June 10, 2005

Lingala Expression

Today, I learned a new expression: Likombo Esalité

Apparently it means, Hakuna Mata, No Worries Man, Cool Raoul. That should definitely get me out of some tight situations. I’m set for the 30th.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

According to my Lingala dictionary, Likombo means "mushroom." I wonder what Esalite means?

-E

007 in Africa said...

You hqve q Lingala dictionnary? What does it say for "worry"?

Denis said...

the expression is probably likambo ezalí té, or academically spelled : likambo ezalí tɛ́ (helps to know how to pronounce it).

"Likambo" is "matter, affair, concern"; "ezalí" is the verb "to be" kozala with the 3rd unanimate subject e- and present tense : e-zal-í, ezalí; and (prounounced tɛ́, like French "tes" instead of thé, the accent marks high tone) is negation.