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Months and years in Lingala

Which month are we in?	Tozali na sanza nini?
January	Sanza ya yambo
Febuary	Sanza ya mibale
March	Sanza ya misato
April	Sanza ya mine
May	Sanza ya mitano
June	Sanza ya motoba
July	Sanza ya sambo
August	Sanza ya muambe
September	Sanza ya libua
October	Sanza ya zomi
November	Sanza ya zomi na moko
December	Sanza ya zomi na mibale

Year phrases

This year	Mbula oyo
My birthday is in June this year	Mokolo ya mbotaka na ngai anniversaire na ngai eza na sanza ya sambo ya mbula oyo
There are elections this year	Toza na boponami ya mokonzi na mbula oyo
Next year	Mbula oyo ezali ko ya
Next year in September the rainy season will start	Na mbula ezali ko ya na sanza ya libua tango ya mbula ekobanada
We will finish building the house next year	To ko silisa musala ya ko ndaku na mbula oyo ezali ko banda
Last year	1) Mbula ewuti ko leka 2) Mbula eleki
Last year in March it was difficult to travel to Kinshasa	Mbula eleki ezalaki pasi mingi kosala mobembo pona Kinshasa
Last year we had a lot of problems due to the drought	Na mbula eleki tozalaki na ba nagambu mingi likolo ya bokawuki

Sample sentence

I moved to Luanda in January this year due to a new job that I had applied for last year. I am happy that I got it and now I’m thinking of building a house in Mbanza Kongo next year so that my family can have a house.	Mbula oyo na bonguani na sanza ya yambo pona Luanda likolo ya mosala ya sika esika na mikomisaki kuna mbula eleki. Nazali na esengo pona ndenge na zui mosala oyo sikoyo nazali ko kanisa kotonga ndaku na Mbanza Kongo na mbula ezali ko ya pona ete libota bazala na ndaku.

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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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