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Some phrases

Yes -- No -- Maybe -- Please -- Thank You	Oui -- Te -- Tango mosusu -- Bolimbsi -- Matondi
I know -- I don't know -- How can I know? -- Sorry	Na yebi -- Na yebi te -- 1) Nakoki koyeba ndenge nini? 2) Nako yeba ndenge nini? -- Limbisa
Did you understand? -- I understood -- I didn't understand what you said -- I understood what you said	Ososoli? -- Nasosoli -- Nasosoli oyo olobi te -- Nasosoli oyo olobi
Can you speak slower?	1) Okoki koloba malembe mingi penya? 2) Loba mua malembe?
Can you repeat this again?	1) Okoki kobandela yango lisusu? 2) Bandela lisusu ko loba?
Do you speak ____? Chokwe? -- Portuguese? -- English -- French?	Olobaka ____? Chokwe? -- Lukeso? -- Anglais? -- Français

Love and relationship phrases in Lingala

I like you -- I want you -- I want to date you	Na lingaka yo -- Nalingi yo -- Nalingi nabanda kobima na yo
I do not like you -- I do not want you -- I do not want to date you	Na lingaka yo te -- Nalingi yo te -- Nalingi nabanda kobima na yo te
I think you are a beautiful woman -- I think you are a handsome man	Na banza été ozali muasi kitoko -- Na banza été ozali mobali kitoko
I think he is a handsome man -- I think she is a beautiful woman	Na banza été ye azali mobali kitoko -- Na banza été ye azali muasi kitoko
Congolese women are beautiful -- Congolese men are beautiful	1) Basi ya Congo bazali bonzenga 2) Basi ya Congo bazali kitoko -- 1) Mibali ya Congo bazali bonzenga 2) Basi ya Congo bazali kitoko
Can I invite you to dinner or lunch? -- Do you want to pay or should I pay?	Nakoki kobengisa yo na sortie, soirée moko boye? -- 1) Olingi kofuta? 2) Bien esengeli ngai nafuta?
You have a good personality	Ozali na bomutu moko malamu

Birthday and new year phrases in Lingala

Congrats!	Félicitation!
Merry Christmas (and a) Happy New Year	Mbotama ya Yesu malamu (pe) mnbula ya sika malamu
I have this gift for you, hope you like it	Nazali na cadeau oyo pona yo, tika été osepela na yango
Today is your special day	Lelo ezali journée especial na yo

Learn Lingala

Greetings & Introductions
How to greet and introduce yourself in Lingala

Family
How can you describe your family in Lingala?

Numbers
How to count in Lingala

Days of the week
How to say days of the week in Lingala

Months of the year
How to say months of the year in Lingala

Time Concepts
How say early, late, always and other concepts in Lingala

Question Words
Who? What? When? Where? Why? How? How Much?

Traveling
Need to get to travel somewhere? Learn how to do it in Lingala

Shopping
Let's go shopping and see how to buy items in Lingala

Important Verbs
To be, To Have, To Do, To Say, To Go, To Know, To Want, To Can & To Use

Media
List of music, dances and movies in Lingala

Phrases
Extra phrases in Lingala that may be handy

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