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moa
na
ma
archaic, antiquated
wa
(genitif of class 3, mo-)
archaic, antiquated
la
archaic, antiquated
moa
archaic, antiquated
of (see article to choose between
na
and
ya
)
and (enumeration, not to combine two phrases (conjunction), for that
pe
or
mpe
is used)
to, with, in, on
mabele ma nzombo
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bandakisa
nkámá
motóbá
na
motóbá
) ...
nafandaki
na
ndaku
poso
mobimba
I stayed at home all week
nakokende
makala
likolo
na
yo
I'll go to jail because of you (over you)
liberté
na
ngai
,
na
kaka
te
!
Proverb/expression (don't translate litteraly)
my freedom, you don't narrow it down !
Nkolo
azali
kobeta
na
porte.
The Lord is knocking at the door
Motema
na
ngai
ezali
kobeta
po
na
yo
My heart beats for you
nzete
moto
ekweyi
na
mopepe
the tree fell due to wind
Yanola
motuna
oyo
.
Yanola
na
lingala
.
Answer that question. Answer in Lingala.
okokaki
koya
(
na
)
makolo
you could come by foot
pesa
ngai
bakombo
na
bango
give me their names
naza
na
nzala
.
Nazoyoka
nzala
.
Naza
na
posa
ya
komela
.
Naza
na
posa
ya
mayi
.
I'm hungry. I feel hungry. I'm thirsty (desire to drink). I'm thirsty (desire for liquid).
mokolo
na
mokolo
day after day (every day)
Ethan
na
Gaby
bakei
mobembo
.
Ethan and Gaby are gone on vacation
Ntaba
na
bino
elekaki
awa
.
Your goats passed here.
Obangisi
ye
po
na
nini
?
Why did you scare him ?
Mama
azali
kolela
po
na
nini
?
Ntina
nini
?
Why is mom crying ? For what reason ?
Tokei
kotambola
na
zando
.
We will walk on/to the market.
Tata
azali
na
libanda
.
Benga
ye
.
Dad is outside. Call him.
Kanga
monoko
!
kanga
mbanga
na
yo
!
Close that mouth. Close your piehole ! (rude)
tuku
mibale
na
motoba
two tenfolds and six : twenty-six (26)
kotanga
na
lingala.
count in Lingala.
Kombo
na
yo
nani
? -
Kombo
na
ngai
Niclette.
What's your name? My name is Niclette.
mopanzi
na
mwasi
,
mopanzi
na
mobali
.
left side, right side
nasombi
biloko
ya
kolia
na
wenze
.
I bought something to eat at the market.
amati
bisi
po
na
kokende
na
zando
.
He took the bus to the market.
...
po
na
kozonga
. ...
po
azonga
. ...
po
azali
kozonga
.
... to come back. ... so that he would come back. ... because he's coming back.
kokende
na
kozonga
round-trip, forth and back
nzungu
ya
madesu
ezali
na
moto
The cooking pot of the beans is on the fire.
oza
na
mbongo
?
te
,
naza
nango
te
.
Do you have money ? No I don't have any.
nakeyi
nango
na
ndaku
.
I go home with that.
Otikaki
lipa
na
yo
awa
,
namelaki
sucré
nango
You left your bread here, I drank a soda with it.
mama
nioso
(
mama
na
mama
)
amema
mwana
na
ye
.
that every mom (mom after mom) carries her child.
bamama
nioso
bamema
bana
na
bango
.
that all mothers bear their children.
nioso
epoli
na
mvula
.
everything is soaked by rain
mwana
na
mwana
,
bendana
!
that each child leaves !
na
bosengi
ya
bato
mingi
,...
at the request of many people, ...
Bobóngolani
na
kemi
chemical reaction
akei
nanu
na
zando
,
(na
)
sima
akokende
mosala
.
he goes already to the market, afterwards he will go to work.
akei
liboso
na
zando
,
(na
)
sima
akokende
mosala
.
firstly he goes to the market, afterwards he will go to work.
loto
na
moto
.
elombó
dandruff flake
biso
toza
koyoka
malili
na
elanga
na
biso
ya
lokuta
.
We, we are feeling cold with our false dry season.
nakei
kolala
!
Lobi
okosala
nini
na
pokwa
?
I'm going to sleep ! What will you do tomorrow evening ?
lakisa
ngai
nzela
po
na
kokende
na
Kintambo.
Show me the way to go to Kintambo.
nalingi
kosolola
na
yo
.
I want to discuss with you.
moto
ya
liboma
aliaka
na
fulu
the mad man eats from the trash
moko
na
zomi
a tithe (tenth part, as in the bible)
elongo
totangi
na
mongongo
makasi
.
Together we read with a raised voice.
eyenga
eleki
nayaki
na
liyangani
ya
mibale
last sunday I came to the second cult.
ye
alingaki
kobala
mwasi
moko
na
kombo
ya
Racele.
He, he wanted to marry a certain Rachel.
nazoya
(nazali
koya
)...
naza
na
nzela
...
nakomi
I'm coming over... I'm underway... I arrived
bato
balakisaki
ngai
bolingo
na
mokili
© Maman Micheline Shabani, La réponse
The people showed me the worldly love
Pierre
alobi
na
ye
:
Te
,
okosokola
ngai
makolo
ata
mbala
moko
te
!
© bible, jean 13:8
Peter said to Him : You shall never (not even one time) wash my feet !
olingi
kobima
na
ngai
?
Do you want to go out with me ?
loba
sima
na
ngai
: ...
say after me : ...
oza
na
motema
malamu
You have a good heart (You are nice)
nabundi
butu
na
moyi
.
I fought night and day
Bazali
lokola
mai
na
moto
.
They are as water and fire.
komeka
mozindo
na
mosapi
te
.
One doesn't measure the depth with his finger.
Libala
:
na
liboso
nde
sukali
,
na
kati
ngaingai
,
na
suka
bololo
.
Marriage: at first it's sweet, in the middle it's sour and in the end it's bitter.
Mayele
ya
moto
ebandaka
na
bomwana
The intelligenc of a man starts from his childhood.
Zoba
liboso
,
mayele
na
sima
.
Proverb/expression (don't translate litteraly)
stupid at first, wise afterwards
Tambola
na
mokili
,
bongo
omona
makambo
.
Proverb/expression (don't translate litteraly)
Go around the world and so you'll see the problems
Oyo
akotambola
na
moyibi
,
akokoma
mpe
moyibi
.
Proverb/expression (don't translate litteraly)
One that walks with a thief will also become a thief.
ezali
esengo
na
ngai
po
na
komona
moko
na
moko
na
bino
na
liyangani
oyo
na
sima
ya
nzanga
.
It a pleasure for me to see everyone of you in this afternoon cult.
ozali
na
mibu
boni
?
Ozali
na
mbula
boni
?
Obotamaki
mobu
nini
?
How old are you ? (How many years do you have ?)
Osuka
to
ozali
na
kelasi
nini
? -
Nasilisa
kelasi
ya
ebandeli
te
.
What education level have you finished or are you in ? - I have not completed primary school.
Bato
bazali
motuya
boni
na
libota
na
yo
?
How many people are there in your family ?
kati
ya
tata
na
mama
na
yo
,
nani
asalaka
?
Between your father and your mother, who works ?
motuya
boni
ya
badollar
bafutaka
yo
? -
na
se
ya
500 ?
kati
ya
500
na
1000 ? 1000
tii
likolo
?
how much in dollars do they pay you ? less than 500 ? between 500 and 1000 ? 1000 and more ?
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.
Soki
nzoto
to
poso
ya
moto
ekutani
na
ya
moto
mosusu
,
tina
ya
kobanga
ezali
te
.
If the body or the skin of a person meets with that of another person, there's no reason to fear.
abandeli
motuna
na
ye
He repeats his question
na
likolo
pela
moko
awa
na
nse
moko
te
akokani
na
yo
na
nguya
na
kembo
yo
'za
nzambe
in heaven as here down below there is no one that ressembles you in power and glory, you are God
mama
na
bino
,
kombo
na
ye
nani
?
Your mama, what's her name ?
nzete
ya
mbila
epesaka
nsamba
,
mafuta
mbila
na
mpose
.
