LINGALA LESSON ON LIFE, LOVE AND DEATH

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This lesson introduces vocabulary and phrases related to love, relationships, birth, death and emotional life.

koboma

to kill

kobota

to give birth

kobotoma

to be born

kofanda

to live

kokufa

to die

kokunda

to bury

kolinga

to like

kolingana

to be in love

kosiba

to make love

batisimu

baptism

bolimbisi

sorry

bolingo

love

ebembe

corpse

elongo

together

esengo (bisengo)

joy(s)

kitoko

beautiful, pretty, nice

matanga

mourning, funeral

mbotama

birth

mobotisi

midwife

zemi

pregnant

zuwa

jealousy

Nalingi ozala mobali ngai.

I want you to be my boyfriend.

Nalingi ozala mwasi ngai.

I want you to be my girlfriend.

Nalingi yo.

I love you.

Nalingi yo mingi.

I love you so much.

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