Common verbs Flashcards
to bathe (wash body)
ịsa ahụ
to be
ịbụ, ịdị, ịnọ
to bring
iweta
to buy (something)
ịzụta (ihe)
to call
ịkpọ
to come
ịbịa
to come in/enter
ịbata
to come/get out
ịpụta
to cook (food)
isi (nri)
to count
ịgụ ọgụ
to cry
ibe akwa
to dance
ịgba egwu
to do/ make (something)
ime (ihe)
to draw (something)
ise (ihe)
to drink (water)
ịñụ (mmiri)
to eat (food)
iri (nri)
to get
inweta
to give
inye
to go
ije, ịga
to have/own
inwere / inwe
to hear
ịnụ
to hold
ijide
to know
ịma
to laugh
ịchị ọchị
to learn
ịmụta
to listen
ige ntị
to look/watch
ine
to pray (a prayer)
ikpe (ekpere)
to read ( a book)
ịgụ (akwụkwọ)
to run
ịgba ọsọ
to say
ikwu
to see
ịhụ
to sing (a song)
ibu abụ / ikwe ukwe
to sit
ịnọdụ
to sleep
ihi ụra / ịrahụ ụra
to speak ( a language)
ịsụ asụsụ
to stand
ikuni / ikuli
to stay (at a location)
ịnọ
to study
ịmụ
to take (something)
iwere (ihe)
to teach
ịkụzị
to tell
ịgwa
to think ( a thought)
iche echiche
to walk
ịga ije
to work
ịrụ ọrụ
to write
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