dictionary / translation Lingala

káka

only, just
always, still

ata ezui mayi ekopela kaka
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yo kaka
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see also : bobele, sé

22 examples (bandakisa ntúkú míbalé na míbalé) ...

nakolinga kaka komona yo: I desire just (only) to see you
ntango wana, tolyaka kaka madesu na mayi: at that time (in those days), we only ate beans with water.
nazozela kaka: I'm just waiting.
nalingi ye lisusu te. Nabimi na ye kaka boye.: I don't love her anymore. I went out with her just like that.
mbote, boni nzoto ? nga naza malamu. nalingaki kaka napesa yo mbote: Hello, how's the body (the health) ? I'm doing well. I just wanted to greet you.
oza kaka awa ?: Are you still here ?
Namoni ozangi eloko ya kosala. Luka ata mosala ko ! kaka koyungana boye...: I see that you lack something to do. Look even for a job, come on ! just wandering like that...
makayabu na fumbwa ! ezangi kaka loso kasi naza na nzala !: makayabu and fumbwa ! Only rice is missing, but I'm hungry !
awa tosalaka kaka na baboti na biso: Here we are just with our parents
kaka ngai nde nazosala misala nioso ya ndako: There's only me who does the all the chores of the house .
kaka yo nde oza koluka makambo awa: There's only you who seeks trouble here
baninga na ngai nioso bazali na motuka. etikali kaka ngai: All my friends have a car. Only I remain.
loboko na yo kitoko penza. ebongi kaka osala manzaka.: Your hand is really beautiful. You should just do your nails.
yo oza na bizaleli kaka neti mama na yo: You just have a behaviour like your mother.
bato nyonso bazali awa, tozozela kaka yo.: Everyone is here, we're just waiting for you.
aza kaka mwana muke. Kopesa ye bazoka te.: He's only a small child. Don't give him chewing gum.
pona nini mikolo oyo oza kolia kaka madesu ?: Why all you do these days is eat beans ?
nasali kaka mikate zomi.: I only made 10 fritters.
Akoya lelo lisusu te. Akoya kaka lobi.: She will not come anymore today. She will just come tomorrow.
ngai nalingaka kobota bana mibale kaka: Me, I want to give birth to just two children.
Osundola mwasi na yo na bana kaka boye.: You abandonned your wife and the children just like that.
namonaka ye neti kaka ndeko na ngai: I see her only like my sister

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