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kolia, irregular form ! (racine : le) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))
kolya, regular construction (root : ly) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))
koliya, regular construction (root : liy) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))

to eat

Toliaka fufu na fourchette te !!!
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derived words : bilei, bilê, bilia

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irregular

44 examples (bandakisa ntúkú mínei na mínei) ...

kolia mbanga: to kiss (to eat the jaws)
nasombi biloko ya kolia na wenze.: I bought something to eat at the market.
moto ya liboma aliaka na fulu: the mad man eats from the trash
Pilipili ya elanga ya yo, moto mosusu akolia yango. Proverb/expression (don't translate litteraly): The pepper of your field, someone else will eat it.
lia nga mbebo.: kiss me. (eat me the lips)
mbwa moto alie tomson na yo.: It's the dog who ate your tomson.
muana alie nzungu mobimba ya badi: The child ate the entire kettle of fufu
mbinzo ezali malamu mpo na koliya.: The caterpillar is good to eat.
nakei na kinkole koliya maboke ya mbisi ya mayi: I go to Kinkole to eat papillottes of fresh fish.
opesi ngai biloko ya kolia mingi: You gave me a lot of things to eat
kolia biloko ya tata na yo te. lia biloko mosusu: Don't eat your father's food. Eat something else.
kolia mingi te. tozokende lisano. okolia kuna: Don't each much. We are going to the party. You will eat there.
nani alie biloko na ngai oyo natikaki ?: Who ate my food that I had left ?
nalingaka kolia lipa na tongo te: I don't like to eat bread in the morning.
kolia biloko ya sukali mingi te eza malamu te pona mino: Don't eat too much sweet things. It's not good for your teeth.
nazolia nyama ya ngombe: I'm eating cow meat.
naliaka nyama ya ngulu te: I don't eat porc meat.
nazolia bisikiti ya kitoko: I'm eating a tasty cookie.
nazozela supu na ngai ebela po nalia: I'm waiting for my soup to be ready for me to eat.
ye alingaka mingi kolia mikate: He loves to eat fritters very much.
nazolia kimpiatu.: I'm eating caterpillars.
lia biloko wana nioso. kobuaka eloko te.: Eat all that food. Don't throw anything away.
pona nini olingaka kobuaka biloko ya kolia boye. eza malamu te.: Why do you love to throw away food like that ? It's not good.
pesa mbwa na ngai mikuwa wana. alia.: Give those bones to my dog. That he eats.
yela ngai mwa ndambo ya loso po nalia: Bring me a small portion of rice so that I eat.
nasombi mapa misato pona bana balia: I bought three loaves of bread for the the children to eat.
nalie biloko nyonso oyo etikalaki.: I ate all the food that was left.
Nazolamba loso pona tolia.: I'm preparing rice so that we eat.
Yaka totanda mesa bato balia: Come let's set the table so people can eat.
pona nini mikolo oyo oza kolia kaka madesu ?: Why all you do these days is eat beans ?
pona nini mibali baliaka likasu ?: Why do men eat cola nuts ?
soki napesi yo mbongo wana, ngai, nakolia ndenge nini ?: If I give you that money, me, how will I eat ?
Alie soso tii abuki mikuwa.: She ate the chicken up to breaking the bones.
banda mikolo mibale azolia te.: Since two days she's not eating.
bapesi ngai eloko ya kolia te.: They haven't given me anything to eat.
papa ya baluba balingaka koliya mingimingi bitoto.: Baluba men love eating bitoto very much.
Nalembi koliya bazoka oyo po epesi nga mbanga pasi: I'm tired of eating this chewing gum, cause it makes my jaw hurt.
na pokwa tokolia makayabo: In the evening we will eat salty fish.
lobi toliaki bongo ya makako: Yesterday we ate monkey brain.
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.
na ntongo nalyaka mapa na maki: in the morning, I eat bread with eggs.
Kolya makemba ya mobesu te.: don't eat bananas that are not ripe.
Nakamwaki balyaka nyama ya nyoka.: I was surprised that they eat the flesh of a snake.

kokende, irregular form ! (racine : ke, racine : key) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))
kokenda, irregular form ! (racine : ke, racine : key) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))modern version

