Verbs in Igbo

To Be

Ịbụ / Ịdị

To Have

Ịnwé

To Become

Ịghọ

To Come

Ịbịa

To Go

Ịga

To Return

Ịlaghachi

To Enter

Ịbanye

To Leave

Ịpụ / Ịhapụ

To Arrive

Ịbịarute

To Fall

Ịda

To Climb

Ịrị

To Walk

Ịga / Ịje

To Run

Ịgba ọsọ

To Jump

Ịgba / Ịtụpụ

To Stand

Ịdụ / Ịdụ ọdụ

To Sit

Ịnọ ọdụ

To Lie (Down)

Ịdina / Ịrahụ

To Stay

Ịnọ / Ịdị

To Do, Make

Ịme

To Give

Ịnye

To Take

Ịwere

To Put

Ịtinye

To Hold

Ịjide

To Throw

Ịtụ

To Catch

Ịjide

To Open

Ịmepe

To Close

Ịmechi

To Break

Ịgbaji

To Cut, Slice

Ịkpụ / Ịtụkpụ

To Cook

Ịsi nri

To Clean, Wash

Ịsa / Ịsacha

To Burn

Ịkụ oku / Ịcha

To See, Watch

Ịhụ

To Look At

Ịlele

To Hear, Listen

Ịgụ ntị / Ịnụ

To Smell

Ịmị isi

To Taste

Ịtụ ụtọ

To Touch

Ịmetụ aka

To Eat

Ịri / Ịrie

To Drink

Ịṅụ

To Sleep

Ịrahụ ụra

To Get/Wake Up

Ịmụta / Ịsi ụra

To Die

Ịnwụ

To Kill

Ịgbu

To Be Born

Ịmụ

To Grow

Ịtọ / Ịtọpụ

To Live/Reside

Ịnọ / Ịdị ndụ

To Speak, Say

Ịsị / Ịkwu

To Tell

Ịgwa

To Ask

Ịjụ / Ịjụ ajụjụ

To Answer

Ịza / Ịzaghachi

To Call (Someone)

Ịkpọ

To Think

Ịche

To Know

Ịmara / Ịma

To Understand

Ịghọta

To Forget

Ịchefuo

To Learn, Study

Ịmụ / Ịmụ akwụkwọ

To Teach

Ịkụziri / Ịkụzi

To Like, Love

Ịhụ n’anya

To Want

Ịchọ

To Need

Ịchọ mkpa

To Hate

Ịsụ asụ / Ịkpasu iwe

To Fear

Ịtụ egwu

To Help

Ịnye aka / Ịrànnyere

To Meet

Ịzukọ / Ịzute

To Wait

Ịchere

To Work

Ịrụ ọrụ

To Play

Ịkụ egwu / Ịrụọ egwuregwu

To Laugh

Ịchị ọchị

To Cry

Ịkwa ákwá

To Buy

Ịzụ

To Sell

Ịre

To Pay

Ịkwụ ụgwọ

To Borrow

Ịgbazite

To Own

Ịnwe

To Rain

Ịzò (Mmiri)

To Shine (Sun)

Ịkụ ọ̀sà / Ịma ọ̀sà

To Plant

Ịkụ

To Harvest

Ịkụkọta / Ịkpụ

To Drive

Ịnya

To Fly

Ịfe

To Read

Ịgụ

To Write

Ịdee