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Sickness and Health – Learn the Lingala Language
Verbs[edit | edit source]
- kobela – to be sick
- kobika – to cure (K)
- kobowa – to cure
- kokosola – to cough
- kolenge – to shiver
- kopangana – to worry
- kopema – to breath, to rest
- kosanza – to vomit
- kotuba – to inject (medicine)
- koyoka – to feel
- kozoka – to hurt
Vocabulary[edit | edit source]
- bokolongono – health
- bokono bwa sukali – diabetes
- bolozi – sore, blemish
- bukabuka – polio
- esensgo – happiness
- kisi – medicine(s)
- libumu likangani – constipation
- loko – deaf
- magazini ya kisi – pharmacy
- mingai – rheumatism
- minya – urine
- mobotisi – midwife
- mokolo – old
- mokongeli mokoni – nurse
- mokoni – disabled
- mokoni – patient (hospital)
- molanda – blind
- mulunge mabe mpe ketuketu – influenza
- monganga (minganga) – doctor(s)
- monzuba – insect sting
- mpota – cut, wound
- mukosa – itch
- ngenge – poison
- nzoto – body
- pulupulu ya makila – dysentery
- pulupulu ya nsomo – cholera
- sante – health
Common phrases and examples[edit | edit source]
- Nayoki malamu. – I feel well.
- Nayoki malamu te. – I do not feel well.
- Benga monganga. – Call a doctor.
(K) denotes Kinshasa Lingala word variant
Other Lessons[edit | edit source]
- In the forest
- Wild animals
- Mining, minerals and natural resources
- Sky
- Family
- Around the house
- Government
- Directions
- Street life
- Common phrases and examples
- Life, love and death
- Complex numbers
- Weather
- Sports and recreation
- It’s a miracle!