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Around town – Learn the Lingala Language
Verbs[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
https://lobalingala.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/23042014-loba-lingala.pdf
Other Lessons[edit | edit source]
- 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