Language/Lingala/Vocabulary/Around-the-house

Around the house – Learn the Lingala Language

Verbs

• kobamba – to repair
• okobombola – to clean
• kokomba/kokombola – to sweep
• kofutela – to rent
• kopangusa – to polish (K)
• kotana – to polish
• kotoboka – to have a hole (in a pipe)

Vocabulary

• bopeto – clean
• bosoto – dirty
• ebuteli – ladder
• ekolo – basket
• ekuke – door
• epimolo ya sa – clock
• esaleli – tool
• esika ya masolo – sitting room
• etanda – bench
• fulu, zau – dustbin, trash can
• fungola – key
• kabine, wese, zongo – toilet
• kalati – card
• kiti – chair
• kombo – broom
• koni – firewood
• kuku – kitchen
• libulu ya mayi – water
• well lidusu – ruptured pipe
• ininisi (maninisi) – window(s)
• lititi (matiti) – grass (lawn)
• lopango – plot (land)
• makasi – scissors
• mbeto – bed
• mesa – table
• mokulu – rope
• molangi (milangi) – bottle(s)
• monili – electricity
• mpau – shovel
• mwana ya mosala – housekeeper
• nakati – interior
• ndako – house
• nkongo – hoe
• plafond – ceiling
• pompe, tiyo – pipe (plumbing)
• sabuni – soap
• salite – dirty
• singa – string
• soka – axe
• suku – room
• talatala – spectacles, mirror
• yadi – yard

Common phrases and examples

• Azokomba nse. – He is sweeping the floor.
• Azopangusa mesa. – She is polishing the table.
• Bakobamba ndako na biso. – They will repair our house.
• Nasengeli kokombola ndako. – I need to clean the house.
• Pompe ezali na ya kotoboka. – The pipe has a hole.
• Tozofutela ndako. – We rent our house.

(K) denotes Kinshasa Lingala word variant

Source

https://lobalingala.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/23042014-loba-lingala.pdf

Other Lessons

• Friends and family
• Body parts
• In the kitchen
• How to Say Hello and Greetings
• Food
• Sky
• Using ‘nde’ and ‘ata’
• Binomials
• Family
• Weather
• Sports and recreation
• Water
• Left and right
• At the market
• Using ‘moko’ and ‘liboso’