dictionary / translation Lingala

tokomi, form of a verb

infinitive : kokòma, kokóma
time : (ezalisi) simple present (I work, I dance,...) or present perfect (I have worked, I have danced,...) (-i)
person : first person plural (we)

kokòma, regular construction (root : kom) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))

to write

kokòmela
to write to [someone]

Oyo ekomama esi ekomama
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derived words : mokomi, ekomeli, nkomá, likomá

6 examples (bandakisa motóbá) ...

koma kombo na yo: write your name
nani mutu akomeli yo lingala ?: who is it that writes lingala to you ?
akomi kombo ya mwana na ye na buku ya lopango.: He wrote the name of his child in the plot book (property deed).
Ayebi ata kokoma kombo na ye te.: She can't even write her name.
Tanga makambo nyonso akomi: Read all that she has written.
Oyo ekomama esi ekomama: What is written, is already written

kokóma, regular construction (root : kom) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))

to arrive
to happen, to become
to start to ...

tokomi wapi
src : google images

masasi ya leta ekomi ya kosakana
src : Kin Makambo

26 examples (bandakisa ntúkú míbalé na motóbá) ...

ekoki kokoma: it can happen
Ndaku oyo ekomi kitoko.: That house has become beautiful.
nazoya (nazali koya)... naza na nzela... nakomi: I'm coming over... I'm underway... I arrived
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.
Oyo akotambola na moyibi, akokoma mpe moyibi. Proverb/expression (don't translate litteraly): One that walks with a thief will also become a thief.
Biloko nyonso ekomi ntalo mingi.: All things became expensive.
Balabala ekomi lokola ebale: The road became like a river
Soki okokoma kuna, pesa bango mbote.: When you arrive there, greet them (give them greetings).
Akomi koteka nguba na zando.: She began selling peanuts on the market.
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.
Tia foin nakoma lokola yo: let's bet I'll be like you
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
kokenda liboso ezali kokoma te Proverb/expression (don't translate litteraly): To go first is not "to arrive"
kokoma na ndako te. leka mbala moko epayi ya tata na yo.: Don't arrive home. Pass at your dad's place for once.
asombi tukutuku mususu. akomi na yango mibale.: She bought another scooter. She has two of them now.
wuta ngai nakoma kosambela, nakoma na kimia na motema.: Since I started praying, I had peace of heart.
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.
Oyo wana azokoma kizengi penza.: That one becomes crazy, really.
mabele na ye ekomi minene: Her breasts became big.
Baiser na yo ya pamba ekomisa ngai kizengi.: Just your kiss drives me crazy.
nalingi ke eloko te ekomela mwana na ngai.: I don't want anything to happen to my child.
Mbula oyo tokosiba na masoko. Libolo ekomi mayi mayi.: warning - sensible content
mbanda mama akufa nakoma mowumbu ya mwasi ya papa.: Since mother died, I became the slave of dad's wife.
Mwana oyo libota naye basundola ye po akoma bulawayo.: That child, her family abandoned her because she became a prostitute.
banda okoma ya nga, nga nazokatswa.: Since you became mine, I'm dying (of joy)
soki todusoli awa tokokoma noki: If we take a shortcut here, we'll arrive early.

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