Lingala — top 255 words

High-frequency vocabulary for English speakers. Reveal each card, then rate your recall — the schedule adapts (SM-2) and is stored on your device.

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#	Lingala	English
1		hello / greetings
2		hello / many greetings (warm)
3		welcome (lit. come well)
4		thanks / gratitude
5		thank you very much
6		please / if
7		I don't understand
8		to speak / to say
9		to try
10		to stop / to leave / to let
11		to go
12		to come
13		to be / to exist / to have
14		to eat
15		to drink
16		to sleep
17		to sit / to stay / to live
18		to stand up
19		to sweep / to search
20		to take / to get / to receive
21		to give
22		to see
23		to know
24		to start / to begin
25		to finish / to end
26		to walk / to travel
27		let's go / going
28		to follow / to continue
29		to fear / to be afraid
30		to love / to want / to like
31		to think / to consider
32		to catch / to close / to lock
33		to break / to cross
34		to put / to place / to build
35		to sell
36		to buy
37		to hit / to beat / to play (music)
38		to enter / to go in
39		to exit / to go out
40		to read / to count
41		to look for / to sweep
42		today
43		tomorrow
44		yesterday
45		end / finish / stop
46		body
47		head
48		eyes
49		ears
50		mouth
51		nose
52		arm / hand
53		leg / foot
54		heart
55		place / location
56		in / at / with / and / to
57		not / no (negation)
58		here
59		there / over there
60		where?
61		who?
62		what?
63		how?
64		when?
65		why?
66		how much / how many?
67		yes
68		no / not
69		if / please
70		but
71		or
72		also / and / too
73		true / really / indeed
74		even / although / despite
75		now
76		time / occasion
77		once / one time
78		many times / often
79		old / long ago / before
80		good / well / nice
81		bad / wrong / ugly
82		big / large / important
83		small / little / few
84		another / other
85		all / every
86		person / someone / fire
87		people / persons
88		woman / wife / female
89		man / husband / male
90		child / son / daughter
91		children
92		father / Mr.
93		mother / Mrs.
94		sibling / friend / relative
95		doctor / healer
96		Christian
97		farmer / peasant
98		worker / employee
99		chief / leader / boss
100		guide / director
101		compound / fence / yard
102		house / home / building
103		front / before / first
104		after / behind / back
105		up / above / sky / heaven
106		down / below / ground
107		inside / middle / among
108		outside / foreign
109		near / close / almost
110		far / distant
111		strong / hard / powerful / serious
112		glory / honour / praise
113		love / affection
114		price / cost / value
115		money / wealth
116		things / goods / stuff
117		thing / stuff
118		place / location / position
119		country / outside / abroad
120		village / hometown / country
121		neighbourhood / village area
122		city / town
123		country compound
124		countries / lands
125		I / me / my
126		you (sing.) / your
127		he / she / it / his / her
128		we / us / our
129		you (pl.) / your (pl.)
130		they / them / their
131		this / these / that / these
132		that / those over there
133		alone / him/herself
134		farm / garden / field
135		fish
136		meat / animal
137		fruit / seed
138		plantains / bananas
139		plantain dish
140		food wrap
141		water
142		traditional alcohol / drink
143		news / information
144		story / tale / fable
145		path / road / way
146		household / family
147		prison / jail
148		news / message / gospel
149		class / school
150		sugar
151		salt
152		oil / fat / fuel
153		white
154		black
155		red / yellow
156		colour / paint
157		news update / recent news
158		to be stuck / to hang / to cling
159		to show / to teach / to demonstrate
160		to help / to assist
161		to carry / to lift
162		to wait
163		to reply / to respond / to return
164		to hear / to feel / to obey
165		to fall / to choose
166		to add / to increase
167		to cut
168		to pay
169		to prepare / to fix / to repair
170		to meet / to gather
171		to pass / to exceed / to cross
172		to inform / to notify
173		to be surprised / to laugh
174		to mix / to confuse / to lose the way
175		to say / to speak often
176		to ask
177		to speak well / to say something good
178		to send to
179		to be caught
180		to carry for
181		to give to
182		to read for / to count for
183		to inform / to make known
184		to work for / to serve
185		to offer / to donate
186		to know oneself / to be aware
187		to wait for oneself
188		here / this place
189		now / this time
190		rain / year
191		sun / day / daylight
192		night
193		dawn / morning
194		noon / midday
195		evening / late afternoon
196		season / period / era
197		time / period
198		month / moon
199		week
200		weekend / end of week
201		he/she went
202		we went
203		he/she will come
204		we will come
205		he/she is
206		we are
207		I went
208		I will come
209		I am
210		you are
211		he/she/it is
212		we are
213		you (pl.) are
214		they are
215		one person
216		two people
217		three children
218		one house
219		many things
220		a lot of money
221		before / in front of
222		after / behind
223		inside / between / among
224		since / from
225		until / as far as
226		not for nothing / seriously
227		reason / cause / root
228		what is the reason?
229		on top of / above
230		below / under
231		also / and / too
232		like this / so / thus
233		manner / way / how
234		the same way / same
235		in a good way
236		in a bad way
237		what shall we do?
238		where shall we go?
239		I will help you
240		I will give you things
241		are you well? / are you good?
242		I am well / I am good
243		what did you do?
244		you did well
245		I went to school
246		he/she will come tomorrow
247		we went together
248		they carried things
249		where to? / whose place?
250		at the doctor's place
251		a good place
252		price of goods
253		money to pay
254		our worker
255		neighbourhood chief