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Question Words in the Lingala

Who? What? When? Where? Why? And How Much?

Here are some useful question words to help you ask the right questions with people in Lingala Language.

Where?	Wapi?
Where is Sara’s house?	Ndaku ya Sara ezali wapi?
Where is this?	Awa ezali wapi?
When?	Tango nini? Mokolo nini?
When is Françisco coming?	Françisco akozonga mokolo nini?
When will you travel?	Oko sala mobembo mokolo nini?
How?	Ndenge nini?
How can I get to Bandundu?	Ndenge nini nakoki kokoma na Bandundu?
How is your brother?	Leki nayo azali ndenge nini?
What?	Nini?
What did you do?	Osali nini?
What is this?	Oyo ezali nini?
Who?	Nani?
Who is the traditional leader of this village?	1) Nani azali mokonzi ya mboka oyo? 2) Nani azali chef ya village oyo?
Who did this?	Nani asalaki boye?
Why?	Pona nini?
Why did he do this?	Pona nini asalaki boye?
Why is he like this?	Ye azali boye pona nini?
Why is there no food?	Pona nini bileyi ezali te?

How can you use "how much" to buy things?

How much?	Talo boni?
How much is this food?	1) Talo boni pona sani ya biloko ya kolia? 2) Bileyi oyo ezali talo boni? 3) Biloko yakolia ezali talo boni?
How much is a ticket to Brazzaville?	Tiquet pona Brazzaville ezali talo boni?

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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