Me, you and them (Lesson 2)

ngaime, Ibisowe, us
yoyoubinoyou
yehe, shebangothey, them
yangoityangothey, them
The personal pronouns in Lingala
na ngai
ya ngai
my, minena biso
ya biso
our, ours
na yo
ya yo
your, yoursna bino
ya bino
your, yours
na ye
ya ye
his/her(s)na bango
ya bango
their, theirs
na yango
ya yango
it, itsna yango
ya yango
their, theirs
The possessive pronouns in Lingala
kiti na ngaimy chair
kiti na yehis/her chair
kiti na bangotheir chair
mesa na ngaimy table
mesa na yehis/her table
mesa na bangotheir table
Using possessive pronouns with the words for ‘table’ and ‘chair’
kiti ya mamamum’s chair
mesa ya papadad’s table
mesa ya HanaHannah’s table
kiti ya YoaneJohn’s chair
Using proper noun’s so show possession of something.
mesatable
kitichair
The new words
Igo tograndmother’s house
na--zali kokendendako ya nkoko
wego tograndmother’s house
to--zali kokendendako ya nkoko
Some simple sentences
na-Ito-we
a-he/sheba-they
o-youbo-you
e-ite-they
The pronoun prefixes (beginnings) for verbs in Lingala

Nazali kokende ndako ya nkoko
Tozali kokende ndako ya nkoko
Azali kokende ndako ya nkoko
Bazali kokende ndako ya nkoko
Ozali kokende ndako ya nkoko
Bozali kokende ndako ya nkoko
Ezali kokende ndako ya nkoko

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