The palmtree provides palmwine, palmoil and the mpose.
mbwa
moto
alie
tomson
na
yo
.
It's the dog who ate your tomson.
nazongi
na
ndaku
.
I go back home
biloko
na
ndenge
na
ndenge
all sorts of things
oza
na
miso
lokola
moto
ameli
lotoko
.
You have the eyes like someone who drunk lotoko.
nalingi
kolya
soso
na
loso
I want to eat chicken and rice.
ntango
wana
,
tolyaka
kaka
madesu
na
mayi
at that time (in those days), we only ate beans with water.
tala
,
oyo
ezali
ndenge
na
biso
look, this is our method
na
ntongo
nalyaka
mapa
na
maki
in the morning, I eat bread with eggs.
Tokendeki
kozwa
bitekuteku
na
kati
ya
zamba
.
We went to pick bitekuteku inside the forest.
Bolingo
na
biso
mibale
ekosila
te
.
The love between us two will not end.
Azali
kolala
nanu
na
ekeko
.
She still sleeps with a doll.
Fumbwa
elambami
na
mafuta
ya
nguba
.
Fumbwa is prepared with peanut oil
Biloko
na
yo
ezali
kilo
mingi
.
Your luggage weighs a lot.
Nakei
na
wenze
koluka
maputa
kitoko
.
I go to the market to search for a beautiful cloth.
Pesa
loboko
na
bango
nyonso
.
Give them all a hand.
Natambolaki
longwa
na
motuka
tii
na
ndako
.
I walked (away) from the car towards the house.
Pesa
losako
na
baninga
na
yo
.
Greet your friends.
Mabanzo
na
yo
ezali
malamu
te
.
Your thoughts are not good.
Akufaki
mpo
na
koningana
ya
mabele
.
He died in an earthquake.
Tuta
pilipili
,
tya
mungwa
na
matungulu
.
mash the chilipepper, put salt and onions.
Na
kati
ezalaki
molili
.
Inside it was dark.
Apesaki
ngai
mpasi
na
motema
.
She gave me pain in my heart.
Ozali
na
mpongi
? -
Nanu
te
.
Are you sleepy ? - Not yet.
Ndako
na
ye
ezali
musika
mingi
.
His home is very far.
Bilamba
na
ngai
nanu
ekauki
te
.
My clothes haven't dried yet.
Mbula
na
ngai
ezali
zomi
na
mwambe
.
My age is 18.
Mosala
na
zolo
ezali
koyoka
solo
na
kopema
.
The work of the nose is to smell odors and to breathe.
loposo
na
ye
ezali
mpetompeto
lokola
ngolo
.
her skin is smooth as a catfish.
Akomi
koteka
nguba
na
zando
.
She began selling peanuts on the market.
Azali
na
nkanda
mpo
na
ngai
.
He's mad at me (he has anger because of me)
Kitisa
maboko
na
nse
.
Put your hands down.
Nayoki
nsolo
malamu
na
nzoto
na
ye
.
I smelt a nice odor on her body.
Nakoki
komona
eloko
te
mpo
na
molili
.
I could see nothing because of the darkness.
Akimaki
lisusu
,
nakanisi
azali
na
ntina
.
He ran away again, I think he has a reason.
Nalingi
kosiba
na
nzele
na
mokonzi
.
warning - sensible content
Maboko
na
yo
ezali
petepete
,
nayebaki
te
.
Your hands are very soft, I didn't know.
eloko
moko
te
eleki
nguya
na
Nzambe
Nothing surpasses the power of God (nothing is impossible to God)
pesa
mbote
na
libota
na
yo
Greet your family
Napesi
Nzambe
matondi
mpo
na
yo
I thank God for you.
na
ntongo
penza
.
eleko
ya
mokolo
(very) early in the morning. during the day.
ozalaki
wapi
lobi
na
butu
?
Where were you last night ?
na
ntongo
oyo
mama
akeyi
na
zando
asomba
mapa
This morning mama went to the market to buy bread.
azali
na
zemi
?
basanza
boni
?
Is she pregnant ? How many months ?
tofandi
na
ndako
moko
.
We live in the same house.
koma
kombo
na
yo
write your name
Libumu
na
yo
ezali
ya
kokangama
?
Are you constipated ? (your intestins, are they blocked ?)
omelaka
makaya
boni
na
mokolo
?
How many cigarettes do you smoke a day ?
Ata
soki
natamboli
na
lobwaku
ya
molili
ya
liwa
,
nakobanga
mabe
moko
te
.
© bible, banzembo 23:4
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.
kembo
na
yawe
.
Glory to God
lopango
na
bango
ezalaka
na
Masina
Their lot is in Masina
nzete
ya
mbuma
,
makasa
na
yango
ekweyi
The fruit tree, it's leaves fell off.
nakobuka
minu
na
ye
I will break his teeth
Mama
na
Jean
atekaka
na
wenze
.
Jean's mum sells on the market.
Tata
na
Ida,
kombo
na
ye
Théo.
Ida's father, his name is Theo.
Yaya
na
Joze
azongi
na
ndaku
.
Joze's big sister came back home.
lopango
ya
ba
Carla
ezalaka
na
Lemba
.
Het lot van de "Carlas" is in Lemba.
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.
elengi
na
mbeto
:
Muasi
ya
monene
na
muasi
ya
moke
,
nani
azali
sukali
?
© kitokolile
pleasure in bed: a big girl and a slim girl, who is sweet ?
Nayebi
ete
akotelema
moto
ya
suka
na
bomoyi
na
ngai
.
Akotelema
akokota
likambo
na
ngai
.
Yaweh
telema
,
kota
makambo
na
ngai
.
Akotelema
akokata
ma condamnation.
© Cèdre Katambayi
I know he's gonna stand up as the last one in my life. He will enter into my business. God, stand up, enter into my business. He will stand up and interrupt my condemnation.
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.
Wany
aleki
basi
nyoso
na
kitoko
.
Wany is the most beautiful girl. (Wany passes all the girls in beauty)
naleki
yo
na
mwindu
.
yo
oleki
ye
kuna
na
molayi
I'm more black then you. You are taller than him there.
kombo
na
yesu
eleki
kisi
The name of Jesus is better than medicine
Ozosolola
na
nani
?
Who are you talking with ?
tshombo
na
yo
ebongi
te
?
okosomba
ya
sika
?
Your phone isn't repaired ? Will you buy a new one ?
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.
osololi
na
ye
mikolo
oyo
?
did you speak with him these days ?
naza
na
posa
na
yo
I have desire for you.
biso
na
biso
between us
bwaka
mayi
na
wc.
zala
motu
ya
solo
.
Throw water in the toilet. Be a real man.
mpepo
ekweyi
na
wenze
ya
Simba
Zigida
.
Epanzi
wenze
.
Bato
nyoso
bakufi
.
A plane fell on the Simba Zigida market. It destroyed the market. Everyone is dead.
bitumba
na
mabonza
the battle for the tides
olingi
nini
epayi
na
ngai
?
What do you want from me ?
moyibi
ya
cable
ya
courant
,
asambwe
na
Lemba
.
An electricitycablethief has put himself to shame in Lemba
na
bumbu
maki
ezotekama
ya
ndambu
ndambu
at Bumbu the eggs are being sold in small pieces
ba
cable
ya
courant
eyibami
na
lingwala
electricitycables were stolen in Lingwala
ba
cables
ya
courant
ezotokatoka
awa
na
sima
ya
mvula
the electricity cables cook here after a rain
tata
na
ye
akufaki
liwa
ya
mbalakaka
.
his father died an unforeseen death
Mokonzi
,
soki
ozalaki
awa
,
mbele
ndeko
na
ngai
akufaki
té
.
© Yoane 11:21
Lord, if you would have been here, then my brother would not have been dead.
Soki
miso
na
yo
ezali
malamu
,
okomona
polele
penza
If your eyes are good, you will see really clearly.
ozozela
nini
?
Eza
tur
na
yo
!
What are you waiting for ? It's your turn !
eloko
nalakisa
te
.
Nalingi
yo
.
Nabombi
yango
na
kati
ya
motema
na
ngai
.
There's something I don't show. I love you. I've hidden that in my heart.
ngai
naza
na
biro
ya
Gecamines.
