Each lesson will introduce us to around 20 new words. These words will be among the most commonly used by Lingala speakers and can be easily learned in a week. This lesson will introduce some words that will let us form some simple sentences so that we can quickly use them in conversation.
| εε | yes | adverb |
| kitoko | beautiful, pretty, nice | adjective |
| likambo | thing | noun |
| mabe | bad, evil, wicked | adjective |
| malamu | good, well | adjective |
| mobali | man, husband | noun |
| monene | big, great | adjective |
| moto | person | noun |
| mwana | child | noun |
| mwasi | woman, wife | noun |
| na | with, of, from, to, between, in | conjunction |
| nani | who | pronoun |
| nini | what | pronoun |
| nkombo | name | noun |
| nsango | news | noun |
| nyonso | all, every | adjective |
| nzambe | god | noun |
| te | no, not | adverb |
| –zal– | be | verb |
| –zal– na | have | verb |