Enjoy a collection of stories in Lingala as well as hundreds of essential phrases and vocab. Ideal for those who would like to learn Lingala while jogging, exercising, commuting, cooking or sleeping. The MP3 files can be copied to your smartphone or your iPad (via iTunes).
Verbs are used to describe actions. A unique feature of Lingala is that it conjugates its verbs by adding a prefix to the front of the verb. A different prefix is used for each person. For the first person singular, most verbs in Lingala use the prefix 'na-'.
Lingala is spoken by over 10 million people. If you are planning on doing some travelling, learning Lingala would be a great way to make the most of your trip.
Get creditsLearn to get by in Lingala with these useful words and phrases. These essential phrases cover everything from Lingala greetings to business and workplace communications to love and dating.
A great companion for Lingala language learners, from beginner to intermediate level. Includes the most commonly used words in Lingala today. You can view the PDF dictionary on your smartphone or your iPad (using the free iBooks app).
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You can go from beginner to fluent in Lingala in a short time and our nine-step Lingala learning guide will show you how. We'll be talking about Lingala greetings, nouns, adjectives and verbs. The guide provides an overview of each step in the progression of skills needed to learn to speak, read and understand Lingala.
In the previous steps, we taught you the words ndako, buku and kiti (house, book, chair). We also taught you how to use the indefinite article in Lingala to form ndako, buku and kiti (a house, a book, a chair). In this step, we concentrate on how to use the definite article in Lingala to form ndako, buku and kiti (the house, the book, the chair). You'll see an easy to follow lesson which includes numerous useful examples in both Lingala and English. To get started with step 1, simply click the 9-step speedometer symbol. Or you can move ahead to step 5, by clicking the Next Step button (The plural in Lingala).
Learn Lingala the easy, fun and fast way. Whether you're a complete beginner or you already know a few phrases in Lingala, you'll be amazed at just how quickly you learn!
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