Nakozonga
kala
mingi
te
Me, I'm at the office of Gecamines. I'll return soon.
soki
okobima
sikoyo
te
,
er
moko
nakoleka
na
palais
.
If you're not going out now, I will pass at the house in an hour.
ngai
na
yo
pantalon
-
mukaba
Proverb/expression (don't translate litteraly)
me and you are pants and belt (I can't function without you)
bima
na
ndako
na
ngai
!
leave my house !
mituna
na
yo
epiaka
nga
kanda
your questions give me anger
benga
ngai
.
Ozokima
ngai
na
phone.
Call me. You're avoiding me at the phone.
Koko
na
yo
,
niama
.
Tala
mutu
lokola
tintin
.
Your granny, brute. Look at that head like Tintin. (insults)
Po
na
nini
mibali
ya
lelo
balingi
lisusu
te
babotine
?
Why don't today's men want condoms anymore ?
Oza
kitoko
makasi
ndeke
na
ngai
ya
bolingo
You're very pretty, my lovebird
bamemi
yo
na
misalisi
ya
mabangu
na
lopitalo
ya
pene
na
yo
They brought you to the emergency care of the hospital close to you.
lopango
na
bango
ekabwání
na
biténi
mibale
.
Their terrain is divided in two parts.
lala
malamu
. -
yo
pe
,
motema
na
ngai
,
noki
tomonana
.
nalela
yo
makasi
.
Sleep tight. - You too, my love, that we may see eachother soon. I thoroughly love you. (in lingala : "I have loved you thoroughly" - past)
yo
ozali
mwinda
na
bomoyi
na
ngai
.
You, you're the light of my life.
Ngonga
nini
okokende
na
musala
.
ngonga
ya
zomi
na
mwambe
.
What time will you go yo work ? 6 (18) o'clock.
soki
nalongoli
bilamba
okozua
vertige
na
okokweya
If I remove the clothes, you will get dizzy and you will fall.
ozosakana
na
ngai
to
nini
?
You're playing with me or what ?
biloko
na
ngai
?
tii
lelo
!?
My things ? Till today !?
ah Nzambe !
pona
nini
masta
na
ngai
aza
zoba
lokola
makaku
?
ah God ! why is my friend stupid like an ape ?
tufi
na
yo
,
niama
!
it's your shit, animal ! (insult)
basi
bazali
kosolola
na
libanda
.
The girls are talking outside.
mbote
na
bino
.
mbote
na
yo
.
Greetings to you (plural). Greetings to you (singular).
Babandi
koniata
ngai
na
mosapi
ya
suka
!
mama
eh !
They start marching on my little toe ! oh mama !
asengi
ngai
nakitisa
makolo
na
kiti
.
He asks me to get the feet down from the chair.
yaka
tosibana
,
naza
na
botine
warning - sensible content
baboti
na
yo
bayaki
kobwaka
ngunda
na
poto
.
yango
wana
sikoyo
oza
awa
na
biso
.
Your parents came ask asylum in europe. Reason why now you're here with us.
Lofundu
ya
nzinzi
,
esukaka
se
na
kombo
the pride of the fly ends just with the broom
obungi
.
ozalaki
wapi
? -
Awa
,
na
ndaku
.
Nalalaki
pe
natalaki
télé.
You disappeared. Where were you ? Here, at home. I was sleeping and watching television.
Mobali
na
ye
alingaka
kolembola
libolo
.
warning - sensible content
ndaku
oyo
eleki
ndaku
kuna
na
kitoko
This house is more beautiful than the house over there.
na
liboso
aza
nani
?
in front, who is that ?
nakamati
tshombo
na
ye
I took his cellphone.
Djo
ayebaki
ete
kosopa
zemi
ezali
lisumu
monene
,
kasi
makango
na
ye
azwaki
zemi
,
mpe
Djo
azalaki
na
likoki
te
ya
kobala
mpe
kobokola
mwana
.
Djo knew that having an abortion is a great sin, but his fiancée got pregnant and Djo did not have the means to get married and raise a child.
Na
motema
nayebaki
ete
ezali
mabe
,
kasi
namonaki
ndenge
mosusu
ya
kosala
te
.
In the heart I knew it was bad, but I saw no other way of acting.
bomoyi
ebandaka
ntango
liki
ya
mama
ekutani
na
momboto
ya
tata
.
Life begins when the egg of the mother meets with the sperm of the father.
osopeli
ngai
supu
na
bilamba
you poured me soup over the clothes.
sopa
mayi
na
sima
pour water on the cement
kobika
na
liwa
escape death
Yo
nde
tembe
na
yo
ekobomisa
yo
You really your scepticism will kill you
nalingi
ye
lisusu
te
.
Nabimi
na
ye
kaka
boye
.
I don't love her anymore. I went out with her just like that.
motema
na
nga
ezoki
My heart was hurt / wounded
mokolo
mosusu
nakobina
na
yo
Another day I will dance with you
ozosala
nini
? -
Eloko
te
,
naza
na
mbetu
na
ngai
What are you doing ? - Nothing, I'm in my bed.
nabotamá
na
kin
I was born in Kin.
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.
na
poto
tango
ya
malili
ebengami
hiver
In Europe the cold time is called 'hiver' (winter)
Na
mboka
swisi
,
kotambola
na
engunduka
ezali
kosalema
mingi
In the country Switzerland, traveling by train is much (often) done
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.
engunduka
akoki
komema
motuka
na
yo
tii
na
bisika
ya
bangomba
ya
milayi
milayi
ebengami
Alpe.
The train can take your car to a place with very large mountains called the Alps
namoni
texto
na
yo
kala
te
I saw your text message not long ago
tozalaki
awa
epai
na
nga
na
Valentine
na
Rachel.
Bakomaki
lelo
na
nzanga
.
We were here at my place with Valentine and Rachel. They had arrived today at noon.
tokutana
ndenge
nini
naza
na
hotel Ibis
How would we find each other ? I'm at hotel Ibis.
yo
na
Mady
bolingo
You and Mady that's love
Tala
papa
na
ye
,
alangwi
masanga
,
atamboli
abilika
Look at his father, he got drunk from the beer, he doesn't walk straight (zigzag)
Akumisama
,
asanjolama
,
anetolama
,
libela
na
libela
.
May he be praised, may he be glorified, may he be magnified, for eternity.
nakobondela
pona
yo
mpe
libota
na
yo
I will pray for you and also your family
mutu
na
nga
!
my man ! ;)
alokotaka
na
nse
atomboli
likolo
He picks up from the ground, he lifts up.
Ndenge
nini
tokoki
komikebisa
na
ngenge
ya
SIDA ?
How can we protect ourselves from the AIDS virus ?
yo
,
matisa
ngai
na
mapeka
you, let me sit on the shoulders
Yezu
abatisami
na
mayi
mpe
na
molimo
Jesus was baptised by water and by the Spirit.
kosakana
te
na
ngai
to
nakobeta
yo
Don't laugh with me or I will hit you.
bakangi
pasta
na
mbetu
na
moyembi
ya
mokili
they caught the pastor in bed with a wordly singer
Nazalaki
kuna
na
Bon Marché
na
bar Cheetah. Las Vegas
ekosa
:)
I was there at Bon Marché at Cheetah bar. Las Vegas is only pretending :)
nafandaka
na
kati
ya
wenze
I live inside the market
nani
akoti
na
ezibeli
ya
niaou
?
Who enters through the cat's door ?
leta
aboyi
mapapa
ekota
na
kati
ya
centre ville
the state refuses that slippers enter the city center
Asimbi
mokili
na
maboko
na
ye
He holds the world in his hands
tshombo
oyo
na
mesa
...
ya
yo
?
The phone here on the table... it's yours ?
wapi
Augustin ? -
Ye
?
Aza
na
kwilu !
Where's Augustin ? - He ? He's in Kwilu !
Bambanda
na
nga
nyoso
bafandeli
yo
po
na
mbongo
na
yo
all my rivals stay with you for your money
Peter
azalaki
kosala
na
kompani
ya
kemi
.
Peter worked at a chemical company.
Moto
oyo
akumbaka
maki
,
aswanaka
te
na
abundaka
te
.
