English and Lingala/Regression tests

English → Lingala

Conjuction

• (eng) and → mpé
• (eng) but → kasi
• (eng) or → to
• (eng) and → na

Pronoun (subj-pron)

• (eng) I. → Ngáí.
• (eng) We. → Bísó.
• (eng) You. → Yó.
• (eng) He. → Yé.
• (eng) She. → Yé.
• (eng) It. → Yé.
• (eng) They. → Bangó.

Pronoun (pos-pron)

• (eng) Mine → ya ngáí.
• (eng) Yours. → ya yó.
• (eng) His. → ya yé.
• (eng) Hers. → ya yé.
• (eng) Its. → ya yé.
• (eng) Ours. → ya bisó.
• (eng) Theirs. → ya bangó.

Verbs

• (eng) I play. → Nasakani.
• (eng) I do not play. → Nasakani té.
• (eng) I will play. → Nakosakana.
• (eng) I played. → Nasakana.
• (eng) I did not play. → Nasakana té.
• (eng) I am playing. → Nazali kosakana.
• (eng) I am not playing. → Nazali kosakana té.
• (eng) I was playing. → Nazalaki kosakana.
• (eng) I was not playing. → Nazalaki kosakana té.

Noun chunks

• (eng) garden. → elanga.
• (eng) the garden → elanga
• (eng) the table → mesa
• (eng) the house → ndako

Prepositional phrases (AdvP)

• (eng) in the garden → na elanga
• (eng) in garden → na elanga
• (eng) inside the garden → nakati ya elanga

Possessives and demonstratives

• (eng) your garden → elanga na yó
• (eng) my garden → elanga na ngáí
• (eng) his garden → elanga na yé
• (eng) her garden → elanga na yé
• (eng) its garden → elanga na yé
• (eng) our garden → elanga na bísó

Notes

• the 'na' in phrases such as 'elanga na yé'(his/her/it garden) can be replaced by 'ya'. So the sentence 'elanga ya yé' is also correct.

Lingala → English

Possessives

• (lin) Búku na ngáí. → My book.
• (lin) Kelasi na yé. → His school.
• (lin) Bakóko na yó. → Your grandparents.
• (lin) Makambo na yó. → Your problems.