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Irregular verbs – kolia – to eat – Learn the Lingala Language

Finally, the third irregular verb that you’ll need to know is kolia (to eat). And again, the biggest part of irregular bit occurs in the ending of the present tense.

To conjugate present tense form of kolia, drop the ‘ko-’ at the beginning as usual. Next drop the ‘-ia’ at the end. This leaves a solitary ‘-l’. Now add the appropriate subject pronoun and then – wait for it – add an ‘-ei’ at the end. More craziness, I know.

So the present tense form of kolia becomes:

na+l+ei – nalei – (nah-LEH-ee) – I eat o+l+ei – olei – (oh-LEH-ee) – you eat a+l+ei – alei – (ah-LEH-ee) – he/she eats to+l+ei – tolei – (toh-LEH-ee) – we eat bo+l+ei – bolei – (boh-LEH-ee) – you eat (plural) ba+l+ei – balei – (bah-LEH-ee) – they eat e+l+ei – elei – (eh-LEH-ee) – it eats

That’s the worst of it. All three of the other basic tense forms of kolia mercifully revert back to the regular verb system.

For the past tense, drop the ‘ko-’, leaving ‘-lia’ and then add ‘-ki’ at the end.

na+lia+ki – naliaki – (nah-lee-AH-kee) – I ate o+lia+ki – oliaki – (oh-lee-AH-kee) – you ate a+lia+ki – aliaki – (ah-lee-AH-kee) – he/she ate to+lia+ki – toliaki – (to-lee-AH-kee) – we ate bo+lia+ki – boliaki – (boh-lee-AH-kee) – you ate (plural) ba+lia+ki – baliaki – (bah-lee-AH-kee) – they ate e+lia+ki – eliaki – (eh-lee-AH-kee) – it ate

For the future, add the appropriate subject pronoun to the infinitive.

na+kolia – nakolia – (nah-koh-LEE-ah) – I will eat o+kolia – okolia – (oh-koh-LEE-ah) – you will eat a+kolia – akolia – (ah-koh-LEE-ah) – he/she will eat to+kolia – tokolia – (toh-koh-LEE-ah) – we will eat bo+kolia – bokolia – (boh-koh-LEE-ah) – you will eat (plural) ba+kolia – bakolia – (bah-koh-LEE-ah) – they will eat e+kolia – ekolia – (eh-koh-LEE-ah) – it will eat

And for the imperative, simply drop the ‘ko-’ as usual – ko-lia – lia! (LEE-ah) – eat!

Don't miss the chance to check out these pages as you wrap up this lesson: Present Tense, Verb to be, How to Use Be & Irregular verbs – koya – to come.

Source

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

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