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bete
BE-te
swim
French: nager
Okoki kobeta mai?
Can you swim?
Sais-tu nager ?
To swim — beating the water of the great river. Lingala says it plainly: kobeta mai, to "beat the water." Along the Congo, the deepest river in the world, swimming is both childhood play and a riverside skill — "okoki kobeta mai?", can you swim?
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