New Caledonian French	English
Bonjour	Hello / good day
Salut	Hi (informal)
Tata !	Bye (local)
Au revoir	Goodbye
Merci	Thank you
S'il te plaît	Please
Oui	Yes
Non	No
Pardon	Sorry / excuse me
Ça va ?	How are you? / OK?
le Caillou	New Caledonia (nickname)
la brousse	the bush / rural interior
un broussard	a bush/country person
un Caldoche	NC-born European
un Zoreille	a Metropolitan French person
kaï-kaï	food / to eat (Bislama)
nakamal	kava bar / meeting place
yossi !	wow! (surprise)
topette	(beer) bottle
creek	small stream (Aus. Eng.)
paddock	field (Aus. Eng.)
Casse pas la tête !	Don't worry!
C'est choc !	It's great!
un	one
deux	two
trois	three
quatre	four
cinq	five
six	six
sept	seven
huit	eight
neuf	nine
dix	ten