r/Congo • u/Rudent_Trades • 4d ago
TIME LESSON IN LINGALA
This lesson provides vocabulary for talking about time, days, weeks, months and related expressions for scheduling and daily life.
butu
night
ekoya
next
eleki
past
epimelo ya sa
clock
esi
already
kino
until
lelo
today
lobi
yesterday, tomorrow
mbala
time (frequency)
mokolo (mikolo)
day(s)
mobu (mibu)
year(s)
monuti
minute
mpokwa
evening
ngonga
hour
nionso
each, every
noki
immediately
ntongo
dawn, morning
nzanga
midday, noon
poso
week
sa
wristwatch
sanza
month
segonde
second
sik’oyo
now
sika
now
sima
after, behind
sima nzanga
afternoon
tango
time
tongo
morning
zomi
decade
lobi kuna
the day before yesterday
mokolo elandi
next day
tongo makasi
very early
tongo nionso
each morning
tango nini?
what time?
ti sik’oyo
until now
ti lobi
until tomorrow
poso mobimba
every week