Language/Lingala/Vocabulary/Directions

Directions – Learn the Lingala Language

Verbs

• kokomela – to reach (a place)
• kolanda – to follow
• koluka – to search for 

Vocabulary

• awa – here
• elozi – west
• kati kati – middle
• kuna – there
• libanda – out
• liboso – front, in front of
• likolo – up
• monyele – east
• mosika – far
• na – in
• na likolo – on
• na loboko ya mobali – on the right
• na loboko ya mwasi – on the left
• na nse – under nakati – in
• nse – down
• pembeni – next to
• penepene – very near to
• wana – there (a specific place)
• wapi – where

Common phrases and examples

• Landa ngai – Follow me.
• Nabungi nzela. – I am lost.
• na ebandeli – at the start
• na suka – at the end
• Nasuki awa – I stop here
• esika esusu – elsewhere
• yaka – come here
• ya liboso, ya yambo – the first
• ya mibale – the second
• ya misato – the third
• yango kuna – it is there
• yango’yo – it is here

Source

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

Other Lessons

• At the restaurant
• Wild animals
• War and peace
• Fruits
• Sickness and Health
• Binomials
• Comprehension
• On the road
• Important words
• Around town
• Using ‘nde’ and ‘ata’
• Education
• Animals
• Daily routines
• Fire