Kongo Nouns
Welcome to the third Kongo lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Kongo to help you practice your daily phrases.
potatoes mbala |
tomatoes tomata |
onions matungulu |
carrots bikwa |
fruits mbuma |
apples mabamfu |
bananas mankondo |
oranges malala |
Nouns Grammar Rules
In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.
| Grammar + Rules |
|---|
| Kongo |
| do you have milk? [verb + noun] |
| nge ke zola mabele? |
| I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] |
| mono kele na mabele mpi kafe |
| he has three apples [number + plural noun] |
| yandi kele na mapamu tatu |
| she only has one apple [number + singular noun] |
| yandi kele kaka na dipamu mosi |
| we live in a small house [adjective + noun] |
| beto ke vandaka na mwa nzo ya fioti |
| I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] |
| mono ke zola madia na beto ya suka |
The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.
bread dimpa |
milk mabele |
butter manteka |
cheese fomaze |
coffee kafe |
sandwich sandwisi |
meat niama |
chicken nsusu |
fish mbisi |
breakfast madia ya suka |
lunch madia ya midi |
dinner madia |
Conversation in Kongo
Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.
| English |
|---|
| Kongo |
| Do you speak (English/ Kongo)? |
| nge ke tubaka (angele/kikongo)? |
| Just a little |
| kaka fioti |
| I like Kongo |
| mono ke zolaka kikongo |
| Can I practice with you? |
| mono lenda kulonguka ti nge? |
| How old are you? |
| nge ke na mvula ikwa? |
| I'm thirty three years old |
| mono kele na mvula makumi tatu na tatu |
| It was nice talking to you |
| yo vandaka mbote kusolula ti nge |
I hope you enjoyed this lesson about the nouns in Kongo. If you have any question about this lesson please contact me here. Now check the next lesson below.
Inspirational Quote: A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on. |