Look up Garder . In French, it means "to keep." In Lingala, Kogarda means "to stop" or "to park." If a Kinshasa taxi driver tells you "Garda awa" – he is not keeping you. He is parking the taxi. Get out.
Lingala is a tonal language (high and low tones). A change in tone can alter the meaning of a word entirely (e.g., motó means "head" while moto means "person"). dictionnaire lingala français