He who transports eggs doesn't argue and doesn't fight.
makango
ya
mama
kombo
na
ye
papa
mama's lover, his name is papa
tshombo
na
ngai
eza
na
nkokoso
my mobile phone has a problem
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.
nalangwi
na
lolango
po
na
yo
I'm drunk of love for you
koko
ya
Bobette
avandaka
na
Bandal
kala
The Bobette's grandpa lived in Bandal at the time
ezali
te
po
tomelaka
na
nganda
moko
,
nde
tokomi
baninga
It's not because we use to drink at the same café, that we became friends
papa
,
zwa
bisaka
na
yo
,
kende
malembe
Mister, take your things, leave calmly
kanga
bisaka
,
zonga
epayi
na
yo
!
close your bags, return to your place !
lokota
bisaka
na
yo
Gather your stuff !
na
loboko
ya
mobali
/
na
loboko
ya
mwasi
right / left
naloti
yo
na
kati
ya
ndoto
I dreamt about you (I thought of you in a dream)
mbote
,
molingami
na
kati
ya
nkolo
greetings, beloved in the Lord
Bakuluna
basundoli
ye
na
balabala
The bandits abandonned her in the street.
basi
ya
minene
balongoli
bilamba
na
wenze
ya
bandal
thick girls remove their clothes at the Bandal market
ozali
po
na
nga
eyano
na
mikakatano
,
nzela
ya
solo
ya
kotambola
,
yesu
na
nga
,
kumama
You are for me the answer to the problems, the real way to walk, my Jesus, be praised
bakangi
moyibi
ayibi
tshombo
na
ngaliema
they caught the thief that stole a cellphone at Ngaliema
madesu
na
suki
,
eza
madesu
ya
kopola
beans with hair are spoiled (moldy) beans (allusion on baldness among white people)
nalangwe
yo
,
nalangwe
lolango
na
yo
I'm drunk of yo, I'm drunk of your love (song)
bana
bavandaki
na
mabele
mpo
na
bakiti
ezalaki
te
.
source: Espérance-François Ngayibata Bulayumi, Mosuni
The children sat on the ground because there were no chairs.
bangotobobo
bakima
ntshik
po
nua
eleki
na
bongo
The idiots have fled school because there's too much weed in the brain
pesa
ngai
emekele
ya
bolayi
nameka
bolayi
ya
lopango
na
ngai
give me a tool to measure lengths so that I measure the dimensions of my lot
totalaki
lisano
ya
motopi
na
etando
eke
we watched the football game on the television
bolingo
ezali
kati
na
biso
soki
tozali
na
bomoko
There's love between us if we are united
nakoki
kobanga
te
zambi
nazali
somi
na
RDC.
I cannot be afraid because I'm legal in RDC.
ebale
ya
kongo
ezali
monene
mpe
na
mbisi
ebele
The Congo river is big and also has a lot of fish.
noko
na
ngai
asali
mobembo
na
belejika
My uncle made a trip to Belgium.
mbinzo
ezali
malamu
mpo
na
koliya
.
The caterpillar is good to eat.
bayebaka
moninga
malamu
na
tango
ya
pasi
.
One knows a good friend in bad times.
bakendaka
bokila
na
motu
ya
makelele
te
One doesn't go on a hunt with a noisy person.
batongaka
mboka
na
maloba
te
One doesn't build a city with words
nakei
na
kinkole
koliya
maboke
ya
mbisi
ya
mayi
I go to Kinkole to eat papillottes of fresh fish.
nawuti
kotala
mama
bokilo
na
lopitalo
I come from seeing mother in law at the hospital
naza
na
posa
ya
komona
yo
lelo
I long to see you today
moninga
na
nga
aza
na
bokono
My friend is sick
naza
na
makambo
ebele
ya
kosala
lelo
I have a lot of things to do today.
nazokende
mobembo
pona
kotala
libota
na
nga
I go on a trip to see my family.
naza
na
mbongo
te
I have no money.
bobange
ya
mobali
ebandaka
na
misu
The old age of the man starts with the eyes.
bobange
ya
mwasi
ebandaka
na
matoyi
© Adolphe
The old age of the woman starts in the ears
kokola
ya
mwana
ebandaka
na
mino
© Adolphe
The growth of a child starts with the theeth
leki
na
nga
ya
mobali
alingaka
kobeta
ndembo
My little brother loves to play football
naza
na
kanda
na
yo
I'm angry with you.
naza
na
bana
misato
:
mwasi
moko
na
mibali
mibale
I have three children: One girl and two boys
obebisi
bolingo
na
biso
You spoiled our love
naza
na
likambo
na
yo
te
I have no problem with you
boyokani
eza
na
ndako
oyo
te
There is no understanding in this house
ngomba
na
ngomba
ekutanaka
te
kasi
batu
na
batu
bakutanaka
Proverb/expression (don't translate litteraly)
Mountains don't run into each other, but humans run into each other
nioso
efutamaka
awa
na
se
Proverb/expression (don't translate litteraly)
Everything down here has to be paid
mokili
toyaki
etondi
na
mabe
The world in which we live (/arrived) is full of evil
naza
na
niongo
na
yo
I'm in debt with you
nalingi
ozala
mama
ya
bana
na
nga
I want you to be the mother of my children
nakutani
na
mwasi
ya
bomoyi
na
nga
I've met the woman of my life
tokoki
kozala
na
kimia
te
na
ndako
oyo
We can't be in peace in this house
koyeba
kofanda
na
batu
ezalaka
malamu
To know how to live with people is good
ngai
mpe
nalingi
nabima
na
pokwa
Me too I want to go out tonight
yaka
po
tokende
kotala
yaya
na
yo
ya
mwasi
Come so we go see your big sister
wana
eza
biloko
ya
papa
na
bino
.
That there is the food of your father.
wana
mwana
na
ngai
ya
mwasi
The one there is my daughter.
eloko
basalela
naza
na
posa
na
yango
te
The thing that had been used, I don't need it
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.
awa
tosalaka
kaka
na
baboti
na
biso
Here we are just with our parents
kobeta
mwasi
na
yo
boye
te
.
ezali
mabe
Don't hit your wife like that. It's bad.
komela
masanga
ya
sukali
mingi
te
.
eza
malamu
te
po
na
mino
.
Don't drink much sweet drinks. It's not good for your teeth.
komela
mayi
na
ngai
te
Don't drink my water
nakeyi
mobembo
na
mobali
na
ngai
.
I travelled with my husband.
mobali
na
yo
azali
mobulu
.
aza
kotia
basi
nioso
litoyi
Your husband is not serious. He seduces all the girls.
kokota
na
ndako
sikoyo
te
.
nazobongisa
.
Don't enter the house now. I'm arranging.
kokota
epayi
na
biso
boye
te
Don't enter at our place like that.
babongisi
banzela
oyo
.
tokoki
koleka
na
mutuka
.
They arranged those roads. We can pass with the car.
koyoka
batu
te
,
yoka
nde
mobali
na
yo
Don't listen to the people, rather listen to your husband.
koyoka
ye
te
.
yoka
ngai
mama
na
yo
.
Don't listen to him. Listen to your mum for me.
kolia
biloko
ya
tata
na
yo
te
.
lia
biloko
mosusu
Don't eat your father's food. Eat something else.
hum...
solo
kitoko
na
makusa
.
mama
azolamba
nini
?
yummi... It smells good in the kitchen. What is mum preparing ?
atie
ngai
pili-pili
na
liso
.
ezosala
pasi
.
She put pepper in my eye. It hurts.
nazokende
epayi
ya
munganga
atala
liso
na
ngai
.
nazomona
malamu
te
.
I'm going to the doctor so that he looks at my eye. I don't see well.
Kongo
ezali
mboka
monene
na
afrika
mobimba
.
Congo is the largest country of entire africa.
nazokende
na
mboka
ya
mopaya
pona
kosilisa
kelasi
na
ngai
I'm going to a foreign country (abroad) to finish my studies.
boni
bana
na
yo
?
bazali
malamu
?
How are your children doing ? Are they doing well ?
naza
na
esengo
makasi
pamba
te
nakobima
na
baninga
na
ngai
na
pokwa
ya
lelo
I'm very glad because I will go out with my friends tonight.
kobima
nanu
te
.
naza
nanu
na
posa
na
yo
.
