100 Most common Swahili verbs list

– Basic & Useful verbs list –

Want to learn the Swahili language? Here’s a complete list of the most basic, common and useful verbs in Swahili with their translation in English. Ideal to help you boost your Swahili vocabulary!

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ENGLISH	SWAHILI
to accept	kukubali
to add	kuongeza
to allow	kuruhusu
to answer	kujibu
to arrive	kufika
to ask	kuuliza
to be	kuwa
to become	kuwa
to believe	Kuamini
to break	Kuvunjika
to bring	kuleta
to buy	kununua
to call	kupiga simu
to change	kubadilika
to choose	kuchagua
to clean	kusafisha
to close	kufunga
to come	kuja
to come back	kurudi
to continue	kuendelea
to cook	kupika
to count	kuhesabu
to cry	kulia
to cut	kukata
to decide	Kuamua
to do	kufanya
to drive	kuendesha gari
to eat	kula
to enter	Kuingia
to exist	kuwepo
to explain	kufafanua
to fall	kuanguka
to fall asleep	kulala usingizi
to find	Kupata
to finish	kumaliza
to fly	kuruka
to follow	kufuata
to forget	Kusahau
to get off	kuondoka
to get out	Ili kutoka
to give	Kupea
to go	kwenda
to have	kuwa na
to hear	kusikia
to help	kusaidia
to hold	kushikilia
to keep	kuweka
to know	Kujua
to laugh	kucheka
to learn	Kujifunza
to leave	Kuondoka
to listen	Kusikiliza
to live	kuishi
to look like	kuonekana kama
to look	kuangalia
to lose	kupoteza
to love	kupenda
to make	kutengeneza
to meet	kukutana
to need	kuhitaji
to open	kufungua
to pay	kulipa
to play	kucheza
to prepare	Kujiandaa
to prevent	kuzuia
to put	kuweka
to read	kusoma
to recall	kukumbuka
to receive	kupokea
to recognize	kutambua
to refuse	kukataa
to remember	kukumbuka
to repeat	kurudia
to rest	kupumzika
to return	kurudi
to run	kukimbia
to say	kusema
to search	kutafuta
to see	Kuona
to sell	kuuza
to send	kutuma
to shoot	kupiga risasi
to show	kuonyesha
to sing	kuimba
to sit down	kukaa chini
to sleep	kulala
to start	kuanza
to stay	kukaa
to stop	kuacha
to succeed	kufanikiwa
to switch off	kuzima
to take	kuchukua
to talk	kuzungumza
to taste	kuonja
to think	kufikiria
to throw	kutupa
to touch	kugusa
to try	Kujaribu
to turn	kugeuka
to turn on	kuwasha
to understand	kuelewa
to use	kutumia
to wait	kusubiri
to wake up	kuamka
to walk	kutembea
to want	Kutaka
to wash up	Kuosha
to wear	Kuvalia
to win	kushinda
to work	kufanya kazi
to write	Kuandika

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