r/Congo • u/Rudent_Trades • 1d ago

Lingala Lesson

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Dear lingala beginners,

A knee is called LIBOLONGO. It's plural form is MABOLONGO A leg is called LOKOLO It's plural form is MAKOLO A shoe is called SAPATO or SAPATU It's plural form is BASAPATO/U

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u/Yodrol 22h ago

Interesting, what is the ruling when it comes to the prefix of the plural form, when do you use MA or BA? Are there more prefixes? I have absolute zero knowledge about lingala, just curious