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Irregular verbs – kokende – to go – Learn the Lingala Language

To conjugate kokende, it all seems to start off easily enough. For the present tense, drop the ‘ko-’ at the beginning as usual. But in this case, you’ll also need to drop a few more letters – the ‘nde’ – at the end. This will leave just – ‘-ke’. Not much, I know.

Use the appropriate subject pronoun – na-, o-, a-, to-, bo-, ba-, e- – at the beginning as usual.

And then add the final ‘-i’.

So for the present tense, this becomes:

• na+ke+i – nakei – (nah-KAY-ee) – I go
• o+ke+i – okei – (oh-KAY-ee) – you go
• a+ke+i – akei – (ak-KAY-ee) – he/she goes
• to+ke+i – tokei – (toh-KAY-ee) – we go
• bo+ke+i – bokei – boh-KAY-ee) – you go (plural)
• ba+ke+i – bakei – (bah-KAY-ee) – they go
• e+ke+i – ekei – (eh-KAY-ee) – it goes

Right, so here’s where it gets a bit tricky. For the remaining three basic tenses, things generally revert back to the same pattern as the regular verbs.

For the past tense, first drop the ‘ko-’, leaving ‘-kende’. Since there isn’t a final ‘-a’ to drop, keep the root as it is and then add ‘-ki’ as normal.

• na+kende+ki – nakendeki – (nah-KEN-deh-kee) – I went
• o+kende+ki – okendeki – (oh-KEN-deh-kee) – you went
• a+kende+ki – akendeki – (ah-KEN-deh-kee) – he/she went
• to+kende+ki – tokendeki – (toh-KEN-deh-kee) – we went
• bo+kende+ki – bokendeki – (boh-KEN-deh-kee) – you went (plural)
• ba+kende+ki – bakendeki – (bah-KEN-deh-kee) – they went
• e+kende+ki – ekendeki – (eh-KEN-deh-kee) – it went

The future tense form goes back the system for regular verbs, with the subject pronoun added to the infinitive:

• na+kokende – nakokende – (nah-koh-KEN-deh) – I will go
• o+kokende – okokende – (oh-koh-KEN-deh) – you will go
• a+kokende – akokende – (ah-koh-KEN-deh) – he/she will go
• to+kokende – tokokende – (toh-koh-KEN-deh) – we will go
• bo+kokende – bokokende – (boh-koh-KEN-deh) – you will go (plural)
• ba+kokende – bakokende – (bah-koh-KEN-deh) – they will go
• e+kokende – ekokende – (eh-koh-KEN-deh) – it will go

And the imperative also follows the regular verb format. Simply drop the ‘ko-’ at the beginning: ko-kende – kende! (KEN-deh) – go!

Don't miss the chance to check out these pages as you wrap up this lesson: Present Tense, Verb to be, Past progressive tense & Irregular verbs – kolia – to eat.

Source

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

Other Lessons

• The first 10 words
• Verb To Have and To Be
• Past progressive tense
• The present tense To be
• Using infinitive verb forms
• POSSESSIVES
• Gender
• Plural forms
• Time adverbs
• Conditional Mood
• Irregular verbs – koya – to come
• Adjectives
• Prepositions
• The Past Tense To Be
• Verb to be