ASKING FOR A FAVOUR, FORGIVENESS AND THANKING

ASKING FOR FAVOUR
Use the verb ‘kokoka’ (which means: to be able, to be allowed) when you want to ask for a favour.
Ndakisa (Example):
Okokí kolakisa ngáí nzela ya zándo?   -  Can you show me the way to the market ?
Okokí koyébisa bisó ba kómbó ya baboti na yó? -  Can you tell us the names of your parents?
Sometimes people use the French expression ‘s’il vous plaît’ , which is then accompanied by a verb in infinitive but without ‘ko’.
Ndakisa (Example):
S’il vous plaît, yáka áwa – Please, come here.
S’il vous plaît, pesa ngáí máyi ya komela - Please, give me water to drink.

ASKING FOR FORGIVENESS
Nasengí yo bolímbisi – I ask you for forgiveness
Límbisá bángó: forgive them

THANKING
merci (melesi) – thank you
merci míngi: thank you very much
Napesí yó merci míngi: I give you thanks

ASKING QUESTIONS

You formulate a question by following the following rule: Subject + Verb + ... ?
Example:
Búku ezalí wápi? = Búku eza wápi? = where is the book?

Yó ozalí na mbóngo = Ozalí na mbóngo? = Oza na mbóngo?  - Have you got money? (Do you have money?)
Yó ozalí na motúna? = Ozalí na motúna? = Oza na motúna?  – Have you got a question? (Do you have a question?)

Yó olingaka ngáí ? = Olingaka ngáí ?  – Do you love (like) me continually?
Yó olingí ye? = Olingí ye? – Do you love (like) him/her ?

Possible answers:
ezalí áwa/kuná = eza áwa/kúna – it is here/there.
ée or ‘Oui’ (from French) – yes

té – no
nayébi té – I do not know