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In the kitchen – Learn the Lingala Language
Verbs[edit | edit source]
- kobela – to be cooked
- kobonga – to pour (liquid)
- kokalinga – to roast
- kokata – to cut
- kolamba – to cook
- koleisa – to feed
- kolia – to eat
- komela – to drink
- kopola – to rot (meat)
Vocabulary[edit | edit source]
- ananasi – pineapple
- bilei – food
- bitabe – banana
- bokenzu – spicy
- bololo – sour
- cafe – coffee
- chicwangue – cassava loaf
- chocolat – chocolate
- cossettes – cassava chips
- dongodongo – okra
- ekutu – pumpkin
- fufu – cassava flour
- kanya – fork
- kimpuka (bimpuka) – cassava paste(s)
- kopo – cup kuku – kitchen
- kunde – peas
- libazi – lemon
- libenge (mabenge) – potato(es)
- liboke (maboke) – fish(es) wrapped in leaves
- likei (makei) – egg(s)
- likemba (makemba) – plantain(s)
- lilala – orange (K)
- lipa – bread
- lipela – guava
- lisango (masango) – corn, maize
- lititi – herb
- litungulu – onion
- litungulu ngenge – garlic
- liyebu – mushroom
- loso – rice
- lutu – spoon
- madesu – beans
- mafuta – oil
- mafuta ya mbila – clear cooking oil
- mafuta ya nzoi – honey
- mateka – butter
- mayi – water
- mbala – potato (K), sweet potato
- mbeli – knife
- mbisi – fish
- mboloko – antelope
- mboma – yam
- mboto – maize
- mbuma – fruit
- mia – hungry (K)
- miliki – milk
- molangi (milangi) – bottle(s)
- mosaka mwamba – less refined cooking oil
- mosuni (misuni) – flesh, meat(s)
- moye – heat mpiodi – a cheap, imported fish, also called Thompson
- mpondu – manioc
- mukuwa (mikuwa) – bone(s)
- mungwa, monana – salt
- mwamba – palm oil
- mwamba nguba – peanut butter
- ndimo – orange
- ndunda – vegetables
- ndunda mobesu – salad lettuce
- ngombe mobali – bull
- ngombe mwasi – cow
- nguba – peanuts (K)
- ngungutu – aubergine
- nsimbiliki na ndako – rabbit
- nsongo – cassava
- ntaba – goat
- ntaba mobali – billy goat
- ntaba mwasi – nanny goat
- nyama – meat
- nyama ya mpate – mutton
- nyama ya ngombe – beef
- nzala – hungry
- pamplemousse – grapefruit
- pilipili – pepper
- samba – commercially processed cooking oil
- sani (basani) – plate(s)
- soso – chicken
- sukali – sugar
- supu – soup
- tangawisi – ginger
- tomati – tomato
- vere – glass
(K) denotes Kinshasa Lingala word variant
Source[edit | edit source]
https://lobalingala.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/23042014-loba-lingala.pdf
Other Lessons[edit | edit source]
- Body parts
- Around the house
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- At the market
- Family
- Days of the Week
- Contractions
- On the road
- God and Religion
- In the forest
- How to Say Hello and Greetings
- Street life
- Greetings
- Education
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