
Welcome to the 'Learn Lingala - Beginner to Advanced' course!
Learn Lingala cardinal numbers from zero to ten and beyond, using 'na' for decimals and counting to thirty, with hundreds and thousands via nkama and nkoto.
Learn Lingala - beginner to advanced, master the past perfect tense for six common irregular verbs with examples like I have gone, I have eaten, and I have jumped.
Explore the future tense in Lingala by conjugating the six most common irregular verbs—go, eat, propose, say goodbye in, snore, and jump—with singular and plural forms.
Learn the conditional tense of the six most common irregular verbs, including go, eat, propose, say goodbye, snore, and jump, with example constructions for singular and plural subjects.
Learn Lingala family vocabulary, including mama for mother and tata for father, and how to refer to grandparents, siblings, and spouses to build a basic family tree.
Learn to name Lingala dates using the mokolo formula, starting with mokolo (day) and masala with singular or plural endings. Weekends mean no work, and Sunday is a holiday.
Learn how to write dates in Angola using several formulas, including day–month–year and month–year styles, with examples like Wed 18 Mar 2020 and 30 June 1960.
Explore the six main question words in this Lingala beginner intro, previewing how context and sentence placement affect their use.
Learn Lingala time prepositions such as before, after, since, and from, with examples like before starting, after eating, since 3 p.m., and from tomorrow. Next we cover location prepositions.
Learn how to express already in Lingala using a pronoun plus the suffix c in a formula with a conjugated verb, with examples like I am sleeping already.
Celebrate becoming a Lingala speaker and continue learning with word, verb, and sentence lists, plus access to Radio Lingala and the Learn Lingala - Beginner to Advanced community.
Do you want to go from no previous Lingala knowledge - overwhelmed and confused about where to even start - to speaking Lingala on an advanced level, able to seamlessly form complex sentences with great confidence?
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You have just stumbled upon the first and most complete, in-depth beginner to advanced Lingala language course online. These comprehensive lectures cover everything you will ever need.
Whether you want to:
Start speaking Lingala.
Prepare yourself for a trip to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Expand your set of useful skills.
Become a polyglot.
Do business with Lingala-speakers.
This complete Lingala language course is exactly what you need, and even more.
(You'll even get a Certificate of Completion from Udemy to add to your arsenal).
Why is this course so great? It covers everything you need to speak Lingala in no time:
How to read and write Lingala.
Information about the language and its origin.
How to go from basic to complex conversations.
How to conjugate regular and irregular verbs in all tenses.
How to communicate in a variety of everyday situations.
How to show respect and consideration to others.
More insight into the Congolese culture, ethics, and traditions.
Access to resources with more than 1500 words, more than 800 verbs, and more than 600 sentences.
How to make a lot of friends with ease due to your linguistic skills.
All the essential grammar and vocabulary that you need to be able to read, write, and speak in Lingala.
How to cook Congolese dishes.
This Lingala language course includes:
60 lectures
3 hours of video content
4 resources
5 exams
certificate of completion
life-time access
Start learning today and let's speak in Lingala!