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<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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== | ==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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