Most Common Verbs in Swahili

-fanya

to do

-enda

to go

kula

to eat

Kuja

to come, to arrive

-taka

to want

-soma

to read

-sema

to say

-andaa

to prepare

-pumzika

to rest

-oga

to shower

-lala

to sleep

-amka

to wake up

-hisi

to feel (emotional)

-chora

to draw

-washa

to turn on

-fika

to arrive

-jibu

to answer

-funza

to teach

-uliza

to ask

-pata

to get, find

-sikia

to hear

-panga

to plan

-eleza

to explain

-weza

to be able to

-ruka

to jump

-funga

to close

-nunua

to buy

-kimbia

to run

-weka

to put

-tumia

to use

-osha

to wash

-ongea

to speak, chat

-ona

to see

-subiri

to wait

-maliza

to finish

-cheka

to laugh

-safiri

to travel

-kumbuka

to remember

kufa

to die

-tokea

to happen

-isha

to be finished

-anza

to start/begin

-maanisha

to mean

-omba

to request

-andika

to write

-sifia

to praise, complement

-hakikisha

to confirm

-itwa

to be called; to be named

-toka

to come from

-kaa

to stay

-kimbia

to run

-kunywa

to drink

-ruka

to jump

-uma

to bite, hurt, ache

-vuta

to pull, inhale

-rudi

to return

-jibu

to answer, respond

-ogelea

to swim

-fundisha

to teach

-jifunza

to learn