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Days of the week in Lingala

What day is today?	Lelo eza mokolo nini?
Monday	Mokolo ya liboso
Tuesday	Mokolo ya mibale
Wednesday	Mokolo ya misato
Thursday	Mokolo ya mineyi
Friday	Mokolo ya mitano
Saturday	Mokolo ya mposo
Sunday	Mokolo ya yenga

How to describe weeks

This week	Mposo oyo
I have exams on Friday this week	Nazali na examen na mokolo ya mitano ya mposo oyo
This week there are some activities	Mposo oyo ba activite moko ekozala
This week will be better than last week	Mposo oyo ekozala malamu koleka mposo eleki
Next week	Mposo elandi
I will return next week	Nako zonga na mposo elandi
I have exams next week	Na mposo elandi naza na examen
We have a visit next week	Na mposo ezali ko ya tokozala na mupaya moko
Last week	Mposo elekaki
Last week went by quite quickly	Mposo eleki esili noki mingi
I had some medical consultations last week	Nasalaki ba examen na monganga na mposo elekaki
We had cassava last week	Tozalaki na mariage mposo elekaki

A sample sentence

I need to travel to Goma on Tuesday because I have another flight on the same day and I would arrive in the Nairobi on the following week	Esengeli nakende mobembo na Goma na mokolo ya mibale. Pona nazali na avion na mokolo moko mpe esengeli nakoma na Nairobi na mposo elandi

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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