Learn Lingala - Beginner to Advanced

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.

Master the simple past tense in Lingala by conjugating verbs with the ko- prefix replaced by the appropriate pronoun and adding the -ka suffix, using examples like kozala and kolala.

Learn Lingala past perfect conjugation by swapping ko- with a personal pronoun and adding -ki, with examples like kozala and kolala, and compare it to the simple past.

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.

this lesson covers the simple past tense of six common irregular verbs, providing subject-based examples with forms like went, ate, proposed, snorted, and 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.

Master the imperative tense by conjugating six common irregular verbs across first and second person forms, with examples like go, eat, propose, and jump; mastery comes from memorization.

Learn basic Lingala greetings and everyday conversations, including hello, goodbye, how are you, yes and no, thank you, please, and common phrases for introductions.

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.

Learn the names of animals from Africa, from baboon and buffalo to elephant, lion, and zebra, with fun facts about size, behavior, and endangered status.

Explore countries, continents, and oceans in Lingala, learning how English country names use French forms and recognizing major geographic terms such as the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Southern Ocean.

Explore Lingala possessive pronouns and their differences from similar forms, practicing examples with mine, yours, his, her, its, and plural forms to clarify meaning.

Explore extended Lingala personal pronouns, learn how moko marks 'one' and 'self,' and form possessive expressions by adding tomoko to pronouns, including singular and plural forms.

Explore equality comparison in Lingala, using two equivalent formulas where the first element is followed by the second, and you may choose either formula without changing the meaning.

Explore the six main question words in this Lingala beginner intro, previewing how context and sentence placement affect their use.

Learn Lingala by mastering two ways to ask where: the common 'what' and an elder form, with examples like 'where are you from?' and guidance on usage.

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.

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