dictionary / translation Lingala

basombi, form of a verb

infinitive : kosómba
time : (ezalisi) simple present (I work, I dance,...) or present perfect (I have worked, I have danced,...) (-i)
person : third person plural (they)

kosómba, regular construction (root : somb) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))

to buy

kosómbisa
to exchange (currency)

derived words : mosombi

25 examples (bandakisa ntúkú míbalé na mítáno) ...

nasombaki motuka ya sika: I bought a new car
nasombi biloko ya kolia na wenze.: I bought something to eat at the market.
kende nanu kosomba lipa.: Go buy the bread already.
Kosomba nanu lipa te.: Don't buy the bread yet.
na ntongo oyo mama akeyi na zando asomba mapa: This morning mama went to the market to buy bread.
tshombo na yo ebongi te ? okosomba ya sika ?: Your phone isn't repaired ? Will you buy a new one ?
bomoyi ya moto basombaka te Proverb/expression (don't translate litteraly): One doesn't buy the life of someone
po na kozwa bis okoki kosomba tiké po na mokolo moko, sanza moko to mbula mobimba.: To take the bus, you can buy a ticket for one day, one month or a whole year.
elamba oyo kitoko makasi. posa ya kosomba yango.: That garment is very pretty. love to buy it.
kende kosomba mapa pona tata na yo: Go buy bread for your father
tata naza na posa ya mbongo po nasomba bilamba: Father, I need money to buy clothes.
asombi liputa moko lokola ya ngai: She bought the same cloth as me
nazosombela yo motuka ya sika. kobebisa yango te mbala oyo.: I buy you a new car. Don't ruin it this time.
osombeli mwasi na yo tshombo ya sika: You bought a new phone for your girlfriend.
tata na ngai pe asombi motuka: My dad too bought a car.
awuti kosomba pantalo ya pembe.: She just bought a pair of white trousers.
asombi tukutuku mususu. akomi na yango mibale.: She bought another scooter. She has two of them now.
pesa ngai falanga nasomba bilamba: Give me money so that I buy clothes.
kende kosombela ngai kisi: Go buy me medicin
asombeli ngai kazaka: She bought me a jacket.
nasombi mapa misato pona bana balia: I bought three loaves of bread for the the children to eat.
kende kosomba litungulu na zando.: Go buy an onion at the market.
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 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 ?

plural of "mosombi"

mosombi, pl. basombi (class 1/2 : mo- (mu-) / ba- (persons))

buyer

derived from : kosómba

1 example (ndakisa mókó) ...

mosombi monene ya mabanga: big diamonds dealer

translation / dictionary Lingala - English