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Days of the week in Kikongo

What day is today?	Nkia lumbu o uno?
Monday	1) Kiantete 2) Kialendi
Tuesday	Kiazole
Wednesday	Kiatatu
Thursday	Kiaya
Friday	Kiatanu
Saturday	Kiasabala
Sunday	Kialumingu

How to describe weeks

This week	Mu lumingu lwalu
I have exams this week	Lutonto lwa sikola ngina lwau mu lumingu lwalu
This week there will be some activities.	Mu lumingu lwalu musinga kala yaka salu
This week will be better than last week	Lumingu lwalu lwambote lukala lutila luna luviokele
Next week	Lumingu lukwiza
I will return next week	Lumingu lukwiza ivutuka
I have exams next week	Mu lumingu lukwiza mu lutonto tukala
Next week we will have a visit	Lumingu lukwiza nkingula tukala yau
Last week	Lumingu lwavioka
We had cassava last week	Lumingu lwavioka twakele kaka ye madioko
Last week went by very quickly	Lumingu lwavioka mu nzaki lwaviokele
I had medical appointments last week	Lumingu lwavioka kwa ngang’a mawuku yayenda mu tadisa maladi

A sample sentence

I need to travel to Luanda on Wednesday this week because I have a flight to Lisbon on the following Monday	Nzolele kwenda ku Luwanda kina kikala kiatatu kialumingu lwalu ekuma kadi kina kikala kialendi kia lumingu lukwiza ndeki ya Lisboa ibaka

Learn Kikongo

Greetings & Introductions
How to greet and introduce yourself in Kikongo

Family
How can you describe your family in Kikongo?

Numbers
How to count in Kikongo

Days of the week
How to say days of the week in Kikongo

Months of the year
How to say months of the year in Kikongo

Time Concepts
How say early, late, always and other concepts in Kikongo

Question Words
Who? What? When? Where? Why? How? How Much?

Traveling
Need to get to travel somewhere? Learn how to do it in Kikongo

Shopping
Let's go shopping and see how to buy items in Kikongo

Important Verbs
To be, To Have, To Do, To Say, To Go, To Know, To Want, To Can & To Use

Media
List of music, dances and movies in Kikongo

Phrases
Extra phrases in Kikongo that may be handy

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