Language/Lingala/Vocabulary/Around-town

Around town – Learn the Lingala Language

Verbs

• kokuta – to find
• koluka – to search for
• komona – to see
• kosomba – to buy
• kotala – to look
• kotambola – to walk
• kotambuisa – to drive
• koteka – to sell
• koyoka – to hear   

Vocabulary

• balabala – street
• bank – bank
• boloko – jail, prison
• ekeko – statue
• engumba – city, town
• etalaka – bridge
• eteyelo – school
• ki malu malu – pick-up truck
• likita – crowd
• lilita – cemetery, graveyard
• litumu – corner
• maboma – factory
• magazini – a shop, a store
• magazini ya kisi – pharmacy
• malewa – restaurant
• mboka – village
• mbongo – money
• mombongo – a business
• motuka (mituka) – car(s)
• motuka ya munene – truck
• ndako nzambe – a church
• ndako ya ntoki – museum
• nzela ya makolo – footpath
• otele – hotel
• sinema – cinema
• wenze – small market
• zando – big market   

Common phrases and examples

• Azoluka wenze. – She is searching for the market.
• Bakutaki ndako nzambe. – They found the church.
• Natambolaki na balabaIa. – I walked down the street.
• Tomonaki lilita. – We saw the cemetery.
• Totambolaka mikolo nionso. – We walk every day

Source

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

Other Lessons

• Daily routines
• Weather
• Fire
• Contractions
• Domestic animals
• At the restaurant
• Family
• Days of the Week
• Using ‘nde’ and ‘ata’
• English Lingala verbs
• Sports and recreation
• Body parts
• Life, love and death
• Food
• Mining, minerals and natural resources