Verbs

Kupenda

to like/love

Kutoka

to be from

Kusomea

to study

Kuitwa

to be called

Kula

to eat

Kunywa

to drink

Kuenda

to go

Kuona

to see

Kuishi

to live

Kukaa

to stay

Kuja

to come

Kurudi

to return

Kusafiri

to travel

Kufurahi

to be happy

Kuandika

to write

Kupika

to cook

Kutembelea

to visit

Kupiga simu

to make a phone call

Kupiga mswaki

to brush teeth

Kufundisha

to teach

Kusoma

to read

Kujua

to know

Kusubiri

to wait

Kujibu

to answer

Kusamehe

to forgive

Kupumzika

to rest

Kuoga

to bathe

Kuvaa

to wear

Kuamka

to wake up

Kujifunza

to learn

Kununua

to buy

Kutazama

to watch

Kulala

to sleep

Kufanya kazi

to do work

Kutaka

to want

Kutembea

to walk

Kufikiri

to think

Kupiga pasi

to iron clothes

Kuweza

to be able

Kuuza

to sell

Kuelea

to float

Kumaliza

to finish or to complete

Kuanza

to start

Kujaribu

to try

Kungoga

to wait

Kuchelewa

to be late

Kuelewa

to understand

Kushiba

to be full

Kusahu

to forget

Kukumbuka

to remember

Kuchoka

to be tired

Kupa

to give

Kuwa

to be

Kukimbia

to run

Kuhitaji

to need

Kufua

to wash (clothes)

Kuosha

to wash (carefully)

Kusafisha

to wash (generally)

Kunawa

to wash (hands and face)

Kufika

to arrive

Kuongea

to talk

Kuzungumza

to converse

Kuogelea

to swim

Kutafuta

to search or look for

Kuchukua

to take

Kuwasili

to arrive (only on plane or train)

Kuondoka

to leave/depart

Kusikia

to hear/feel

Kukuwa

to be

Kuhesabu

to count

Kulewa

to be drunk

Kuzaliwa

to be born

Kujiunga

to join

Kuhudhuria

to attend

Kufuzu

to graduate

Kuingia

to enter

Kukumbuka

to remember

Kutumaini

to hope

Kupata

to get

Kusimama

to stand

Kuketi

to sit

Kucheza dansi

to dance

Kusherekea

to celebrate

Kubeba

to carry

Kusema

to say

Kufanya mazoezi

to practice

Kuomba

to request or beg

Kusali

to pray

Kutengeneza

to make or to fix

Kuleta

to bring

Kuendesha

to drive

Kusaidia

to help

Kufa

to die