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Swahili Verbs (all)
Lots of Swahili verbs (declinated + Infinitive forms) - all
| English translation | Swahili translation |
|---|---|
| I can accept that | Naweza kukubali kwamba |
| she added it | aliongeza kuwa |
| we admit it | tunakubali |
| they advised him | walimshauri |
| I can agree with that | nakubaliana na hayo |
| she allows it | anaruhusu |
| we announce it | tunatangaza |
| I can apologize | naomba msamaha |
| she appears today | anaonekana leo |
| they arranged that | walipanga hivyo |
| I can arrive tomorrow | nitawasili kesho |
| she can ask him | anaweza kumuuliza |
| she attaches that | yeye huunganisha hiyo |
| we attack them | sisi huwashambulia |
| they avoid her | wamamuepuka |
| I can bake it | naweza kuipikia |
| she is like him | yeye ni kama yeye |
| we beat it | tuliipiga |
| they became happy | walifurahi |
| I can begin that | nawesza kuanza |
| we borrowed money | tulikopa pesa |
| they breathe air | wanapumua hewa |
| I can bring it | nitaileta |
| I can build that | naweza kuijenga |
| she buys food | yeye hununua chakula |
| we calculate it | sisi hufanya hesabu hii |
| they carry it | wao huibeba |
| they don't cheat | hawadangayi |
| she chooses him | yeye humchagua |
| we close it | sisi huifunga |
| he comes here | yeye huja hapa |
| I can compare that | naweza kuilinganisha |
| she competes with me | yeye hushindana nami |
| we complain about it | sisi hulalamika juu yake |
| they continued reading | waliendelea kusoma |
| he cried about that | alilia juu yake |
| I can decide now | naweza kuamua sasa |
| she described it to me | alinielezea kuhusu |
| we disagree about it | sisi hatukubaliani |
| they disappeared quickly | walitoweka haraka |
| I discovered that | niligundua kwamba |
| she dislikes that | yeye hapendi |
| we do it | sisi hufanya |
| they dream about it | wao huota juu yake |
| I earned | nimelipwa |
| he eats a lot | yeye anakula sana |
| we enjoyed that | sisi tulifurahia |
| they entered here | waliingia hapa |
| he escaped that | aliepuka hiyo |
| I can explain that | siwezi kueleza hayo |
| she feels that too | anahisi hivyo pia |
| we fled from there | sisi tulitoroka toka huko |
| they will fly tomorrow | wataondoka kwa ndege kesho |
| I can follow you | naweza kukufuata |
| she forgot me | alinisahau |
| we forgive him | tumemsamehe |
| I can give her that | naweza kumpa hiyo |
| she goes there | yeye huenda huko |
| we greeted them | tulimsalimu |
| I hate that | nadharau hiyo |
| I can hear it | Naweza kusikia |
| she imagine that | yeye hufikiri hivyo |
| we invited them | tuliwakaribisha |
| I know him | Mimi namjua |
| she learned it | alijifunza |
| we leave now | twaondoka sasa |
| they lied about him | walimsingizia |
| I can listen to that | naweza kusikiliza |
| she lost that | alipoteza |
| we made it yesterday | tulifaulu jana |
| they met him | walikutana naye |
| I misspell that | siandiki vyema |
| I always pray | mimi husali |
| she prefers that | anapendelea hiyo |
| we protected them | tuliwatunza |
| they will punish her | watamuadhibu |
| I can put it there | naweza kuiweka pale |
| she will read it | ataisoma |
| we received that | tulipokea hiyo |
| they refuse to talk | wanakataa kuongea |
| I remember that | nakumbuka hayo |
| she repeats that | anarudia hiyo |
| we see it | tunaona |
| they sell it | tunaiuza |
| I sent that yesterday | nilituma hiyo jana |
| he shaved his beard | alimnyoa ndevu |
| it shrunk quickly | ilipungua haraka |
| we will sing it | tutuimamba |
