dictionary / translation Lingala

mbongo, pl. bambongo (class 9/10 (2) : - / - (ba-) : plural invariable from context (or informal/modern ba-))

money

AS Vita Club - bana mbongo
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vodacom - suka na mbongo
© vodacom

nkasa ya mbongo
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see also : mosolo, lofalánga, falánga

28 examples (bandakisa ntúkú míbalé na mwámbe) ...

Nakoki kotindela yo mbongo te.: I can not send you money.
oza na mbongo ? te, naza nango te.: Do you have money ? No I don't have any.
lokasa ya mbongo.: bill of money
mbongo ya libala / biloko ya libala / likonza: The dowry (for the marriage)
Nazongiselaki yo mbongo.: I gave you back the money.
Bambanda na nga nyoso bafandeli yo po na mbongo na yo: all my rivals stay with you for your money
naza na mbongo te: I have no money.
mokolo nakokufa... ngai, mutu ya mbongo: The day I will die... me, a rich man
kopesa ye mbongo mingi te, aza nanu mwana muke: Don't give him much money, it's still a little child
tata naza na posa ya mbongo po nasomba bilamba: Father, I need money to buy clothes.
naza na mbongo ya kopesa yo te: I don't have money to give you
mbongo oyo natikalaki na yango napesi yango yaya na yo: I have given the money that was left (the money that I staid with) to your sister.
soki liwa eyebaki mbongo mbele batu ya mbongo bakufaka te: If death would know money, then rich people wouldn't die.
boyibi mbongo ya batu: You stole the people's money.
nakodefa mbongo na musala: I will borrow money at work.
kobosana ngai te tango okozala na mbongo: Don't forget me when you'll have money.
Mikolo oyo nateki te batu bazosomba malamu te mbongo eza te.: These days I don't sell. The people don't buy well. There's no money.
soki napesi yo mbongo wana, ngai, nakolia ndenge nini ?: If I give you that money, me, how will I eat ?
basengi mbongo ebele kuna na lopitalo.: The asked a lot of money there at the hospital.
ndenge nini bosalaki pona boyiba mbongo na ngai ?: How did you do it to steal my money ?
ye ayebaki ke ozalaki na mbongo te: She knew that you didn't have money.
Soki tosangisi mbongo wana nyonso, tokoki kosomba lopango: If we put together all that money, we can buy a plot.
Osombi mutuka na mbongo ya nani ?: You bought the car with whose money ?
Abeti ngai pamba te abungisi mbongo na ye.: She hit me because she misplaced her money.
nakoki kopesa mbongo na ngai na ndumba te.: I cannot give my money to a prostitute.
nakozongisela yo mbongo na yo.: I will give you your money back.
yebisa bana wana batinda mbongo.: Let those children there know they should send money.
yo lokoso ya mbongo boye !: You, you love money too much like that !

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