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40 Swahili verbs
Common verbs
| kuweza | to be able to |
| kununua | to buy |
| kuja | to come |
| kupika | to cook |
| kulia | to cry |
| kunywa | to drink |
| kula | to eat |
| kuhisi | to feel |
| kupa/kupea | to give |
| kutoa | to remove |
| kuenda/kwenda | to go |
| kusikia | to hear |
| kucheka | to laugh |
| kupenda | to love |
| kusikiliza | to listen |
| kutazama | to watch |
| kutafuta | to look for |
| kulipa | to pay |
| kusema | to say |
| kusoma | to read/study |
| kutoka | to leave |
| kuona | to see |
| kuuza | to sell |
| kukaa | to stay |
| kulala | to sleep |
| kusimama | to stand |
| kufikiri | to think |
| kusafiri | to travel |
| kuamka | to wake up |
| kutembea | to walk |
| kutaka | to want |
| kuosha | to wash |
| kuangalia | to look |
| kufanya kazi | to work |
| kuandika | to write |
| kufagia | to sweep |
| kupanguza | to wipe |
| kuketi | to sit |
| kuishi | to live |