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<div style="font-size:300%"> The Past Tense: To Be – Learn the Lingala Language</div>
<div class="pg_page_title"> The Past Tense: To Be – Learn the Lingala Language</div>


The past tense As with all the other tense formations, the past tense is formed with a combination of the subject pronoun, the root stem and a consistent ending that signals that it’s a past tense form.  
The past tense As with all the other tense formations, the past tense is formed with a combination of the subject pronoun, the root stem and a consistent ending that signals that it’s a past tense form.  


To create the past tense of kozala, first drop the ‘ko-’ from the infinitive form and replace it with the appropriate subject pronoun – again, na-, o-, a-, to-, bo-, ba-, e- – and then add ‘-ki’ to the end of the infinitive root.  
To create the past tense of kozala, first drop the ‘ko-’ from the infinitive form and replace it with the appropriate subject pronoun – again, na-, o-, a-, to-, bo-, ba-, e- – and then add ‘-ki’ to the end of the infinitive root.  
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https://lobalingala.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/23042014-loba-lingala.pdf


==Related Lessons==
==Other Lessons==
* [[Language/Lingala/Grammar/The-Future-Tense-To-Be|The Future Tense To Be]]
* [[Language/Lingala/Grammar/The-Future-Tense-To-Be|The Future Tense To Be]]
* [[Language/Lingala/Grammar/Prepositions|Prepositions]]
* [[Language/Lingala/Grammar/Prepositions|Prepositions]]
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* [[Language/Lingala/Grammar/Irregular-verbs-–-kokende-–-to-go|Irregular verbs – kokende – to go]]
* [[Language/Lingala/Grammar/Irregular-verbs-–-kokende-–-to-go|Irregular verbs – kokende – to go]]
* [[Language/Lingala/Grammar/The-Imperative-Mood|The Imperative Mood]]
* [[Language/Lingala/Grammar/The-Imperative-Mood|The Imperative Mood]]
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