Common Verbs

Created by Jane Smeins

kuona
to see

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TermDefinition
kuona
to see
kusikia
to hear
kugusa
to touch
kunusa
to smell
kuonja
to taste
kufikiri
to think, imagine
kujua
to know
kuelewa
to understand
kukumbuka
to remember
kusahau
to forget
kuzungumza
to speak
kusema
to say
kuuliza
to ask
kujibu
to answer
kuandika
to write
kusoma
to read
kuimba
to sing
kupiga simu
to call
kucheza
to play
kuangalia
to watch
kukimbia
to run
kutembea
to walk
kuruka
to jump
kupanda
to climb
kulala
to sleep
kuamka
to wake up
kukaa
to sit
kusimama
to stand
kulala chini
to lie down
kufungua
to open
kufunga
to close
kuchukua
to take
kuweka
to put
kushikilia
to hold
kutoa
to give
kula
to eat
kunywa
to drink
kupika
to cook
kununua
to buy
kuuza
to sell
kuhitaji
to need
kutaka
to want
kupenda
to love
kuchukia
to hate
kuhisi
to feel
kulia
to cry
kucheka
to laugh
kuogopa
to fear
kujaribu
to try
kufanikiwa
to succeed
kushindwa
to fail
kuanza
to start
kuacha
to stop
kumaliza
to finish
kuendelea
to continue
kuishi
to live
kufa
to die
kuolewa
to get married
kuzaa
to give birth
kufanya kazi
to work
kupumzika
to rest
kujifunza
to learn
kufundisha
to teach
kueleza
to explain
kushinda
to win
kupoteza
to lose
kusafiri
to travel
kupakia
to pack
kushusha
to unload
kuzaliwa
to be born
kukubali
to accept
kukataa
to refuse
kuomba
to request
kusamehe
to forgive
kusubiri
to wait
kusaidia
to help
kudhani
to guess
kuahidi
to promise
kushangaa
to be surprised
kuchunguza
to investigate
kuona huruma
to sympathize
kujitahidi
to strive
kuheshimu
to respect
kusherehekea
to celebrate
kusafisha
to clean
kushona
to sew
kucheza densi
to dance
kupiga picha
to take a photo
kupiga kelele
to shout
kujitayarisha
to prepare
kufurahisha
to entertain
kuzunguka
to surround
kusonga mbele
to move forward
kurudi nyuma
to go back
kuzama
to sink
kuinuka
to rise
kuwa
to be
kwenda
to go