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kobanga te
ko-BA-nga te
do not fear / do not be afraid (negative imperative)
French: n'aie pas peur (impératif négatif)
Kobanga te, nkoi akimi mosika na zamba.
Do not fear, the leopard ran far into the forest.
N'aie pas peur, le léopard a fui loin dans la forêt.
Kobanga te — do not fear. The negative imperative in Lingala is formed by sandwiching the verb between its infinitive ko- prefix and the negation particle te: ko[verb] te. Almost every prohibition in this dictionary follows the same rule. A parent speaking kobanga te to a child at night is offering both the verb and the calm to back it up.
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