Language/Lingala/Vocabulary/Common-phrases-and-examples

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Common phrases and examples – Learn the Lingala Language

ekosimba – it will hold, it will work

Esengeli nakende. – I need to go.

ezali kotambola – it goes (as in ça marche)

Nakanisi bongo… – I hope that…

Naloba nini? – What can I say?

Nanu te. – Not again.

Nayebi te. – I do not know.

Nayebi yango. – I know that.

Nayebi. – I know.

Nazalaki koloba. – I was saying.

Nazali na bosenga ya… – I have need of…

Nazali presse. – I am in a hurry.

ndembo na nse – ‘ball on the ground’ (as in‘relax’, ‘take it easy’)

ndenge moko – the same

ndenge nini – same question

ngai pe – me, too

Oyebi? – Do you understand?

oyo nde – that is that

soki moyen ezali – if it is possible

ya so lo – it is correct

ye kuna – he/she is there

ye pe – him/her, too

ye yo – he/she is here

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