Don't leave yet. I still need you.
tozali
lisusu
na
mayi
te
,
mwinda
te
.
sikoyo
tokosala
ndenge
nini
We have no more water, no light. How will we work now ?
nasepeli
makasi
na
elamba
oyo
okabeli
ngai
I much appreciated that garment you gave me.
kende
kosomba
mapa
pona
tata
na
yo
Go buy bread for your father
lolenge
boni
nakoki
koloba
na
mobali
oyo
pona
atika
nga
kimia
How can I talk to that man so that he'd leave me in peace ?
tata
na
yo
azoya
lelo
kotala
yo
Your father comes to see you today.
tata
naza
na
posa
ya
mbongo
po
nasomba
bilamba
Father, I need money to buy clothes.
koleka
liboso
na
ngai
te
,
ezopesa
ngai
kanda
Don't pass in front of me, it angers me
koya
lelo
te
.
naza
na
makambu
ebele
ya
kosala
Don't come today. I have a lot of things to do.
koya
na
moninga
na
yo
wana
te
.
nalingaka
ye
te
.
Don't come with that friend of yours. I don't like him.
kokanga
ngai
na
ndako
te
.
nazobanga
.
Don't lock me in the house. I'm afraid.
kokoma
na
ndako
te
.
leka
mbala
moko
epayi
ya
tata
na
yo
.
Don't arrive home. Pass at your dad's place for once.
oyo
eza
na
kati
na
ngai
boyebi
te
What is inside of me, you didn't know.
biso
na
bino
,
tozali
bana
ya
tata
moko
na
mama
moko
we and you, we are children of the same father and the same mother.
kokata
singa
na
ngai
te
don't cut my wire
nzoto
na
ngai
tempelo
ya
Nzambe
,
esika
Molimo
Mosantu
akofanda
My body is the temple of God, the place where the Holy Spirit will reside.
nani
alie
biloko
na
ngai
oyo
natikaki
?
Who ate my food that I had left ?
koloba
na
ngai
boye
te
nazali
mukolo
na
yo
Don't speak to me like that. I'm older than you.
mwasi
kitoko
,
bayebaka
ye
na
bizaleli
One recognises a beautiful girl by her behaviour.
tofandi
na
se
ya
nzete
.
tozozua
mopepe
We sit under the tree. We are relaxing.
monoko
na
yo
nde
ekoboma
yo
mokolo
mosusu
It's your mouth that will kill you one of these days.
likambo
nini
mwasi
na
ngai
?
butu
mobimba
olali
te
.
What's the matter, my woman ? The entire night you didn't sleep.
naza
na
mbongo
ya
kopesa
yo
te
I don't have money to give you
mbongo
oyo
natikalaki
na
yango
napesi
yango
yaya
na
yo
I have given the money that was left (the money that I staid with) to your sister.
oza
na
nkombo
moko
kitoko
makasi
You have a very beautiful name.
nkombo
na
yo
ya
mboka
ezali
nini
?
What is your family name ?
mama
ya
moninga
na
ngai
moko
akufi
The mother of one of my friends died.
otie
biloko
na
ngai
wapi
.
nazomona
yango
te
.
Where did you put your things ? I don't see them.
tozali
koya
epayi
na
bino
sikoyo
We arrive soon at your place.
oyo
eza
ndako
na
bino
,
eza
ya
biso
te
that is your house, not ours.
baninga
na
ngai
nioso
bazali
na
motuka
.
etikali
kaka
ngai
All my friends have a car. Only I remain.
moyibi
moko
ayibi
ngai
elamba
na
ngai
.
There's a thief who stole my garment.
osombeli
mwasi
na
yo
tshombo
ya
sika
You bought a new phone for your girlfriend.
tshombo
na
ngai
ebebi
lisusu
My phone is broken again.
soki
loboko
eyebaka
pasi
oyo
lutu
emonaka
na
tango
ya
kobalusa
biloko
If the hand knew how the spoon suffers when stirring the food...
loboko
na
yo
kitoko
penza
.
ebongi
kaka
osala
manzaka
.
Your hand is really beautiful. You should just do your nails.
kotika
ngai
te
,
Yawe
,
nazali
mwana
na
yo
Don't leave me, Lord, I'm your child.
ebongi
opakola
mafuta
na
loposo
na
yo
.
You must put oil on your skin.
nalingaka
kolia
lipa
na
tongo
te
I don't like to eat bread in the morning.
mama
na
biso
atekaka
lipa
na
balabala
na
biso
My mother sells bread in our street.
kozanga
botosi
na
mikolo
ezali
malamu
te
Lacking respect for the elders is not good.
banda
oza
na
zemi
oza
kolala
mingi
Since you are pregnant you sleep much.
kolala
awa
te
.
zonga
epayi
na
yo
.
Don't sleep here. Go home.
ebongi
okeba
.
na
zamba
oyo
baniama
bazalaka
ebele
.
You have to be careful. In that forest are a lot of animals.
nazokende
na
zamba
pona
kokanga
baniama
I'm going to the forest to catch animals.
keba
na
esika
wana
okoki
kokweya
Watch out! at this spot you may fall.
mwana
na
ngai
,
nabatelaka
ye
lokola
liki
.
My child, I protect him like an egg.
etumba
na
ngai
ezali
ke
bana
na
ngai
balonga
na
bomoyi
My struggle is that my children may be successful in life.
ngai
pe
nalingi
koya
na
bino
Me too, I want to come with you.
tata
na
ngai
pe
asombi
motuka
My dad too bought a car.
ezala
mbala
na
yo
ya
suka
olobela
ngai
boye
That this may be your last time you talked to me that way.
tofandi
na
biso
libanda
.
tozobeta
masolo
.
We sit outside together. We are talking.
ebongi
osokola
motuka
na
yo
libanda
You should wash your car outside.
pona
nini
mwana
na
yo
azalaka
lokuta
boye
Why is your child a liar like that ?
komema
kiti
na
yo
awa
te
Don't bring your chair here.
batu
balinga
nde
kosuana
na
ndako
oyo
The people really love to argue in this house.
nakoki
koya
kofanda
na
ndako
na
yo
?
Can I come live in your house ?
tozali
na
molili
awa
penza
We are really in the dark here.
aza
nanu
mwana
muke
.
azomela
likaya
na
mbula
na
ye
.
He's still a small kid. He smokes sigarets at his age.
natindi
leki
na
ngai
ya
mobali
na
zando
I've sent my little brother to the market.
leki
na
yo
oyo
ya
mwasi
alingaka
musala
te
.
Your little sister doesn't like the work.
okoya
epayi
na
ngai
mokolo
nini
?
What day are you coming to my place ?
epayi
na
bino
nde
makelele
ezalaka
makasi
.
There's much noise at your place.
ebongi
omela
bankisi
na
yo
pona
obika
.
You should take your medicin to heal.
pona
nini
ozali
kosala
ndeko
na
yo
bongo
Why do you do like this to your sister ?
na
ndako
oyo
mokonzi
azali
te
.
biso
nioso
tozali
bana
.
In this house there's no chief. We are all children.
lokolo
na
yo
evimbi
lisusu
.
Your leg is swollen again.
ozali
na
makolo
kitoko
penza
You have really nice legs.
kolata
bilamba
na
ngai
lelo
te
.
lata
ya
yo
.
Don't wear my clothes today. Wear yours.
muana
oyo
azuakate
na
kelasi
.
That kid is a failure in class.
balobi
na
ye
akende
.
They told him to leave.
mobali
na
ye
aza
bilingalinga
Her man is a flirter.
maman
akabuani
na
papa
na
biso
Mama has divorced our papa.
bolakisi
bilamba
na
bino
te
You didn't show your clothes.
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.
ndeko
na
ngai
ya
mwasi
awuti
kobota
.
My sister just gave birth.
nalati
lopete
na
ngai
na
mosapi
ya
mineyi
I wear my ring on the fourth finger.
tombola
mosapi
na
yo
likolo
raise your finger in the air.
lelo
ezali
mokolo
ya
mbotama
ya
koko
na
biso
ya
mwasi
.