| they sat there | walikaa hapo |
| I can speak it | nawaza kuisema |
| she spends money | anatumia pesa |
| we suffered from that | tuliteseka |
| they suggest that | sisi tunadokeza kuwa |
| I surprised him | nilimshangaza |
| she took that | alichukua hiyo |
| we teach it | tunaifunza |
| they told us | Walituambia |
| she thanked him | alimshukuru |
| I can think about it | nitafikiria kuhusu |
| she threw it | aliitupa |
| we understand that | tunaelewa hivyo |
| they want that | wanataka hiyo |
| I can wear it | naweza kuivaa |
| she writes that | anaandika hivyo |
| we talk about it | tunajadili kuhusu |
| they have it | wanayo |
| I watched it | niliitazama |
| I will talk about it | nitaongea kuhusu |
| he bought that yesterday | alinunua hiyo jana |
| we finished it | tuliimaliza |
| we spoke | tuliongea |
| we wrote | tuliandika |
| we drove | tuliendesha |
| we loved | tulipenda |
| we gave | tulipeana |
| we smiled | tulitabasamu |
| we took | tulichukua |
| to succeed | kufaolu |
| to sit | kuketi |
| to fit | kufaa |
| to be able | kuweza |
| to accept | kukubali |
| to accuse | kushtaki |
| to agree | kupatana |
| to alter | kubadili |
| to annoy | kusumbua |
| to answer | kujibu |
| to appear | kutokea |
| to ask a question | kuuliza |
| to awaken | kuamaka |
| to bathe | kuoga |
| to bear fruit or childen | kuzaa |
| to begin | kuanza |
| to believe | kusadiki |
| to blow | kuvuma |
| to boast | kujisifu |
| to boil (neutral) | kuchemka |
| to boil (active) | kuchemsha |
| to be born | kuzaliwa |
| to strike | kupiga kofi |
| to break | kuvunja |
| to bring | kuleta |
| to build | kujenga |
| to burn (neutral) | kuwaka |
| to burn (active) | kuchoma |
| to bury | kuzika |
| to buy | kununua |
| to call | kuita |
| to care for | kutunza |
| to catch hold of | kukamata |
| to be changed | kubadilisha |
| to cheat | kudanganya |
| to chew | kutafuna |
| to choose | kuchagua |
| to clap thehands | kupiga makofi |
| to clean | kusafisha |
| to climb up | kupanda |
| to collect | kukusanya |
| to command | kamuru |
| to come near to | kukaribia |
| to conqueor | kushinda |
| to cook | kupika |
| to cough | kukohao |
| to cover | kufunika |
| to cross over | kuvuka |
| to crush | kuponda |
| to cry | kulia |
| to cultivate | kulima |
| to cure | kuponya |
| to cut; to cut down | kukata |
| to decrease | kupungua |
| to delay | kukawia |
| to deny | kukana |
| to destroy | kuharibu |
| to dig | kuchimba |
| to divide | kugawanya |
| to do; to act | kutenda |
| to drag | kukokota |
| to draw a line | kupiga mstari |
| to draw up water | kuteka maji |
| to dream | kuota |
| to drive away | kufukuza |
| to get dry | kukauka |
| to put out to dry | kuanika |
| to enter | kuingia |
| to escape | kuokoka |
| to explain | kueleza |
| to fail | kupunguka |
| to fall | kuanguka |
| to fear | kuogopa |
| to feed | kulisha |
| to fight | kupigana |
| to finish | kumaliza |
| to be finished | kuisha |
| to fix | kukaza |
| to flourish | kusitawi |
| to fold | kukunja |
| to follow | kufuata |
| to forbid | kugombeza |
| to forget | kusahau |
| to forgive | kusamehe |
| to get | kupata |
| to get drunk | kulewa |
| to get out | kutoka |
| to ripen | kuiva |
| to get up | kuondoka |
| to get well | kupona |
| to go | kuenda |
| to go before | kutangulia |
| to go; to come down | kushuka |
| to greet | kuamkia |
| to grind | kusaga |
| to guard | kulinda |
| to harm | kudhuru |
| to hate | kuchukia |
| to help | kusaidia |
| to hear | kusikia |
| to hide | kuficha |
| to hinder | kuzuia |
