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bokeba, form of a verb

kokéba, regular construction (root : keb) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))

to pay attention, to watch out

kokébisa
to prevent, to inform
to attract attention on something

yo keba
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keba
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Keba na yo !
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derived words : keba-keba, likebisi

11 examples (bandakisa zómi na mókó) ...

keba !: watch out !
Keba, pilipili eswi makasi.: watch out, the chilipepper is very hot. (stings hard)
Ndenge nini tokoki komikebisa na ngenge ya SIDA ?: How can we protect ourselves from the AIDS virus ?
keba ! koleka awa te ! libulu moko ezali.: Watch out ! Don't pass here ! There's a hole.
ebongi okeba. na zamba oyo baniama bazalaka ebele.: You have to be careful. In that forest are a lot of animals.
keba na esika wana okoki kokweya: Watch out! at this spot you may fall.
ebongi penza kokeba na batu wana.: One must really watch out for those people.
aza kokeba na mwasi wana makasi.: He pays much attention to that girl there.
na zamba oyo banzoi baza ebele. bokeba !: In that forest there are a lot of bees. Watch out !
keba ! okosoka na linzanza oyo.: Watch out ! You will hurt yourself on that tin can.
keba akosumba na bilamba.: Watch out ! He will poop in his clothes.

bokeba, form of a verb

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

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