! irregular: nakei (nakeyi),...
to go, to leave

see also : kogazer

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68 examples (bandakisa ntúkú motóbá na mwámbe) ...

nakokende makala likolo na yo: I'll go to jail because of you (over you)
okei na pompi, ofungoli robine, otoki mai na kopo: You go to the pump, you open the tap, you let the water pour into the cup
Ethan na Gaby bakei mobembo.: Ethan and Gaby are gone on vacation
Tokei kotambola na zando.: We will walk on/to the market.
owuti wapi ? okei wapi ? ozali wapi ?: Where do you come from ? Where do you go ? Where are you ?
amati bisi po na kokende na zando.: He took the bus to the market.
kokende na kozonga: round-trip, forth and back
nakeyi nango na ndaku.: I go home with that.
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.
kende nanu kosomba lipa.: Go buy the bread already.
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.
okeyi ?: Are you going ? Are you leaving ?
Tokendeki kozwa bitekuteku na kati ya zamba.: We went to pick bitekuteku inside the forest.
Akozonga lisusu ? - Te, akei libela.: Will he come back again ? - No, he left forgood.
Nakei na wenze koluka maputa kitoko.: I go to the market to search for a beautiful cloth.
na ntongo oyo mama akeyi na zando asomba mapa: This morning mama went to the market to buy bread.
kende malamu. - tikala malamu.: leave well (you say this to someone who leaves). - stay well (you say this to someone who stays).
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.
Yo, okende wapi, kuluna ?: You, where are you going, thug ?
Ngonga nini okokende na musala. ngonga ya zomi na mwambe.: What time will you go yo work ? 6 (18) o'clock.
kende kolembola masoko / sima / babottes ya mokonzi.: go lick the buttocks / the behind / the boots of the boss. (flatter)
akei ye moko mpenza: He left really all alone.
kende kolala !: go to sleep !
papa, zwa bisaka na yo, kende malembe: Mister, take your things, leave calmly
totalaki lisano ya motopi na etando eke: we watched the football game on the television
bakendaka bokila na motu ya makelele te: One doesn't go on a hunt with a noisy person.
kokenda liboso ezali kokoma te Proverb/expression (don't translate litteraly): To go first is not "to arrive"
nakei na kinkole koliya maboke ya mbisi ya mayi: I go to Kinkole to eat papillottes of fresh fish.
nazokende mobembo pona kotala libota na nga: I go on a trip to see my family.
yaka po tokende kotala yaya na yo ya mwasi: Come so we go see your big sister
nakeyi mobembo na mobali na ngai.: I travelled with my husband.
kolia mingi te. tozokende lisano. okolia kuna: Don't each much. We are going to the party. You will eat there.
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.
nazokende na mboka ya mopaya pona kosilisa kelasi na ngai: I'm going to a foreign country (abroad) to finish my studies.
kende kosomba mapa pona tata na yo: Go buy bread for your father
pona nini ozokende lokola moyibi boye: Why do you leave as a thieve like that ?
nazokende na zamba pona kokanga baniama: I'm going to the forest to catch animals.
kokweya awa te. kende kokweya kuna.: Don't fall here. Go fall there.
nazoyoka lino pasi ebongi nakende epayi ya munganga: I feel tooth pain. I have to go to the doctor.
nakeyi. koluka ngai te, bolimbisi.: I left. Don't look for me, please.
balobi na ye akende.: They told him to leave.
bopekisi ye akende kelasi: You prohibited him to go to school.
naza na tukutuku. nazokende kotala mama na ngai.: I'm on the motorbike. I'm going to see my mum.
nakendaki feti lobi. batu bazalaki ebele.: I went to the party yesterday. There were a lot of people.
kende kosombela ngai kisi: Go buy me medicin
nake kokamola bilamba: I'll go twist the clothes.
kende kozwa biloko na yo kuna: Go take your food there.
kokende na ebale lelo te mbonge eza makasi: Don't go to the river today. The waves are strong.
ngai nakeyi. botikala na kimia.: I'm leaving. Stay in peace.
Nazokende na mwana na ngai na lopitalo. Azobela.: I'm going with my kid to the hospital. He's sick.
nalingaka kokende epai na ye te.: I don't like to go to her place.
nazokende na Kinshasa pona sanza mibale: I'm going to Kinshasa for two months.
Akeyi wapi kiliya na ngai wana ?: Where did he go, my client there ?
nake kotanda bilamba libanda: I'm going to spread the clothes outside
Kende koyamba ye. Azozela yo.: Go welcome her. She's waiting for you.
kende kosomba litungulu na zando.: Go buy an onion at the market.
nake kobalula biloko na moto.: I will go stir the food on the fire.
kende kozua bisaka na yo oya kofanda epayi na ngai: Go take your things to come stay with me.
akeyi kotika mwasi na ye.: He went to drop off his wife.
toza kokende na mboka pona matanga.: We're going to the village for a mourning.
kende kolala soki oza koyoka pongi.: Go to sleep if you feel tired.
nayebi te esika nini moninga na ngai akendaki kolokota ye wana.: I don't know where my friend went to pick that one up.
nayebaki ke soki okeyi na poto okobosana ngai.: I knew that if you'll go to Europe, you'll forget me.
nakokende kofanda epayi na ye tango nakozala na Amerika.: I will go live with her when I'll be in America.
Mobali nabala akeyi kosala ekobo. Abimi na ndeko nga.: The guy I married went to do adultery. He went out with my sister.
Makanisi nioso ekeyi na tshombo.: All the thoughts go to the cellphone.

