Editing Kongo language (section)

=== Conjugation ===

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Personal pronouns
!Translation
|-
|Mono
|I
|-
|Ngeye
|You
|-
|Yandi
|He or she
|-
|Kima
|It (for an object / an animal / a thing, examples: a table, a knife,...)
|-
|Yeto / Beto
|We
|-
|Yeno / Beno
|You
|-
|Yawu / Bawu (or Bau)
|They
|-
|Bima
|They (for objects / animals / things, examples:  tables, knives,...)
|}

NB: Not all variants of Kikongo have completely the same personal pronouns and when conjugating verbs, the  personal pronouns become stressed pronouns (see below and/or the references posted).

Conjugating the verb (''mpanga'' in Kikongo) to be (''kukala'' or ''kuba''; also ''kuena'', ''kwena'' or ''kuwena'' in Kikongo) in the present:<ref name=Ksludotique >{{cite web|url= https://www.ksludotique.com/kikongo-space/kikongo-grammar-first-part/?lang=en |language=en|title=Kikongo grammar, first part |work=Ksludotique |access-date=25 November 2020}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|-
|(Mono) '''ngi'''ena / Mono '''ngi'''na
|(Me), I am
|-
|(Ngeye) '''w'''ena / Ngeye '''w'''ina / '''w'''una / '''u'''na
|(You), you are
|-
|(Yandi) '''w'''ena / Yandi '''k'''ena / '''w'''una / '''u'''na
|(Him / Her), he or she is
|-
|(Kima) '''ki'''ena
|(It), it is (for an object / an animal / a thing, examples: a table, a knife,...)
|-
|(Beto) '''tu'''ena / Yeto '''tu'''ina / '''tu'''na
|(Us), we are
|-
|(Beno) '''lu'''ena / Yeno '''lu'''ina / '''lu'''na
|(You), you are
|-
|(Bawu) '''b'''ena / Yawu '''b'''ena
|(Them), they are
|-
|(Bima) '''bi'''ena
|(Them), they are (for objects / animals / things, examples:  tables, knives,...)
|}

Conjugating the verb (''mpanga'' in Kikongo) to have (''kuvua'' in Kikongo; also ''kuba na'' or  ''kukala ye'') in the present :

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|-
|(Mono) '''m'''vuidi
|(Me), I have
|-
|(Ngeye) '''v'''uidi
|(You), you have
|-
|(Yandi) '''v'''uidi
| (Him / Her), he or she has
|-
|(Beto) '''tu'''vuidi
|(Us), we have
|-
|(Beno) '''lu'''vuidi
|(You), you have
|-
|(Bawu) '''ba'''vuidi
|(Them), they have
|}

NB: In Kikongo, the conjugation of a tense to different persons is done by changing ''verbal prefixes'' (highlighted in bold). These ''verbal prefixes'' are also personal pronouns. However, not all variants of Kikongo have completely the same verbal prefixes and the same verbs (cf. the references posted). The ksludotique site uses several variants of Kikongo (kimanianga,...).