap-ta) | Moon | KATI (ca-tee) |
| Water | LAYA (la-ya) | River | WANGKI (wang-kee) |
| Eat | PLUNPISA (ploon pi-sa) | See | KAIKISA (ki-kee-sa) |
| Hear | WALISA (wa-lee-sa) | Sing | AIWANISA (i-wa-nee-sa) |
| White | PINI (pee-nee) | Red | PAUNI (pa-oo-nee) |
HANDY MISKITO PHRASES
With more than 150,000 native speakers scattered along one of the Caribbean’s most beautiful and untouched stretches of coastline, Miskito isn’t a bad language to know for the visitor to Nicaragua.