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boso
BO-so
front / before (informal short form of liboso)
French: devant / avant (forme courte informelle de liboso)
Kende boso, nakolanda yo.
Go ahead, I will follow you.
Va devant, je vais te suivre.
Boso — the informal, fast-speech contraction of liboso (front, ahead, before). Heard constantly in Kinshasa street talk: "kende boso" (go ahead), "boso ya ndako" (in front of the house). The full liboso stays in writing and formal speech.
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