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Useful Verbs – Lingala Language
Verbs[edit | edit source]
kozala – (koh-ZAH-lah) – to be
kozala na – (koh-ZAH-lah nah) – to have
kolinga – (koh-LING-gah) – to want, to like
kosala – (koh-SAH-lah) – to work, to make
kosomba – (koh-SOM-bah) – to buy
kokanisa – (koh-kan-NEE-sah) – to think, to hope
koloba – (koh-LOH-bah) – to speak
koyeba – (koh-YEH-bah) – to know
kokoka – (koh-KOK-kah) – to be able to
kosengela – (koh-sen-GEH-lah) – to have to
Note[edit | edit source]
You may find it helpful to look past the initial ‘ko-’ and to instead concentrate on the second syllable of each of the verbs (which will form the root, as you’ll see in a minute) and the rest of the verb as you start to become familiar with them.
Source[edit | edit source]
https://lobalingala.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/23042014-loba-lingala.pdf
Other Lessons[edit | edit source]
- Irregular verbs – kolia – to eat
- Conditional Mood
- Using infinitive verb forms
- Questions
- Past progressive tense
- Nouns
- Verb to be
- Conjugation To Have
- Irregular verbs – koya – to come
- The Imperative Mood
- The present tense To be
- Subject pronouns
- Adjectives
- The Future Tense To Be
- The subjunctive