English and Lingala/Regression tests
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English → Lingala[edit]
Conjuction[edit]
- (eng) and → mpé
- (eng) but → kasi
- (eng) or → to
- (eng) and → na
Pronoun (subj-pron)[edit]
- (eng) I. → Ngáí.
- (eng) We. → Bísó.
- (eng) You. → Yó.
- (eng) He. → Yé.
- (eng) She. → Yé.
- (eng) It. → Yé.
- (eng) They. → Bangó.
Pronoun (pos-pron)[edit]
- (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[edit]
- (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[edit]
- (eng) garden. → elanga.
- (eng) the garden → elanga
- (eng) the table → mesa
- (eng) the house → ndako
Prepositional phrases (AdvP)[edit]
- (eng) in the garden → na elanga
- (eng) in garden → na elanga
- (eng) inside the garden → nakati ya elanga
Possessives and demonstratives[edit]
- (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[edit]
- 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[edit]
Possessives[edit]
- (lin) Búku na ngáí. → My book.
- (lin) Kelasi na yé. → His school.
- (lin) Bakóko na yó. → Your grandparents.
- (lin) Makambo na yó. → Your problems.