Verbs

Question 1

kufanya

Answer 1

to do

Question 2

kuanguka

Answer 2

to fall

Question 3

kungoja

Answer 3

to wait

Question 4

kununua

Answer 4

to buy, purchase

Question 5

kufika

Answer 5

to arrive

Question 6

kupenda

Answer 6

to like, love

Question 7

kufuata

Answer 7

to follow

Question 8

kupiga

Answer 8

to beat, hit

Question 9

kufunga

Answer 9

to shut, close, fasten

Question 10

kupika

Answer 10

to cook

Question 11

kufungua

Answer 11

to open, undo

Question 12

kusafisha

Answer 12

to clean

Question 13

kujua

Answer 13

to know

Question 14

kusema

Answer 14

to speak, say

Question 15

kukaa

Answer 15

to stay, dwell, sit

Question 16

kusimama

Answer 16

to stand, halt

Question 17

kukamata

Answer 17

to seize, hold

Question 18

kutafuta

Answer 18

to search, look for

Question 19

kukata

Answer 19

to cut, reduce

Question 20

kutaka

Answer 20

to want

Question 21

kuleta

Answer 21

to bring, fetch

Question 22

kuweka

Answer 22

to put, place

Question 23

kuuza

Answer 23

to sell

Question 24

kuweza

Answer 24

to be able

Question 25

kusamehe

Answer 25

to forgive, sacrifice

Question 26

kubaki

Answer 26

to remain, be left over

Question 27

kufikiri

Answer 27

to think, consider

Question 28

kufurahi

Answer 28

to rejoice, be happy

Question 29

kuketi

Answer 29

to sit

Question 30

kusafiri

Answer 30

to travel

Question 31

kurudi

Answer 31

to return

Question 32

kufaulu

Answer 32

to succeed

Question 33

kuharibu

Answer 33

to destroy, spoil

Question 34

kujaribu

Answer 34

to try

Question 35

kujibu

Answer 35

to answer, reply

Question 36

kufa

Answer 36

to die

Question 37

kuja

Answer 37

to come

Question 38

kuwa

Answer 38

to be, to become

Question 39

kula

Answer 39

to eat

Question 40

kunywa

Answer 40

to drink

Question 41

kwenda

Answer 41

to go

Question 42

kwisha

Answer 42

to be finished

Question 43

kufaa

Answer 43

to be suitable, of use (of quality)

Question 44

kuota

Answer 44

to grow, bask, dream

Question 45

kuficha

Answer 45

to hide

Question 46

kupoa

Answer 46

to get cool

Question 47

kuiva

Answer 47

to be ripe, cooked, ready for eating

Question 48

kusaidia

Answer 48

to help, assist

Question 49

kusitawi

Answer 49

to flourish, prosper

Question 50

kulegea

Answer 50

to be loose, slack

Question 51

kunuka

Answer 51

to stink, smell

Question 52

kutoa

Answer 52

to give/put out

Question 53

kutosha

Answer 53

to be sufficient (of quantity)

Question 54

kunukia

Answer 54

to smell sweet

Question 55

kuamka

Answer 55

to wake up

Question 56

kulima

Answer 56

to cultivate, plough

Question 57

kuanza

Answer 57

to start, begin

Question 58

kulipa

Answer 58

to pay

Question 59

kuchukua

Answer 59

to carry, take

Question 60

kunusa

Answer 60

to smell something, sniff

Question 61

kufagia

Answer 61

to sweep

Question 62

kuona

Answer 62

to see, feel, think

Question 63

kufuta

Answer 63

to wipe

Question 64

kupanda

Answer 64

to climb, sow

Question 65

kuhitaji

Answer 65

to need, require

Question 66

kupata

Answer 66

to get, obtain

Question 67

kuingia

Answer 67

to enter in, go in

Question 68

kusahau

Answer 68

to forget

Question 69

kujifunza

Answer 69

to learn

Question 70

kusoma

Answer 70

to read, study

Question 71

kukauka

Answer 71

to dry, to get dry (active)

Question 72

kutumia

Answer 72

to use

Question 73

kutunza

Answer 73

to tend, take care of

Question 74

kulala

Answer 74

to sleep, lie down

Question 75

kuwinda

Answer 75

to hunt

Question 76

kuandika

Answer 76

to write

Question 77

kuinua

Answer 77

to lift, raise

Question 78

kuangalia

Answer 78

to watch out, pay attention, look at, be careful of

Question 79

kujaza

Answer 79

to fill (causative)