kotia, irregular form ! (racine : tie) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))
kotya, irregular form ! (racine : tye) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))
kotiya, irregular form ! (racine : tiye) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))

to put
(also "to put on" e.g. for clothes)

tia foin
- expression that basically means " let's bet "
- phenomenon : some girls abuse vitamins and other products to make their behind bigger in order to seduce men, in spite of dangerous secondary effects to the health
- the products to make the behind grow, in particular vitamin C4, Calcium Ascorbate, Cyproheptadine Hcl

tia na sé
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Tia foin - C4
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Tia foin - C4
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derived words : etíele, etíyele

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12 examples (bandakisa zómi na míbalé) ...

kotia moto litoyi.: intepeller someone, approach someone, someone dredged (lit.: put your ear to someone)
makaku awelaki kupé, esika ya kotia mokila ezali te.: The monkey fought for the short (pants), a place to put the tail there is not.
Esika nkoyi azali, kotia ntaba te.: where there is a leopard, don't put a goat.
Tia foin nakoma lokola yo: let's bet I'll be like you
kotiya tembe: to doubt
kotiya zemi: to impregnate, to make pregnant
mobali na yo azali mobulu. aza kotia basi nioso litoyi: Your husband is not serious. He seduces all the girls.
atie ngai pili-pili na liso. ezosala pasi.: She put pepper in my eye. It hurts.
otie biloko na ngai wapi. nazomona yango te.: Where did you put your things ? I don't see them.
otie ngai na kokoso moko ya kosakana te: You gave me a problem not to laugh about.
na ndako na bango batie langi ya pembe: In their house they've put white paint.
Tuta pilipili, tya mungwa na matungulu.: mash the chilipepper, put salt and onions.

koya, irregular form ! (racine : ye) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))

to come, to advance, to arrive

Often used to express a risk, to risk (see examples)

koyela
to come for...
to bring

Koya maboko pamba te
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bilenge, bozali na mikakatano ... yaka awa, tosolola.

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derived words : boyei

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irregular

66 examples (bandakisa ntúkú motóbá na motóbá) ...

