dictionary / translation Lingala

kozánga, regular construction (root : zang) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))

to miss, to be short (of), to lack
to be absent

Attention ! This verb may lead to ambiguïty about
the active or passive interpretation of it; the subject and the object;

zanga nioso mais zala na BASE
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ezanga te !!!
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derived words : mozangi, azángá

12 examples (bandakisa zómi na míbalé) ...

ozangi ngai / ozoanga ngai.: I miss you. I'm missing you.
ti ezanga sukali.: tea without sugar.
Namoni ozangi eloko ya kosala. Luka ata mosala ko ! kaka koyungana boye...: I see that you lack something to do. Look even for a job, come on ! just wandering like that...
mutuka ezangi ekangele ebomi batu: a car without brakes has killed people
yo sapologue oza na abakosi versace, kasi miliki ezangi na ndaku: You, the "sapologist", you have a vest of Versace, but milk is missing at home
makayabu na fumbwa ! ezangi kaka loso kasi naza na nzala !: makayabu and fumbwa ! Only rice is missing, but I'm hungry !
pondu na yo ezangi mungwa. pasi ya solo.: your pondu lacks / misses salt. really a pity.
kozanga koyeba eza liwa ya ndambo Proverb/expression (don't translate litteraly): To lack knowing is a part of death.
kozanga baboti ezali pasi mingi: Not having parents is very difficult.
kozanga botosi na mikolo ezali malamu te: Lacking respect for the elders is not good.
kawa ezangi sukali ezali bololo: Coffee without sugar is bitter.
ata nkoso elobaka ezangi mayele: even if the parrot can talk, he lacks intelligence.

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