Language/Lingala/Vocabulary/On-the-road

On the road – Learn the Lingala Language

Verbs

• kobanda – to start
• kobima – to leave
• kokende – to go
• kokende mobembo – to take a trip, holiday
• kokoma – to arrive
• kokomela – to reach (a place)
• kokumba – to transport
• kolanda – to follow
• koleka – to pass, to go past
• koluka – to look for
• kosila – to finish (actions, objects)
• koteme – to stop
• kotikala – to stay, to remain
• kowuta – to come (from)
• koya – to come (to)
• kozonga – to return, to come back 

Vocabulary

• biloko – goods, luggage
• bokei – departure
• capo – bonnet, hood (car)
• epesa nzela – passport
• esika esusu – elsewhere
• essence – petrol
• eyenga – festival
• ki malu malu – pick-up truck
• libanda ya mpepo – airport
• malembe – slow, slowly
• malewa – restaurant
• mazuti – diesel
• mbango – fast, quick
• mobembo (mibembo) – trip(s), holiday(s)
• mokima – runner
• mokolo ya kopema – holiday
• motambola – walker
• motambuisi (batambuisi) – driver(s)
• motuka (mituka) – car(s)
• motuka ya munene – truck
• otele – hotel
• polisi – police
• solda (basolda) – soldier(s)
• tike – ticket
• uta – from, since
• yika – wheel 

Common phrases and examples

• Akotikala poso moko. – She will stay one week.
• Azowuta na libanda ya mpepo. – I am coming from the airport.
• Esengeli kozala na epesa nzela. – It is necessary to have a passport.
• Landa ngai. – Follow me.
• Mobembo na bango ezalaki malamu. – Their holiday was good.
• Tokobima lelo. – We are leaving today.

Source

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

Other Lessons

• Using ‘moko’ and ‘liboso’
• Education
• Food
• Family
• At the market
• Daily routines
• Wild animals
• Clothes
• Sky
• Fire
• Around town
• Body parts
• Time
• Common phrases and examples
• In the forest