Today is the birthday of my grandmother.
bayibi
ngai
pantalo
na
ngai
ya
sika
They stole my new trousers.
nazozela
supu
na
ngai
ebela
po
nalia
I'm waiting for my soup to be ready for me to eat.
bozala
na
bomoko
.
botika
kosuana
boye
Be united. Stop arguing like that.
na
libota
na
bango
baza
na
bomoko
te
In their family, they are not united.
oza
nanu
elenge
.
kosala
yango
te
.
okoya
kobebisa
bomoi
na
yo
.
You are still young. Don't do that. You risk spoiling your life.
asombi
tukutuku
mususu
.
akomi
na
yango
mibale
.
She bought another scooter. She has two of them now.
naza
na
tukutuku
.
nazokende
kotala
mama
na
ngai
.
I'm on the motorbike. I'm going to see my mum.
bamamiwata
bazalaka
na
mayi
.
Mermaids are usually in the water.
naza
na
kokoso
moko
ya
monene
I have a big problem.
otie
ngai
na
kokoso
moko
ya
kosakana
te
You gave me a problem not to laugh about.
nazozela
opesa
ngai
eyano
na
motuna
na
ngai
.
I'm waiting that you give me the answer to my question.
nasepeli
na
eyano
opesi
ngai
te
.
I didn't like the answer you gave me.
kata
mpe
mandefu
na
yo
Also cut your beard
aza
na
zemi
ya
sanza
misatu
She's three months pregnant.
bozui
bakiti
ya
noko
na
ngai
You took the chairs of my uncle.
leki
na
nga
ya
mobali
abetaka
na
ekipe
ya
congo
My little brother plays in the team of Congo.
abungisi
fongola
na
ngai
He lost my key.
kapita
na
biso
akangi
muyibi
The chief of the workers has caught a thief.
goro
ya
mobali
na
ngai
eza
munene
My man's dick is huge.
longola
kitambala
na
ngai
!
Take of my scarf !
lobi
nakobanda
na
tongo
Tomorrow I will start in the morning.
nakobenga
yo
lobi
na
pokwa
I will call you tomorrow evening.
nakodinda
na
mayi
oyo
I will jump into that water.
maman
na
ye
,
bakokunda
ye
lobi
His mother, they'll bury her tomorrow.
nakodefa
mbongo
na
musala
I will borrow money at work.
ndeko
na
ngai
ya
mwasi
alingi
kobota
bana
zomi
my sister wants to beare 10 children
mopepe
ezali
na
ndako
oyo
te
There's no air in this house.
ebongi
obima
na
mwana
na
yo
po
azua
mopepe
You should step out with your child so he can take some aire.
koswa
ye
neti
mama
na
yo
te
Don't take her for your mother.
kende
kozwa
biloko
na
yo
kuna
Go take your food there.
na
butu
ya
lelo
naloti
ndoto
moko
ya
mabe
This night I had a bad dream.
na
ndoto
na
ngai
ya
lelo
ozalaki
wana
.
In my dream of today you where there.
kobosana
ngai
te
tango
okozala
na
mbongo
Don't forget me when you'll have money.
naza
na
likambo
moko
ya
motuya
ya
koyebisa
yo
I have something important to let you know.
libota
na
ngai
ezali
motuya
mingi
pona
ngai
My family is very important for me.
nzoi
moko
aswi
ngai
na
lokolo
A bee stung me in the leg.
na
zamba
oyo
banzoi
baza
ebele
.
bokeba
!
In that forest there are a lot of bees. Watch out !
kokende
na
ebale
lelo
te
mbonge
eza
makasi
Don't go to the river today. The waves are strong.
pesa
mbwa
na
ngai
mikuwa
wana
.
alia
.
Give those bones to my dog. That he eats.
wuta
ngai
nakoma
kosambela
,
nakoma
na
kimia
na
motema
.
Since I started praying, I had peace of heart.
ngai
nakeyi
.
botikala
na
kimia
.
I'm leaving. Stay in peace.
naza
na
motuna
moko
ya
kotuna
yo
I have a question to ask you.
yoka
nanu
motuna
na
ngai
liboso
ya
koyanola
ngai
Listen already to my question before answering me.
mwana
na
yo
ya
mobali
aza
kosuba
na
mbetu
mingi
Your son pees in bed a lot.
yo
oza
na
bizaleli
kaka
neti
mama
na
yo
You just have a behaviour like your mother.
ngai
na
yo
tozali
neti
bandeko
Me and you, we are like brothers.
libanga
moko
ya
monene
ezalaki
liboso
ya
motuka
na
ngai
There was a big stone in front of my car.
alati
bilamba
ya
pembe
na
ya
mwindu
She wears white and black clothes.
na
ndako
na
bango
batie
langi
ya
pembe
In their house they've put white paint.
ndeko
na
ngai
ya
mwasi
azalaka
na
makolo
molayi
My sister has long legs.
oyo
ezali
bilamba
ya
ndeko
na
ngai
Those are the clothes of my sister.
abandaki
kotambola
mbala
moko
akweyi
na
libulu
She had started to walk. One time she fell into a hole.
baninga
na
ye
babwaki
ye
na
libulu
moko
His friends threw him in a pit.
mutu
na
ye
ekokani
na
oyo
ya
tata
na
ye
His head ressembles the one of his father.
kokosa
ngai
te
.
loba
na
ngai
bosolo
.
Don't lie to me. Tell me the truth.
oza
kokosa
baboti
na
yo
mingi
.
ezali
malamu
te
.
You lie a lot to your parents. That's not good.
mama
kulutu
na
biso
azalaka
baba
.
My maternal great-aunt is deaf-mute.
bafungoli
kelasi
ya
baba
na
bala-bala
na
ngai
They opened a school for the deaf-mute in my street.
oza
na
posa
ya
koboya
yango
to
oza
na
posa
ya
kondima
?
You'd like to refuse that or you'd like to accept ?
napekisi
yo
kotinda
mwana
na
ngai
Ik prohibit you to send my child.
nazolinga
kotinda
biloko
na
mboka
I want to send things to the country.
ebongi
totosa
mobeko
oyo
pona
tozala
na
kimia
We should respect that law to be in peace.
kanga
monoko
na
yo
pamba
te
okoya
komela
nzinzi
.
Close your mouth or else you risk swallowing a fly.
semeki
na
yo
azalaka
motema
mabe
Your sister in law is wicked.
semeki
na
yo
ayokelaka
yo
zuwa
makasi
Your sister in law is very jealous of you.
kelasi
na
ngai
ezali
motuya
pona
ngai
My studies are important to me.
maman
nkulutu
na
biso
azobela
makasi
The big sister of my mother is very sick.
papa
nkulutu
na
biso
azalaka
mutema
mabe
The big brother of my mother is wicked.
Nazokende
na
mwana
na
ngai
na
lopitalo
.
Azobela
.
I'm going with my kid to the hospital. He's sick.
nalingi
te
olala
na
mbeto
na
ngai
.
I don't want you to sleep in my bed.
noko
na
ngai
aza
mobeti
ndembo
ya
monene
My uncle is a big football player.
ebongi
ozala
mosika
na
mwasi
wana
You should stay far away from that woman.
Mosala
wana
ya
kindumba
ezali
malamu
te
na
miso
ya
Nzambe
.
The work of prostitution is not good in the eyes of God.
mutu
moyindo
na
mutu
mondele
bazali
batu
oyo
Nzambe
akeli
.
The black man and the white man are persons that God created.
nalingaka
kokende
epai
na
ye
te
.
I don't like to go to her place.
pona
nini
oza
kokumba
mwana
na
yo
na
mukongo
?
Why do you carry your child on your back ?
oza
na
bana
mwambe
na
bakoko
mibale
.
You have 8 children and 2 grandchildren.
nazokende
na
Kinshasa
pona
sanza
mibale
I'm going to Kinshasa for two months.
ngai
nabotama
na
kinshasa
.
Me, I'm born in Kinshasa.
naza
na
libonza
pona
eyenga
ya
lelo
te
I don't have an offering for today's service.
okobika
na
kombo
ya
yesu
!
You will be healed in the name of Jesus !
keba
!
okosoka
na
linzanza
oyo
.
