SexyDuby:

Pounded yam & egusi soup. U sure ure good @ cooking?

Hi mediatrix8, ure welcome!

Thanks sexyduby

hello everyone,been out for long time, I miss this site so much! hope everyone is doing fine!

Confused

home sweet home, I am missing home

hmmm, revenge, mehn that is wrong!

Valentine's day? sigh, still waiting,

lallafati:

I have been an avid reader on here for over a year now. I am originally from Congo but I was raised with a very open mind and with friends from all over the africa so truly most people can never guess until I tell them. I am panafricanist at heart and consider myself african before anything else (and more then specifically coming from a particular country).

My cultural contributions today, Lingala is the language mostly used in congo, its used as a venacular language for communication purposes (at the market etc etc) and is a watered-down and "frenchized" version of the original Lingala spoken Bangala people in the north of the country. There are over 400 dialects in kongo with 5 main tribes. My family is from the
Kongo or Bakongo (who speak kikongo) tribe which gaves its name to the country. We also belong to a smaller tribe inside the bigger kongo tribe, called the bayombe (and they speak kiyombe). Because we were first colonized by the portguguese alot of words derived or similar to portuguese words are part of lingala, kikongo and kiyombe.
Examples: In lingala we say mesa = table portuguese is mesa
sapatu = shoes sapato
kopo= cup/glass copo/copa
and some english, we say miliki for milk.

I'll come back with the bakongo/kongo tribe influences on brazilian culture and music as 40% of the slaves that entered brazil were kikongo speakers.


Happy New Year!!!

we also say lamesa=Table
Sapatos=Shoes

hmnmm.good to know some language are similar, as I understand and speak some Spanish and understand Portuguese and Italian Language.If I will hear Lingala language in Congo I can probably understand some, hmmmm really good to know.Thanks for creating this thread.

lallafati:

I have been an avid reader on here for over a year now. I am originally from Congo but I was raised with a very open mind and with friends from all over the africa so truly most people can never guess until I tell them. I am panafricanist at heart and consider myself african before anything else (and more then specifically coming from a particular country).

My cultural contributions today, Lingala is the language mostly used in congo, its used as a venacular language for communication purposes (at the market etc etc) and is a watered-down and "frenchized" version of the original Lingala spoken Bangala people in the north of the country. There are over 400 dialects in kongo with 5 main tribes. My family is from the
Kongo or Bakongo (who speak kikongo) tribe which gaves its name to the country. We also belong to a smaller tribe inside the bigger kongo tribe, called the bayombe (and they speak kiyombe). Because we were first colonized by the portguguese alot of words derived or similar to portuguese words are part of lingala, kikongo and kiyombe.
Examples: In lingala we say mesa = table portuguese is mesa
sapatu = shoes sapato
kopo= cup/glass copo/copa
and some english, we say miliki for milk.

I'll come back with the bakongo/kongo tribe influences on brazilian culture and music as 40% of the slaves that entered brazil were kikongo speakers.


Happy New Year!!!

Wow , this is great,

FILIPINO Language "TAGALOG" has also some similarities with SPANISH LANGUAGE, take a look at some words I listed down:


Due to Spain's colonial rule of the Philippines, many words from Spanish were incorporated into the Tagalog language.



English Spanish Tagalog
automatic automatico awtomatiko
model modelo modelo
product producto produkto
presence presencia presensya
market mercado merkado
technology tecnologia teknolohiya
service servicio serbisyo
inventor inventor imbentor
generation generacion henerasyon
company compania kumpanya
apple manzana mansanas
sugar azucar asucal
pineapple pina pinya
pears pera peras
butter mantequilla mantequilya
meat carne karne
onion cebolla sibuyas
kitchen cocina kusina
window ventana bintana
garage garaje garahe
bed cama kama
telephone telefono telepono
bathroom bano banyo
radio radio radyo
television television telibisyon
cup taza tasa
knife cuchillo cuchilyo
spoon cuchara cuchara
glass vaso vaso
plate plato plato
lemon limon limon
ham jamon hamon
duck pato pato
margarine margarina margarina
chocolate chocolate chocolate
cantaloupe melon milon
avocado avocado abocado
saucer platito platito
blue azul asol
well bueno bueno
green verde berde
for para para sa
tiger tigre tigre
lion leon lion
horse caballo cabayo
traveler viajero biyahero
world mundo mundo
space espacio ispasiyo
place lugar lugar
distance distancia distansya
sure seguro sigurado
beer cerveza cerbesa
work trabajo trabaho
lucky suerte suwerte
handsome guapo gwapo
book libro libro
diary diario diyaryo
too much demasiado masyado
page pagina pahina
information informacion impormasyon
dangerous peligroso pelegroso
donation donacion donasyon
accident accidente aksidente
like (to like something) gustar (verb) gusto
reason razon rason
understand entender intindihan
teacher maestro/a maestro/a
politician politico politiko
member miembro membro
jealous celoso celos
gossiper chismoso/a chismoso/a
dictionary diccionario diksiyonaryo
student estudiante estudyante
age edad edad
church iglesia iglesya
itinerary itinerario itinerario
favorite favorito paborito
garden jardin hardin
corn mais mais
alcohol alcohol alkohol
hotel hotel otel
tobacco tabaco tabako
passport pasaporte pasaporte
ventilator ventilador bentilador
piano piano piyano
party fiesta piesta
\class clase klase

SURE, proven by Romeo & Juliet

To everyone here.May this season brings you good health,prosperity and happiness.MERRY CHRISTMAS & BOUNTIFUL NEW YEAR

I don't really know what to do when I am in that situation.I am very emotional sometimes.So.probably,I will just cry an run away, or will get something to hurt them.Hope it will never happen to me.

Ranoscky:

Interestin topic, Im lovin it.

@Mediatrix, what city in China are you in?. . .Guangzhou, Donguan, shengzen, Shanghai or Nanghai?

Here in Beijing, Are you in China too?Guess you are coz you mentioned 3 big cities in Guangdong.I have been to all those you mentioned though, I love Guangzhou and Shanghai

@post.I love the thread and hope to know more foreign customs and culture

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Nothing's Gonna Change my Love for you.by George Benson

relationship should be always give and take to be stronger but in case only one is giving and the other is not, consider his situation if he has money to spend for you and yet he is very stingy then he maybe not real, but if u can see for now he isn't capable enough,you should try to understand him though I know as a woman no matter how small that thing given to you during special occasions .it means a lot, it shows the person cares.

Listen to your heart and follow what is telling you, remember great friendship from the start is a good foundation of deeper relationship.

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Mr Cork, always funny

any Beach Resort can do

dump truck driver

Christmas Parties

China Jar

good to know this, hmmm

honey,call it quit, he is not in to you anymore.His belief and family is his priority not his happiness.Better find another man who deserves your love and you also deserve to be loved in spite and despite of being you!

May she rest in Peace,I felt so sad reading the story,it's a sudden death for her and she is very young ohhhhhh so sorry! My heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family.

I am for it! Nothing wrong for two people truly in love

If I am angry,I couldn't breathe if I can't tell what I feel to the person.Better confront him/her amicably to solve whatever  the conflict is.