Language/Lingala/Grammar/Time-adverbs

Some Adverbs in Lingala:

Lelo: Today

• • Naza na musala ebele lelo: I have a lot of work today

Lobi(ekoya): Tomorrow

• • Esengeli tokutana lobi: We have to meet tomorrow.

Lobi(eleki): Yesterday

• • Bakomaki na Kinshasa lobi(eleki): They got to Kinshasa yesterday

Sikoyo: Now

• • Ozokende sikoyo(sika sikoyo)?: Are you going now(right now)

Sikoyo te: Not now

• • Akoya sikoyo te: He/She won't come now

Sima: After

• • Benga nga sima: Call me after

Sima lobi: The day after tomorrow

• • Bandeko naye bakoya sima lobi: His/her siblings will come after tomorrow

Mbala eleki: Before/last time

• • Tokutanaki te mbala eleki: We didn't we last time

Poso eleki: last week

• • Nasombaki biloko ebele poso eleki: I bought a lot of things last week

Poso oyo: This week

• • Poso oyo, Paul akobalana na Emilie: Paul is getting married with Emilie this week

Tongo: Early

• • Baye tongo lelo: They have come early today

Natongo: In the morning

• • Namelaka kaka mayi natongo: I just drink water in the morning

Lelo natongo: This morning

• • Esengeli nakutana na Paul lelo natongo: I have to meet Paul this morning

Lobi natongo: Tomorrow/Yesterday morning

• • Benga nga lobi natongo: Call me tomorrow morning

Napokwa: in the evening

• • Tokokende Cinema napokwa?: Will we go to Cinema in the evening?

Na butu: At night

• • Esengeli olala mingi na butu: You have to sleep a lot at night

Lelo napokwa: Tonight

• • Toza na liyangani lelo napokwa: We have a meeting tonight

Lobi napokwa: Tomorrow/Yesterday evening

• • Namonakiye lobi napkwa: I saw him/her yesterday evening

Tongo makasi: Very early

• • Yaka tongo makasi: Do come very early!

Tango nini?: When?

• • Mayangani ekobanda tango nini: When will the meeting begin?

Related Lessons

• Irregular verbs – kolia – to eat
• The Future Tense To Be
• Conditional Mood
• Adjectives
• Subject pronouns
• Negation
• The Past Tense To Be
• Plural forms
• Personal pronouns
• Present progressive tense