How to form the plural in Lingala

How to form the plural in Lingala

You want to learn how to use the plural in Lingala? You've come to the right place! Scroll down and see the short Lingala lessons complete with useful examples. Apples, houses, books... we'll teach you everything you need to know about the plural in Lingala.

Lingala nouns - plural

The plural is used, in general, to talk about more than one object. Examples in English would be 'dogs', 'cats', 'houses' and 'children'. The plural in Lingala is generally formed by a change to the beginning of the word.

Examples

bakiti
chairs
babali
men
bana
children
basi
women
baninga
friends
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Lingala belongs to the Bantu language family. If you are planning on doing some travelling, learning Lingala would be a great way to make the most of your trip.

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Step 5 : The plural in Lingala

The plural is important in Lingala when you need to talk about more than one thing. Using the nouns buku, kiti and ekuke (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn the plural of each of these words by heart. The plural forms are babuku, bakiti and bikuke. Now learn how to use each of these Lingala plural nouns with the definite article. The nouns together with the definite article are babuku, bakiti and bikuke (the books, the chairs, the doors). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about the Lingala plural including useful examples. After you've learned the plural of buku, kiti and ekuke, you can move on to Step 6 (Lingala demonstrative pronouns).

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