dictionary / translation Lingala

batela, form of a verb

infinitive : kotela
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)

kotela, regular construction (root : tel) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))

to clarify, to clear up, to get clear
to blush
to change from dark to light color
to mature (fruit)

3 examples (bandakisa mísáto) ...

manga ya kotela: a ripe mango
pona nini bolingi kotela boye ? Eza malamu te pona poso.: Why do you like to get clear like that ? It's not good for the skin.
okoya kotela makasi pamba, tika kopakola mafuta wana: You risk to get very clear for nothing, stop applying that cream.

batela, form of a verb

infinitive : kobáta
time : (etinda) imperative (run ! let's go ! listen ! ...)
person : second person singular (you)
infixe : -el : applicative ( to ... for ... / to undergo )

kobáta, regular construction (root : bat) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))

to observe, to watch
to count

kobátela
to conserve, to maintain, to protect, to care for, to watch over

kobátama
to hide
to be counted, to be observed

derived words : mobáteli

7 examples (bandakisa nsambo) ...

manguele mpe kisi ezali te po na kobatela moto azua VIH to bokono ya SIDA te.: There's no vaccine nor a medicine to protect someone from acquiring HIV or the disease AIDS.
ndenge ya komibatela : na capote. Nzela ya malamu koleka mpo na komibatela ezali kosalela capote: the way to protect oneself : with a condom. The best method to protect oneself is to use a condom.
Nzambe apambola bino mingi. Kimia ezala na bino. Nzambe abatela bino.: My God bless you in abundance. Peace be with you. May God protect you.
Bazali kobatela mino malamu te, mosusu esila ngala mpe mosusu balambi yango na ndenge elongobani te.: They don't conserve the medicines well, others are expired and others they prepare with non conform methods.
tokosenga epayi ya Nzambe abatela biso ti na suka ya sanza.: We will ask God that he may protect us till the end of the month.
mwana na ngai, nabatelaka ye lokola liki.: My child, I protect him like an egg.
batela lobi na yo: take care of your future

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