dictionary / translation Lingala

balobeli, form of a verb

infinitive : koloba
time : (ezalisi) simple present (I work, I dance,...) or present perfect (I have worked, I have danced,...) (-i)
person : third person plural (they)
infixe : -el : applicative ( to ... for ... / to undergo )

koloba, regular construction (root : lob) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))

to speak
to say

kolobaloba
to tattle
to talk much for nothing

balobi balobi
src : Vanessa Caixeiro

derived words : elobélá, elobela, liloba, balobi, molobeli, elobeli

31 examples (bandakisa ntúkú mísáto na mókó) ...

Nakoki koloba lingala. Nayebi koloba lingala.: I'm able to speak lingala. I know how to speak Lingala.
Nazali koyoka yo te, nalobaka lingala te: I can't understand you, I don't speak lingala.
Pierre alobi na ye : Te, okosokola ngai makolo ata mbala moko te !© bible, jean 13:8: Peter said to Him : You shall never (not even one time) wash my feet !
loba sima na ngai : ...: say after me : ...
Oyebi lingala ? - Ee, nalobi ata lingala ya mangala: Do you know Lingala ? - Yes, I even speak strict lingala (the lingala of the mangala)
Loba malembe. Nazoyoka te.: Speak slowly. I don't understand you.
loba nakoyoka, tinda nakosala: Speak, I shall listen. Send, I shall do.
tolobi ndenge moko: We spoke the same way. (we said the same thing)
Natunaki yo soki oyebi koloba lingala: I asked you whether you can speak Lingala.
Monoko ya mobange, elumbaka solo, kasi elobaka makambo ya lokuta te. soki okimi solo wana, okoyeba makambo te. Proverb/expression (don't translate litteraly): The mouth of the elderly, it smells foul, but doesn't tell lies. If you avoid this smell, you will not know the affairs.
monoko ya mokolo elumbaka solo, kasi elobaka maloba ya solo Proverb/expression (don't translate litteraly): The mouth of the elderly smells bad, but the words are true.
nalobaka minoko mibale: I speak two languages
mwasi oyo alingaka koloba mingi te: That woman doesn't like to talk much.
kobeta bana te. lobela bango malembe: Don't hit the children. Talk calmly to them.
munganga alobi ebongi omela mayi mingi.: The doctor said, it's good to drink a lot of water.
lolenge boni nakoki koloba na mobali oyo pona atika nga kimia: How can I talk to that man so that he'd leave me in peace ?
nani alobi nazali kobela makasi ?: Who said that I was very sick ?
koloba mingi te. nazoya sikoyo.: Don't talk much. I'm coming now.
koloba na ngai boye te nazali mukolo na yo: Don't speak to me like that. I'm older than you.
mutu oyo nazolobela azoyoka ngai te. nazoloba mpamba.: The person I was talking to is not listening to me. Je parle pour rien.
ezala mbala na yo ya suka olobela ngai boye: That this may be your last time you talked to me that way.
balobi na ye akende.: They told him to leave.
kokosa ngai te. loba na ngai bosolo.: Don't lie to me. Tell me the truth.
alobaka mingi mpe abombaka sekele te: She talks much and she never keeps a secret.
munganga alobi ke nakotikala ekomba: The doctor said that I will stay sterile.
na balabala oyo bato nyonso bazoloba ke oza kitoko.: In this street everyone says that you are beautiful.
nalobi moto akobima awa te.: I say that nobody will leave here.
Nalobaki na yo ke osundola ye.: I told you to abandon him.
loba lisusu: Talk again. Say again.
ata nkoso elobaka ezangi mayele: even if the parrot can talk, he lacks intelligence.
Yawe alobi bango: So speaks the Lord

plural of "molobeli"

molobeli, pl. balobeli (class 1/2 : mo- (mu-) / ba- (persons))

spokesman, lawyer

derived from : koloba

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