Watch out ! You will hurt yourself on that tin can.
makolo
na
ye
ekokani
na
libata
.
His feet are like a duck.
nzimbu
eza
te
na
ndako
na
ngai
There is no money in my house.
Sakoshe
na
ngai
etoboki
.
There's a hole in my bag.
tshombo
na
ngai
ekweyi
na
mayi
.
My cellphone fell in the water.
keba
akosumba
na
bilamba
.
Watch out ! He will poop in his clothes.
Litoyi
na
yo
evimbi
.
Your ear is swollen.
kotutana
libaku
na
...
to trip over ...
Akeyi
wapi
kiliya
na
ngai
wana
?
Where did he go, my client there ?
Nayoki
ke
okomi
kobima
na
ex
na
ngai
.
Mama
,
ozali
semba
bilokota
.
I heard that you started dating my ex. Lady, you are a semba bilokota.
Namona
baleki
na
ngai
kala
.
It has been a long time I didn't see my brothers.
Yaka
kosunga
ngai
,
naza
na
biloko
ebele
ya
kolamba
.
Come help me, I have a lot of things to prepare.
Aza
moninga
na
ngai
ya
bomuana
.
He is my childhood friend.
kende
kosomba
litungulu
na
zando
.
Go buy an onion at the market.
Ingrid
aza
kidiba
na
kelasi
.
Ingrid is distracted in school.
mabele
ma
nzombo
low hanging breasts
nake
kobalula
biloko
na
moto
.
I will go stir the food on the fire.
bakobotola
ye
bana
na
ye
They will take her kids away from her.
Mama
na
ngai
nde
alakisa
ngai
kolamba
.
It's my mother who taught me how to cook.
Tika
kobeta
mukinza
liboso
na
ngai
Stop farting in front of me
Naza
mwasi
na
ye
te
.
Tika
kotungisa
ngai
sikoyo
.
I'm not his wife. Stop disturbing me now.
Naza
kopangusa
bampinzoli
na
miso
na
ye
.
I'm wiping the tears from her eyes.
Yaka
na
moziki
na
biso
.
Come to our fundraiser.
Papa
na
ye
atongisi
lopitalo
moko
ya
monene
na
mboka
.
His father built a big hospital in the village.
Oza
kotungisa
biso
,
tozali
na
lisanga
ya
libota
.
You are disturbing us, we are at a family reunion.
Aza
kotungisa
ngai
ti
na
pongi
na
ngai
.
She's disturbing me up to in my sleep.
Lopango
oyo
ezali
na
kombo
na
ngai
This plot is on my name.
Makila
etambolaka
na
misisa
.
The blood runs through the vains.
kopesa
mwana
na
ngai
bokono
te
.
Don't give a disease to my child.
Nakosolola
na
yo
na
pokwa
.
I will talk with you in the evening.
mobali
na
yo
azali
na
bokono
ya
SIDA.
Your husband has AIDS.
mwana
na
yo
aza
na
bokono
ya
mpongi
.
Your child has the sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis).
papa
na
yo
aza
na
basi
boni
?
Your father has how many women ?
Abombaka
miliki
na
se
ya
mbeto
.
She hides the milk under the bed.
kende
kozua
bisaka
na
yo
oya
kofanda
epayi
na
ngai
Go take your things to come stay with me.
akomi
kombo
ya
mwana
na
ye
na
buku
ya
lopango
.
He wrote the name of his child in the plot book (property deed).
alingi
ke
nasala
buku
ya
liwa
na
ngai
She wants me to make my will (testament).
nalingi
komona
lisusu
moto
ya
liboma
oyo
na
ndako
na
ngai
te
.
I don't want to see that lunatik in my house again.
Nakobeta
yo
lokola
mwana
na
ngai
.
I will beat you like my child.
luka
mwasi
moko
oyo
akolinga
yo
na
bolingo
ya
solo
Seek a woman who will love you with real love.
akeyi
kotika
mwasi
na
ye
.
He went to drop off his wife.
mama
ya
mobali
na
yo
akoya
lisusu
te
.
Your mother in law will not come anymore.
basengi
mbongo
ebele
kuna
na
lopitalo
.
The asked a lot of money there at the hospital.
yo
ozali
na
kati
ya
motema
na
ye
te
.
You, you are not in his heart.
ndenge
nini
bosalaki
pona
boyiba
mbongo
na
ngai
?
How did you do it to steal my money ?
nakokata
suki
na
ngai
lokola
ye
I will cut my hair like her
mabele
na
ye
ekomi
minene
Her breasts became big.
ozalaka
ndeko
na
ngai
ya
solo
te
.
You are not my real sister.
toza
kokende
na
mboka
pona
matanga
.
We're going to the village for a mourning.
na
balabala
oyo
bato
nyonso
bazoloba
ke
oza
kitoko
.
In this street everyone says that you are beautiful.
ye
ayebaki
ke
ozalaki
na
mbongo
te
She knew that you didn't have money.
yebisa
ngai
esika
olalaki
pe
na
nani
.
Let me know where you slept and with who.
yaya
na
ngai
ya
mwasi
nde
azosokola
basani
.
It's my big sister whoe does the dishes.
mobali
na
yo
ya
sika
,
kombo
na
ye
nani
?
Your new husband, what's his name ?
mama
,
mela
bakisi
na
yo
oyo
munganga
apesi
.
Mum, take your medicine that the doctor prescribed you.
Baiser
na
yo
ya
pamba
ekomisa
ngai
kizengi
.
Just your kiss drives me crazy.
Mwana
na
yo
ya
liboso
,
osundola
ye
.
Your first child, you abandonned him.
Batubi
ye
tonga
na
misisa
.
They stung him with a needle in the vain.
akosi
ke
noko
na
ye
akufi
.
She's lying that her uncle died.
nayebi
te
esika
nini
moninga
na
ngai
akendaki
kolokota
ye
wana
.
I don't know where my friend went to pick that one up.
Ayebi
ata
kokoma
kombo
na
ye
te
.
She can't even write her name.
yaya
na
ngai
pe
asalaka
manzaka
.
My sister also does nails.
moninga
na
ye
wana
ya
mundele
apesaka
ngai
kanda
.
Her white friend there makes me angry.
azalaka
na
miso
muindu
.
She has black eyes.
Osombi
mutuka
na
mbongo
ya
nani
?
You bought the car with whose money ?
nazali
na
sekele
te
.
ezali
pamba
te
nalingi
ye
.
I don't have a secret. It's because I love her.
liboso
ya
libala
nazalaki
malamu
na
ye
.
Before the wedding I was good with her.
ezali
pamba
te
naza
na
mosala
te
It's because I have no work.
alingaka
kotala
bilili
na
ye
mingi
.
She likes to look at her pictures a lot.
Ebongi
okanga
monoko
na
yo
.
You should close your mouth.
Abeti
ngai
pamba
te
abungisi
mbongo
na
ye
.
She hit me because she misplaced her money.
noko
,
yaka
kobina
na
ngai
.
Uncle, come dance with me.
ata
soki
aza
na
mibali
ebele
,
etali
yo
na
nini
?
Even if she has a lot of men, how does that concern you ?
nayebaki
ke
soki
okeyi
na
poto
okobosana
ngai
.
I knew that if you'll go to Europe, you'll forget me.
nakoki
kopesa
mbongo
na
ngai
na
ndumba
te
.
I cannot give my money to a prostitute.
Ndenge
naza
awa
,
nazokufa
na
nzala
.
Like I'm here now, I'm dying from starvation.
oza
kosala
nini
libanda
na
ngonga
oyo
?
What are you doing outside at this hour ?
nakokende
kofanda
epayi
na
ye
tango
nakozala
na
Amerika
.
I will go live with her when I'll be in America.
bimisa
mutuka
na
lopango
.
Get the car out of the lot.
aza
moninga
na
ngai
te
.
She's not my friend.
Soki
olingi
ke
libala
na
biso
ezala
malamu
,
tika
kokengela
ngai
.
If you want our marriage to be good, stop controlling me.
soki
olingi
toli
moko
,
zala
mosika
ya
mobali
na
ngai
.
If you want advise, be far from my husband.
tokutanaki
na
mama
leki
na
nzela
.
