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you should connect the prefix to the verb / noun
e.g. : nalingi, kotanga, bazali, bandeko, nakozonga,...
not "nako zonga" or "nazo zela"

ba- conjugation prefix

3rd person plural

they (also impersonal)

ba- plural prefix

some, several

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pronoun

4 examples (bandakisa mínei) ...

lopango ya baCarla ezalaka na Lemba.: Het lot van de "Carlas" is in Lemba.
bacable ya courant eyibami na lingwala: electricitycables were stolen in Lingwala
bacables ya courant ezotokatoka awa na sima ya mvula: the electricity cables cook here after a rain
kende kolembola masoko / sima / babottes ya mokonzi.: go lick the buttocks / the behind / the boots of the boss. (flatter)

Article : pronouns

pronoms
Singular
1	me, I	ngai
2	you	yo
3	he, she, him (it)	ye (yango)
Plural
1	we	biso
2	you (pl)	bino
3	they, them (those things)	bango (yango)

conjugaison
Singular
1	I	namoni	I see
2	you	olingi	you love
3	he / she	alingi	he / she aime
Plural
1	we	tolingi	we love
2	you (plural)	bolingi	you love
3	they	balingi	they love
Objets (S & P)
3	it	etali (yo)	it looks at (you) / "it's your problem"

baseka, form of a verb

infinitive : koseka, koseke
time : (eleká kala etikalá) far past perfect (tosálá = we have worked) or (mposa) wish, subjonctif, volonté (tósála =if/for we worked)
person : third person plural (they)

koseka, regular construction (root : sek) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))
koseke, regular construction (root : sek) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))

to laugh, to laugh at

toseka
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derived words : boseka, boseki, lísekí

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verbs with [ko...e]

5 examples (bandakisa mítáno) ...

koseka ngai te.: do not mock me.
seka muke balula yo: Smile a bit, that we admire you
boseka ngai, ekosala eloko te: make fun of me, it won't do anything.
ye asekaka ye moko lokola kizengi.: She laughs all alone like a fool.
Mutu akweyi. Bino boseki ye.: Someone fell. You guys are making fun of him.

móseka, pl. baseka (class 1/2 : mo- (mu-) / ba- (persons))

virgin
young girl, lady

see also : mwasi, moasi

1 example (ndakisa mókó) ...

Azalaki moseka liboso tosibaki.: She was a virgin before we made love.

seka, form of a verb

infinitive : koseka, koseke
time : (etinda) imperative (run ! let's go ! listen ! ...)
person : second person singular (you)

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