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mokolo, pl. mikolo (class 3/4 : mo- (mu-) / mi- : objects)
mukolo, pl. mikolo (class 3/4 : mo- (mu-) / mi- : objects)Kinshasa version

day

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37 examples (bandakisa ntúkú mísáto na nsambo) ...

mokolo na mokolo: day after day (every day)
Nini etungisaki yo mokolo wana ?: What was bothering you that day ?
Mbula enokelaka ndaku ya moninga omoni yango moke, kasi mokolo ekonokela yo ekomi matata. Proverb/expression (don't translate litteraly): When the rain fell on the house of your friend, you found it insignificant, but the day it fell on you it became a problem.
mokolo moko te. mbala moko te. eloko moko te. moto moko te. esika moko te.: Never (not one day). Never (not one time). Nothing (not one thing). Nobody (not one man). Nowhere (not one place).
poso ekoya mokolo moko eza nakosala te.: Next week, there's a day that I don't work.
Lelo ezali mokolo ya suka. Lobi ezalaki mokolo ya liboso.: Today is the last day. Yesterday was the first day.
lelo mokolo nini ?: What day is it today ?
na ntongo penza. eleko ya mokolo: (very) early in the morning. during the day.
mokolo ya bopemi. mokolo ya mosala.: day off (holiday). workday.
mokolo ya kobotama.: birthday
omelaka makaya boni na mokolo ?: How many cigarettes do you smoke a day ?
Mokolo moko, nguma akendeki bokila na zamba. Amonaki nyama moko ya monene na amelaki ye mobimba.: One day the python went hunting in the forest. He had seen a large beast and had swallowed it entirely.
osololi na ye mikolo oyo ?: did you speak with him these days ?
yebisa ngai Wendy akoya kovisiter palais mokolo nini.: Let me know what day Wendy will come to visit the house.
mikolo eleki ebele: A lot of days have passed.
mokolo mosusu nakobina na yo: Another day I will dance with you
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.
ntango mosusu / mikolo misusu: sometimes (another time / different days )
monoko ya mokolo elumbaka solo, kasi elobaka maloba ya solo Proverb/expression (don't translate litteraly): The mouth of the elderly smells bad, but the words are true.
tokomonana mokolo mosusu: We will see each other again one of these days.
mokolo mosusu kanda ekosila pe nakozonga tosamba © groupe Choc Star: One of these days the anger will cease and I'll come back so that we'll judge
ozobima mingi mikolo oyo: You go out a lot these days
mokolo nakokufa... ngai, mutu ya mbongo: The day I will die... me, a rich man
mokolo nakoya nalingi batu nioso bazala: The day I will come, I'd love everybody to be there.
koloba na ngai boye te nazali mukolo na yo: Don't speak to me like that. I'm older than you.
monoko na yo nde ekoboma yo mokolo mosusu: It's your mouth that will kill you one of these days.
mikolo oyo mbula ezobeta makasi.: These days it's raining hard.
likambo oyo ekosila mokolo nini ?: What day will this problem end ?
lelo ezali mokolo ya mbotama ya yesu: Today is the birthday of Jesus.
okoya epayi na ngai mokolo nini ?: What day are you coming to my place ?
okobota mokolo nini ?: When are you going to give birth ?
lelo ezali mokolo ya mbotama ya koko na biso ya mwasi.: Today is the birthday of my grandmother.
pona nini mikolo oyo oza kolia kaka madesu ?: Why all you do these days is eat beans ?
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.
Mikolo oyo aza kokanga suki te.: Lately she doesn't braid her hair.
banda mikolo mibale azolia te.: Since two days she's not eating.
azalaki na yo te mokolo mobimba.: She wasn't with you all day.

Article : dates

times/dates

The days of the week
1	monday	mokolo ya liboso / mokolo ya yambo
2	tuesday	mokolo ya mibale
3	wednesday	mokolo ya misato
4	thursday	mokolo ya minei
5	friday	mokolo ya mitano
6	saturday	mokolo ya póso / mokolo ya saba / mokolo wa kombo
7	sunday	mokolo ya eyenga / mokolo ya lomingo

The months
1	januari	sanza ya liboso / yambo
2	februari	sanza ya mibale
3	march	sanza ya misato
4	april	sanza ya minei
5	mai	sanza ya mitano
6	june	sanza ya motoba	yuni
7	july	sanza ya sambo	yuli
8	august	sanza ya moambe
9	september	sanza ya libwa
10	october	sanza ya zomi
11	november	sanza ya zomi na mókó
12	december	sanza ya zomi na mibalé

jaar
year 2013	mobu mwa nkóto míbalé na zómi na mísáto mobu ya 2013

Misc
day	mokolo
week	mpóso
month	sanza
year	mobu/mbula/mpela
evening	mpokwa
night	butu
noon	nzanga
morning	ntongo
today	lelo
yesterday	lobi (eleki)
tomorrow	lobi (ekoya)

In Congo, close to the equator, there are not 4, but 2 seasons.

The seasons
dry season	tángo ya elanga
rain season	tángo ya mbúla

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