Polite Words and Expressions

Sango, the language of Central African Republic: Important Words and Phrases

Mbi gbu gere ti mo - Please Singila mingi - Thank you very much Sengue - You're welcome Pardon - Sorry! / Excuse me!

Greetings

Balao - Good day / Good evening / Hello Nzoni gango - Welcome Tonga na nyen - How are you? Ye ake ape - Very good / not bad Nzoni - Very good / not bad Nzoni ape - Bad Mbi duti nzoni - I am fine Mo lango nzoni? - Have you slept well? Hein, mbi lango nzoni. - Yes, I have slept well. Wali a yeke da? Amolengue a yeke da? - How is your wife? How are your children? Hein, ala yeke da. - Yes, they are all doing fine. Iri ti mo nyen? - What's your name? Iri ti mbi a yeke Jean. - My name is Jean. Balao madame - Hello ma'm Balao monsieur - Hello sir Ala londo na ndo wa? - Where are you from? Mbi londo na Suède. - I am from Sweden. Ala lango na ndo wa? - Where do you live? Mbi lango na Bangui. - I live in Bangui.

Expressions of Leavetaking

Nzoni lakwi - Good night Mbi zia mo - Goodbye Gue nzoni - Goodbye Na peko - See you later Na peko ma - See you soon Na kekereke - See you tomorrow

Other Helpful Words and Phrases

E gue - Let's go! Hein - Yes Hein hein - no

Numbers Para - Zero Oko - One Osse - Two Ota - Three Osio - Four Okou - Five Omene - Six Mbasambala - Seven Myombe - Eight Gumbaya - Nine Baleoko - Ten

Baleoko na oko - Eleven Baleoko na osse - Twelve Baleoko na ota - Thirteen Baleoko na osio - Fourteen Baleoko na okou - Fifteen Baleoko na omene - Sixteen Baleoko na mbasambala - Seventeen Baleoko na myombe - Eighteen Baleoko na gumbaya - Nineteen

Bale osse - Twenty Bale osse na oko - Twenty-one Bale osse na osse - Twenty-two Bale osse na ota - Twenty-three Bale ota - Thirty Bale ota na oko - Thirty-one Bale ota na osse - Thirty-two Bale osio - Forty Bale okou - Fifty Bale omene - Sixty Bale mbasambala - Seventy Bale mbasambala na oko - Seventy-one Bale mbasambala na osse - Seventy-two Bale myombe - Eighty Bale myombe na oko - Eighty-one Bale myombe na osse - Eighty-two Bale gumbaya - Ninety Bale gumbaya na oko - Ninety-one Bale gumbaya na osse - Ninety-two Ngbangbo - One Hundred