What are you doing? (Lesson 3)

zal[a]be/am/are
nazaliI am
ozaliyou are
azalihe/she is
ezaliit is (they are, plural form)
tozaliwe are
bozaliyou are (plural)
bazalithey are
kozalato be
The verb ‘to be’ is ‘zala’ in Lingala
tozali koyekola Lingalawe are learning Lingala
nazali koyekola LingalaI am learning Lingala
azali koyekola Lingalahe/she is learning Lingala
nazali kokende ndako na ngaiI am going to my house
tozali kokende ndako na yewe are going to his house
ozali kokende ndako ya Mamayou (singular) are going to Mum’s house
bazali kokende eteyelothey are going to school
nazali koteya yoI am teaching you (singular)
bazali koteya bisothey are teaching us
bozali koliya bileiyou (plural) are eating food
yekolalearn
eteyeloschool
teyateach
liyaeat
meladrink
bileifood
zalabe (exist)

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