Verbs Flashcards
to buy
kugura
to want
gushaka
to take
gufata
to order
gutumiza
to live with
kubana
to marry
kurongora
to like/love
gukunda
to give birth
kubyara
to die
gupfa
to cook/ to bake/ to boil
guteka
to do/work/make
gukora
to fry
gukaranga
to boil/cook with water
gutogosa
to need
gukenera
to study
kwiga
to teach
kwigisha
to repeat
gusubiramo
to be pleased
kwishimira
to be named/called
kwitwa
to be from a place
gukomoka
to get to know people/others
kumenyana
to be late
gutinda / gukererwa
to be/come early
kuza kare
to use
gukoresha
to go (irregular, usually followed by a verb, i.e “I am going to verb”
kujya - ngiye, agiye, ugiye, tugiye, mugiye, bagiye
to try
kugerageza
to be different
gutandukana
to fall
kugwa
to watch
kureba
to be expensive
guhenda
to shop
guhaha
to read
gusoma
to play
gukina
to reduce/lessen
kugabanya
to cry
kurira
to know (irregular)
kumenya nzi azi uzi tuzi muzi bazi
to visit
gusura
to wash clothes
kumesa
to be (irregular)
kuba ndi, ni, uri, turi, muri, bari
to ask
kubaza
to change
guhindura
to continue
gukomeza
to feel/ hear
kumva
to grow
kumera
to get up
guhaguruku
to live in
gutura
to live (state of being)
kubaho
to meet
guhura
to pay
kwishyura
to please
kushimisha
to farm
guhinga
to taste
kuryoha
to see
kubona
to hear / to feel / to understand
kumva
to have (irregular)
kugira mfite afite ufite dufite mufite bafite
to be sick
kurwara
to watch
kureba
to hate
kwanga