Language/Lingala/Grammar/The-First-10-Verbs

Useful Verbs – Lingala Language

Verbs

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

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

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

Related Lessons

• 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