Important Verbs – Part 1

We learned in a previous lesson that
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zala
is a verb. Lingala has many verbs, as does English. Four of the verbs that are used commonly in Lingala are included in our vocabulary list:
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linga
,
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mona
,
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sala
and
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yeba
. Let’s discuss each one.

The first we will look at is
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sala
. This word means to doto act, or to work. It is one of the most commonly used verbs in Lingala. Look at how we can use it using some of the prefixes we learned last week:

nasali yangoI did itI did it
Jean asaliJean workedJean he did

It is used almost identically to how we would use it in English.

The other words we are learning in this lesson are
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linga
 which means to like, to want or to love;
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mona
 which means to see; and
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yeba
 which means to know. Notice how we can use these with more of the pronouns we have learned:

balingi yangothey want itthey want it
olingi ngaiyou love meyou love me
emoni bisoit/they (object) saw usit/they (object) saw us
bomoni bangoyou (plural) saw themyou (plural) saw them
eyebiit/they (object) knowit/they(object) know
toyebi nyonsowe know allwe know all

Take some time in the Exercises to learn how we can use these new words and add them to your Lingala vocabulary.

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