| to hold | kushika |
| to hurt (active) | kuumiza |
| to join | kuunga |
| to judge | kuhukumu |
| to jump; to fly | kuruka |
| to kick | kupiga teke |
| to kill | kuua |
| to kill for food | kuchinja |
| to know | kujua |
| to be late | kuchelewa |
| to laugh | kucheka |
| to learn | kujifunza |
| to leave | kuacha |
| to take leave of | kuaga |
| to life up | kuinua |
| to light (fire; lamp; etc.) | kuwasha |
| to listen | kusikiliza |
| to look | kutazama |
| to loosen | kulegeza |
| to lose (active) | kupoteza |
| to be lost (neutral | kupotea |
| to lower | kushusha |
| to make; to do | kufanya |
| to marry a wife | kuoa |
| to be married | kuolewa |
| to measure | kupima |
| to meet with | kukuta |
| to melt (neutral) | kuyeyuka |
| to miss | kukosa |
| to mix | kuchanganya |
| to order | kuagiza |
| to overturn | kupindua |
| to owe | kuwiwa |
| to pain (neutral) | kuuma |
| to pass | kupita |
| to pay | kulipa |
| to pick up | kuokota |
| to play | kucheza |
| to please | kupeneza |
| to pour | kumimina |
| to pound corn | kutwanga |
| to praise | kusifu |
| to pray | kuomba |
| to prosper | kufanikiwa |
| to pull; to draw | kuvuta |
| to pull up | kung'oa |
| to push | kusukuma |
| to put | kutia |
| to put on (clothes) | kuvaa |
| to put our | kutoa |
| to put out a light | kuzima |
| to quarrel | kugombana |
| to raise | kupandisha |
| to reach | kufika |
| to read | kusoma |
| to receive | kupokea |
| to refuse | kukataa |
| to regret | kujuta |
| to rejoice | kufurahi |
| to remain over | kubaki |
| to remain (in a place) | kukaa |
| to remind | kukumbusha |
| to rest | kupumzika |
| to return; to go back | kurudi |
| to return; to give back | kurudisha |
| to roast | kuoka |
| to rot | kuoza |
| to be round | kuviringa |
| to rub | kusugua |
| to run | kupiga mbio |
| to run away; to flee | kukimbia |
| to save | kuokoa |
| to scatter | kutawanya |
| to scorn | kudharau |
| to scratch | kukuna |
| to see | kuona |
| to search for | kutafuta |
| to see one another | kuonana |
| to send | kupeleka |
| to sell | kuuza |
| to sew | kushona |
| to shake | kutikisa |
| to shave | kunyoa |
| to show | kuonyesha |
| to sing | kuimba |
| to sink | kuzama |
| to sit down | kukaa kitako |
| to sleep | kulala |
| to smell nasty | kunuka |
| to smell nice | kunukia |
| to smell (active) | kunuza |
| to be sorry | kusikitika |
| to speak | kunena |
| to spill | kumwaga |
| to split (active) | kupasua |
| to split (neutral) | kupasuka |
| to spread (neutral) | kuenea |
| to stand | kusimama |
| to stay | kukuaa |
| to steal | kuiba |
| to strike; to beat | kupiga |
| to suffice | kutosha |
| to surround | kuzunguka |
| to sweep | kufagia |
| to swell | kuvimba |
| to take | kutwaa |
| to take away | kuchukua |
| to take care | kuangalia |
| to take off (clothes) | kuvua |
| to teach | kufundisha |
| to taste | kuonja |
| to tear (cloth; etc.) | kutatua |
| to tear in pieces | kurarua |
| to tell | kuambia |
| to think; to consider | kufikiri |
| to think; to suppose | kudhani |
| to throw away | kutupa |
| to tie | kufunga |
| to become tired | kuchoka |
| to touch | kugusa |
| to travel | kusafiri |
| to try | kujaribu |
| to turn (active) | kugeuza |
| to turn (neutral) | kugeuka |
| to uncover | kufunua |
| to unfasten; to open | kfungua |
| to wait | kungoja |
| to walk about | kutembea |
| to want | kutaka |
| to wash | kuosha |
| to wash clothes | kufua |
| to wipe | kufuta |
| to withhold from | kunyima |
| to wash hands | kunawa |
| to wonder | kustaajabu |
| to worship | kuabudu |
| to write | kuandika |