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kopesa nzela
ko-PE-sa NZE-la
to allow
French: permettre / autoriser
Nakoki kopesa ye nzela akende.
I can allow him to go.
Je peux le laisser partir.
To give way — granting passage to another. Kopesa nzela — literally "to give a path" — is the standard Lingala for "to allow." Kolingisa is rarer and more literal; the everyday phrase opens the way.
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