okokaki koya ( na ) makolo: you could come by foot
pongi eyaki te: sleep did not come
Poso eleki, poso ekoya: last week, next week (just)
eyenga eleki nayaki na liyangani ya mibale: last sunday I came to the second cult.
nazoya (nazali koya)... naza na nzela... nakomi: I'm coming over... I'm underway... I arrived
poso ekoya mokolo moko eza nakosala te.: Next week, there's a day that I don't work.
yaka, landa ngai: come, follow me
Moto azoya, bomba yango nokinoki.: Someone's coming, hide that quickly
esongo ezali mwa eteni ya libolo eye etimbaka.: The clitoris is a small part of the vagina that gets hard.
yebisa ngai Wendy akoya kovisiter palais mokolo nini.: Let me know what day Wendy will come to visit the house.
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.
azoya, bombana noki: She's coming, hide yourself quickly
mama aye nzala esili: Mama is here, the hunger is over
mokili toyaki etondi na mabe: The world in which we live (/arrived) is full of evil
mokolo nakoya nalingi batu nioso bazala: The day I will come, I'd love everybody to be there.
yaka po tokende kotala yaya na yo ya mwasi: Come so we go see your big sister
naye po tosolola likambo wana: I came so that we discuss that problem
boni lelo oye tongo boye ? likambo ?: How come you came so early ? Is there a problem ?
tata na yo azoya lelo kotala yo: Your father comes to see you today.
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 ekuke te. nazoya: Don't close the door. I'm coming.
koloba mingi te. nazoya sikoyo.: Don't talk much. I'm coming now.
tozali koya epayi na bino sikoyo: We arrive soon at your place.
oye, opesi biso ata mbote te. likambo nini ?: You came, you didn't even salute us. What's the matter ?
ebongi obongisa esika oyo. bapaya bazali koya.: You should tidy up this place. The people are coming.
ngai pe nalingi koya na bino: Me too, I want to come with you.
mbala ya liboso oyaki awa ozalaki koyoka soni: The last time you were here, you were ashamed.
nakoki koya kofanda na ndako na yo ?: Can I come live in your house ?
aza nanu mwana muke. azomela likaya na mbula na ye.: He's still a small kid. He smokes sigarets at his age.
okoya epayi na ngai mokolo nini ?: What day are you coming to my place ?
oza nanu elenge. kosala yango te. okoya kobebisa bomoi na yo.: You are still young. Don't do that. You risk spoiling your life.
boma moto okoya kotumba ndako pamba: Put out the fire. You risk to incinerate the house.
bapaya zomi baye kotala biso: 10 visitors came to see us.
nayeli bino nsango ya malamu. boyoka.: I brought you good news. Listen.
yela ngai mwa ndambo ya loso po nalia: Bring me a small portion of rice so that I eat.
bato misato bayaki koluka yo lelo: Three men came look for you today.
aza koboya koya awa, pona nini ?: She refuses to come here, why ?
kanga monoko na yo pamba te okoya komela nzinzi.: Close your mouth or else you risk swallowing a fly.
losaka pona biloko oyo oyeli biso: Thanks for the food you brought us.
molimo mosantu yaka osunga biso.: Holy Spirit come help us.
yaka tokanga foto moko: Come that we take a picture.
okoya kotela makasi pamba, tika kopakola mafuta wana: You risk to get very clear for nothing, stop applying that cream.
Yaka kosunga ngai, naza na biloko ebele ya kolamba.: Come help me, I have a lot of things to prepare.
liyebo yaka kotala liyebo oyo.: Come see that mushroom.
Yaka na moziki na biso.: Come to our fundraiser.
Yaka totanda mesa bato balia: Come let's set the table so people can eat.
kende kozua bisaka na yo oya kofanda epayi na ngai: Go take your things to come stay with me.
mwasi oyo atongelaka yo bilamba ayaki awa.: The lady who made clothes for you (your tailor) came here.
yela ngai masanga mbila namela.: Bring me the palm juice, so that I may drink.
mama ya mobali na yo akoya lisusu te.: Your mother in law will not come anymore.
yo ozali na kati ya motema na ye te.: You, you are not in his heart.
mobali na yo ya sika, kombo na ye nani ?: Your new husband, what's his name ?
Ayebi ata kokoma kombo na ye te.: She can't even write her name.
Akoya lelo lisusu te. Akoya kaka lobi.: She will not come anymore today. She will just come tomorrow.
ozalaki kozela ngai naya pona obanda kolamba ?: You were waiting for me to come home for you to start cooking ?
Nabengaki liboso ya koya.: I called before coming.
noko, yaka kobina na ngai.: Uncle, come dance with me.
nakoya koniata yo pamba.: I risk trampling you for no reason.
yela ngai mayi nasopela ye.: Bring me water so that I sprinkle him.
aye lisusu, mama wana ya liboma.: She came again, that crazy lady.
Aya, tosolola na ye esengeli .: Let her come, let's talk properly.
mwasi kitoko, yaka awa.: Pretty girl, come here.
Mwana oyo libota naye basundola ye po akoma bulawayo.: That child, her family abandoned her because she became a prostitute.
bato boni bayaki likita ?: How many people were at the reunion ?

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