Kikongo Language

Talking about your family in Kikongo

Mother	Ngudy Mama
Father	1) Se 2) Tata
Parents	Mase
Sister	1) Mpangi a nkentu 2) Nsanga
Brother	Mpangi ‘akala
Children	1) Ampangi 2) Zimpangi
Son	Mwana yakala
Daugther	Mwana nkentu
Husband	1) Yakala 2) Nkazi
Wife	Nkentu
Aunt	Se dya nkentu
Uncle	Ngwankazi
Grandparents	Akáyi
Grandmother	Nkaka a nkentu
Grandfather	Nkak’a yakala
Grandchild (boy/girl)	Ntekulu
Nephew	Nkazi
Niece	Mwana nkazi
Big daddy (elder brother of father)	Se dyambuta
"Small" daddy (younger brother of father)	Se dya nleke
Big mommy (elder sister of mother)	Ngudi ambuta
"Small" mommy (younger sister of mother)	Ngudi nleke

My children	1) Wana ame 2) Ana ame
His parents	Mase mandi
Your wives	Akentu aku
The women here do not speak English	Akentu kwaku ke bevovanga kimputu ko

My wife is farming	Nkentu ame kwa mpatu kakenda
Your husband speaks too much	Nkaz’aku ovovanga kwayingi
The uncle of the neighbour has a lot of girlfriends	Ngwakazi wa nfinangani eto makangu mayingi kena mau
Our daughter is cooking rice	Mwana eto luku kena lamba

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

West Africa - Ìgbò - Wolof - Yorùbá	East Africa - Chichewa (Nyanja) - Kinyarwanda (Ikinyarwanda) - Kiswahili
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