Question 80

kukimbia

Answer 80

to run

Question 81

kuongeza

Answer 81

to increase, add to

Question 82

kuchagua

Answer 82

to choose

Question 83

kupanga

Answer 83

to arrange, hire

Question 84

kucheza

Answer 84

to play

Question 85

kupumzika

Answer 85

to rest, stop working

Question 86

kuendelea

Answer 86

to continue, progress

Question 87

kutazama

Answer 87

to look at, gaze

Question 88

kufunika

Answer 88

to cover

Question 89

kutembea

Answer 89

to walk

Question 90

kufyeka

Answer 90

to slash, cut with a panga, clear the bush

Question 91

kutoka

Answer 91

to come out of, come from, go out

Question 92

kukohoa

Answer 92

to cough

Question 93

kuuliza

Answer 93

to ask, question

Question 94

kukubali

Answer 94

to agree

Question 95

kukumbuka

Answer 95

to remember

Question 96

kumaliza

Answer 96

to finish

Question 97

kuzoea

Answer 97

to get used to, become accustomed

Question 98

kunawa

Answer 98

to wash hands and face

Question 99

kuzungumza

Answer 99

to converse (with purpose)

Question 100

kuomba

Answer 100

to beg, pray, ask for a favor

Question 101

kufukuza

Answer 101

to drive off, chase

Question 102

kugusa

Answer 102

to touch

Question 103

kuiba

Answer 103

to steal

Question 104

kuimba

Answer 104

to sing

Question 105

kuita

Answer 105

to call, summon

Question 106

kukaza

Answer 106

to tighten

Question 107

kukunja

Answer 107

to fold, wrinkle

Question 108

kulia

Answer 108

to cry out, cry, bark (or make an animal sound)

Question 109

kuoga

Answer 109

to have a bath, shower

Question 110

kuokota

Answer 110

to find, come across

Question 111

kuondoa

Answer 111

to remove, take away

Question 112

kuondoka

Answer 112

to leave, go away, depart

Question 113

kupa

Answer 113

to give to

Question 114

kupangusa

Answer 114

to wipe lightly, dust

Question 115

kupeleka

Answer 115

to send, deliver

Question 116

kupima

Answer 116

to measure, test

Question 117

kupita

Answer 117

to pass (active)

Question 118

kupokea

Answer 118

to receive

Question 119

kuzaa

Answer 119

to bear, give birth, yield

Question 120

kuzaliwa

Answer 120

to be born

Question 121

kuchanganya

Answer 121

to mix

Question 122

kucheka

Answer 122

to laugh

Question 123

kuchimba

Answer 123

to excavate, dig

Question 124

kuchinja

Answer 124

to slaughter

Question 125

kufahamu

Answer 125

to know, understand

Question 126

kugawa

Answer 126

to divide, share out

Question 127

kujenga

Answer 127

to build

Question 128

kukusanya

Answer 128

to collect, gather up

Question 129

kukuta

Answer 129

to find, meet

Question 130

kuwama

Answer 130

to get stuck (in mud, etc.)

Question 131

kulinda

Answer 131

to guard, protect

Question 132

kung’oa

Answer 132

to uproot, pull out

Question 133

kunyamaza

Answer 133

to keep quiet, silent

Question 134

kunyoa

Answer 134

to shave hair

Question 135

kuogopa

Answer 135

to fear, be afraid

Question 136

kuonyesha

Answer 136

to show, point out (causative of “kuona”)

Question 137

kupona

Answer 137

to get better

Question 138

kuruka

Answer 138

to jump, fly

Question 139

kushika

Answer 139

to catch, hold (with less effort than ‘kamata’)

Question 140

kushona

Answer 140

to sew

Question 141

kusikitika

Answer 141

to be sorry, grieve

Question 142

kusukuma

Answer 142

to push

Question 143

kusumbua

Answer 143

to trouble, annoy

Question 144

kutangulia

Answer 144

to precede, go in front/before

Question 145

kutapika

Answer 145

to vomit

Question 146

kutengeneza

Answer 146

to repair, put together

Question 147

kutia

Answer 147

to put (same as kuweka)

Question 148

kutuma

Answer 148

to send

Question 149

kutumaini

Answer 149

to hope

Question 150

kutupa

Answer 150

to throw, throw away

Question 151

kuua

Answer 151

to kill (not “slaughter”)

Question 152

kuuma

Answer 152

to bite, to be in pain, sting, hurt

Question 153

kuvuja

Answer 153

to leak, run out (not run short of)

Question 154

kuvuka

Answer 154

to cross

Question 155

kuvuna

Answer 155

to harvest, gather a crop in, reap

Question 156

kuwahi

Answer 156

to be early/on time; to have ever; to manage to

Question 157

kuziba

Answer 157

to shut off, cork off, block off

Question 158

kuzima

Answer 158

to extinguish; to turn off; to switch off

Question 159

kuzunguka

Answer 159

to go around