Lingala Words and Phrases

Greeting and Leave-Taking

Hello - Mbote.
Hello, Mama - Mbote na yo, Mama. (This is polite greeting for any
adult woman a bit older than you, not just your own mother)
Hello, friend - Mbote na yo, moninga.
How is it going? - Ndenge nini?
(It's going) well - Malamu.
!re you doing well? - Ozali malamu?
"es, I'm doing well - Ee, nazali malamu.
#hat's new? - Nsango nini ? / ango nini ?
$othing's new - Nsango te. / ango te.
%ee you later - Tikala malamu.
!on"ugation o# $To %e&
! &onjugation of the 'erb in (ingala that means )to be) will gi'e you a taste
for how (ingala grammar wor*s !s you will noti&e on the following 'erbs, the
subje&t pronoun is dire&tly atta&hed to the 'erb !lso, you will note that there
is a di+erent pre,- for the third person, depending on whether the subje&t
being referen&e is human (one pre,-) or else an animal or an obje&t (a
di+erent pre,-)
I am - Nazali
"ou (singular) are - Ozali
He.she is - 'zali (only to refer to a human subje&t)
He.she.it is - Ezali (only to refer to a non-human subje&t)
#e are - Tozali
"ou (plural) are - %ozali
They are - %azali (only to refer to a human subje&t)
They are - Ezali (only to refer to a non-human subje&t)
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