We met auntie on the way.
lelo
naza
penza
na
posa
na
yo
te
.
Today I really don't need you.
mwasi
na
ngai
aboti
likaku
na
esika
ya
mwana
.
My wife gave birth to an ape instead of a child.
Bolimbisi
papa
,
kobengana
mama
na
ndako
te
.
Please papa, don't chase mama from the house.
akokota
na
kati
ya
ndako
oyo
te
.
She's not going to enter this house.
nalingi
ke
eloko
te
ekomela
mwana
na
ngai
.
I don't want anything to happen to my child.
nakozongisela
yo
mbongo
na
yo
.
I will give you your money back.
Mbula
oyo
tokosiba
na
masoko
.
Libolo
ekomi
mayi
mayi
.
warning - sensible content
bilamba
na
ye
ezali
na
solo
ya
mapeka
.
His clothes smell like armpits.
Nalobaki
na
yo
ke
osundola
ye
.
I told you to abandon him.
Osundola
mwasi
na
yo
na
bana
kaka
boye
.
You abandonned your wife and the children just like that.
Bana
na
yo
bazalaka
mitungisi
te
penza
.
Your children are really no disturbance
Tinda
texto
na
moto
moko
ya
kelasi
na
biso
Send a text message to someone from our class.
sekele
na
bango
eza
nini
?
Their secret, what is it ?
Mama
na
bango
aza
kokata
matungulu
.
Their mum is cutting onions.
Msundoli
ngai
na
bana
.
He abandonned me with the children.
Mwana
na
bino
alingi
kotanga
mingi
Your child wants to study much.
aza
mwasi
ya
ndeko
na
bino
.
It's the wife of your brother.
oyo
eza
ndako
na
yo
moko
that is your own house
Aya
,
tosolola
na
ye
esengeli
.
Let her come, let's talk properly.
azalaki
na
yo
te
mokolo
mobimba
.
She wasn't with you all day.
tala
ndenge
mobali
na
ye
aza
kokosa
.
Look how her man is lying.
namonaka
ye
neti
kaka
ndeko
na
ngai
I see her only like my sister
Nakozwa
yo
na
prince
wana
I will pick you up on that road.
tango
akitaka
,
akitaka
na
nkembo
,
abongolaka
nioso
,
apesaka
makasi
,
asekwisaka
nioso
.
© Moïse Mbiye - Tango na Ye
When He descends, He descends in glory, He changes everything, He gives power, He resurrects everything.
mbote
,
bolingo
na
ngai
.
Hello, my love.
na
libala
,
koswana
elakisaka
bolingo
.
© Tabu Ley Rochereau
In the mariage, arguing means love.
kobeta
libaku
na
zelo
to receive a super mega chance
naza
na
posa
ya
koyoka
atalaku
oyo
ayembaka
epayi
ya
Koffi
I need to listen to the singer who sings (the dedications) with Koffi.
Mobali
nabala
akeyi
kosala
ekobo
.
Abimi
na
ndeko
nga
.
The guy I married went to do adultery. He went out with my sister.
Mbisi
oyo
epoli
.
Bankusu
batondi
na
kati
.
That fish is rotten. Maggots are swarm inside.
Primus
eleki
lotoko
na
elengi
Primus tastes better than lotoko.
Makanisi
nioso
ekeyi
na
tshombo
.
All the thoughts go to the cellphone.
Aza
na
bambuma
na
elongi
.
She has zits on her face.
sopa
mabele
na
kopo
.
pour milk in a cup.
bayanoli
mokanda
na
ngai
.
They replied to my letter
Yezu
azalaka
na
baapostolu
zomi
na
mibale
Jesus had twelve (12) apostels.
ngai
na
ye
tozali
makila
moko
me and her, we are the same blood (the same family)
tozwi
likama
na
nzela
.
We had an accident on the way.
monkanda
moa
nzela
/
mokanda
ya
nzela
roadmap, permit to pass
monkanda
moa
voti
/
mokanda
ya
voti
voting slip
monkanda
moa
kelasi
/
mokanda
ya
kelasi
certificate of education
na
ntongo
tolingaka
matoko
na
biso
.
in the morning we usually roll up our mats.
na
pokwa
tokolia
makayabo
In the evening we will eat salty fish.
batela
lobi
na
yo
take care of your future
amitandi
na
etoko
he laid himself down on the mat
toza
koteka
ba clozir
na
ba lance fontaine
na
bon prix.
We sell "closure" (wigs) and "lace frontal" at good price.
oza
na
angele
you're focused
manga
ya
mabele
ma
nzombo
Proverb/expression (don't translate litteraly)
kind of mango
madesu
ma
bana
tip (as in tipping the waiter)
mama
ya
batisimo
/
mama
wa
batisimo
/
mama
mobatisi
.
tata
ya
batisimo
/
tata
wa
batisimo
/
tata
mobatisi
.
godmother. godfather.
tata
wa
biso
Our Father (prayer)
loyembo
la
lokumu
national Anthem
lokwa
la
lotiliki
power outlet
Article :
use of na / ya
possessive
(van)
YA
+ noun
nzungu
ya
madesu
ezali
na
moto
The cooking pot of the beans is on the fire.
makasa
ya
nzete
ya
manga
ekwei
The leaves of the mangotree fell off.
mopepe
ebuki
nzete
ya
lipela
The wind broke the guava tree.
lopango
ya
ba
Carla
ezalaka
na
Lemba
.
Het lot van de "Carlas" is in Lemba.
leki
ya
Jean
azali
maladi
Jean's little sister is sick.
monoko
ya
Didine
Didine's mouth
NA
+ personnal pronoun :
ngai, yo, ye, biso, bino, bango, yango
Otikaki
lipa
na
yo
awa
,
namelaki
sucré
nango
You left your bread here, I drank a soda with it.
lopango
na
bango
ezalaka
na
Masina
Their lot is in Masina
nzete
ya
mbuma
,
makasa
na
yango
ekweyi
The fruit tree, it's leaves fell off.
nakobuka
minu
na
ye
I will break his teeth
exception :
YA
for a
possessive
pronoun :
mine, yours, theirs, ours
tshombo
oyo
na
mesa
...
ya
yo
?
The phone here on the table... it's yours ?
exception :
NA
behind one of following
subjects
:
mama, tata, yaya
Mama
na
Jean
atekaka
na
wenze
.
Jean's mum sells on the market.
Tata
na
Ida,
kombo
na
ye
Théo.
Ida's father, his name is Theo.
Yaya
na
Joze
azongi
na
ndaku
.
Joze's big sister came back home.
qualificative
always
YA
ndoto
ya
mabe
nightmare (bad dream)
mbisi
ya
mobesu
fresh (uncooked) fish
Lelo
ezali
mokolo
ya
suka
.
Lobi
ezalaki
mokolo
ya
liboso
.
Today is the last day. Yesterday was the first 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.
elengi
na
mbeto
:
Muasi
ya
monene
na
muasi
ya
moke
,
nani
azali
sukali
?
© kitokolile
pleasure in bed: a big girl and a slim girl, who is sweet ?
nzela
ya
mokuse
The short way
ndaku
ya
monene
,
ndaku
ya
moke
,
ndaku
ya
suka
,
ndaku
ya
liboso
a big house, a small house, the last house, the first house
libenge
eza
mbala
ya
sukali
.
matembele
eza
nkasa
ya
libenge
.
The "sweet potato" is a sweet tuber. Matembele are the leaves of the sweet potato.
NA
as a
preposition
(with)
always
NA
Azali
kolala
nanu
na
ekeko
.
She still sleeps with a doll.
Fumbwa
elambami
na
mafuta
ya
nguba
.
Fumbwa is prepared with peanut oil
NA
as a
conjunction
(and)
always
NA
Ethan
na
Gaby
bakei
mobembo
.
Ethan and Gaby are gone on vacation
NA
as a
locative
(at)
always
NA
obungi
.
ozalaki
wapi
? -
Awa
,
na
ndaku
.
Nalalaki
pe
natalaki
télé.
You disappeared. Where were you ? Here, at home. I was sleeping and watching television.
wapi
Augustin ? -
Ye
?
Aza
na
kwilu !
Where's Augustin ? - He ? He's in Kwilu !
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