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Time – Learn the Lingala Language

Vocabulary

butu – night ekoya – next eleki – past epimelo ya sa – clock esi – already kino – until lelo – today lobi – yesterday, tomorrow mbala – time (frequency) mokolo (mikolo) – day(s) mobu (mibu) – year(s) monuti – minute mpokwa – evening ngonga – hour nionso – each, every noki – immediately ntongo – dawn, morning nzanga – midday, noon poso – week sa – wristwatch sanza – month segonde – second sik’oyo – now sika – now sima – after, behind sima nzanga – afternoon tango – time tongo – morning zomi – decade

Common phrases and examples

lobi kuna – the day before yesterday mokolo elandi – next day tongo makasi – very early tongo nionso – each morning tango nini? – what time? ti sik’oyo – until now ti lobi – until tomorrow tongo nionso – each morning poso mobimba – every week

Source

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