Verbs Flashcards
-ambukiza
to infect
-beba
to carry
-harisha
to have diarrhea
-konda
to get thin
-pima
to examine
-pona
to recover from illness
-tapika
to vomit
-tibiwa
to be treated medically
-umwa
to suffer from
-vimba
to swell
-washa
to itch
-meza
to swallow
-peleka
to send
-kunywa
to drink
-subiri
to wait
-lazwa
to be admitted
-fanya mazoezi
to do physical exercise
-pumzika
to rest
-tembeatembea
to move around
-inama
to bend down
-acha
to stop (doing something)
-adhibu
to punish/to penalize
-aga
to bid goodbye
-agiza
to place an order/to instruct
-ahidi
to promise
-alika
to invite someone
-ambia
to tell
-amini
to trust/to believe
-amka
to wake up/to get up
-amkia
to greet a person
-amsha
to wake someone up
-amua
to decide/to judge
-andaa
to prepare
-andika
to write
-angalia
to look/to watch
-anguka
to fall
-anika
to put something out to dry
-anua
to take out of the sun
-anza
to start/to begin
-anzia
to start or begin at/from/on
-arifu
to inform someone
-azima
to borrow/to lend
-babaika
to babble/to fumble about
-babaisha
to fluster/to confuse
-badili
to change/alter
-bahatisha
to guess/to try one’s luck
-baka
to rape/to molest
-bahana
to be squeezed together
-bariki
to bless
-batiza
to baptize
-beba
to carry
-bembeleza
to sooth a child/to entice
-bomoa
to demolish/to dismantle
-boresha
to improve
-bughudi
to harass/to annoy
-buni
to invent/to guess
-burudika
to be refreshed
-busu
to kiss
-bweka
to bark as a dog
-chafua
to make something dirty/to pollute
-chagua
to choose/to select/to elect
-chana
to comb hair/ to tear up
-changamka
to act lively/to be active
-changamsha
to cheer someone up
-changanya
to mix/to combine
-changanyikwa
to be confused
-chanika
to be torn/to rupture
-chanja
to vaccinate
-cheka
to laugh
-chelewa
to be late
-chelewesha
to delay/to cause delay
-chemsha
to boil something
-cheza
to play/to dance
-chimba
to dig out/to excavate
-chinja
to slaughter
-choka
to be tired
-chokoza
to provoke/to tease
-choma
to burn/to roast
-chomoza
to rise (the sun)
-chora
to draw/to paint
-chosha
to be tiring/to be tiring
-chuchumaa
to squat
-chuja
to filter/to purify
-chukia
to hate/to detest
-chukua
to take
-chunguza
to examine/to inspect
-danganya
to deceive/to trick
-dhalilisha
to treat miserably
-dharua
to scorn/to disdain/to snub
-dhibiti
to control
-dhihaki
to mock/to be sarcastic
-dhoofika
to be weak/to enfeebled
-dhuru
to harm/to hurt
-dondoka
to fall/to drip
-dumisha
to maintain/to perpetuate
-egesha
to park a car
-elekeza
to show the way/to instruct
-elewa
to understand/to realize
-eleza
to explain/to illustrate
-elimika
to be educated
-elimisha
to educate
-endelea
to continue/to progress
-endeleza
to develop
-endesha
to drive/to ride
-eneza
to spread around
-epuka
to avoid
-erevuka
to get smart/to wise up
-faa
to suitable/to be useful
-fadhaika
to be depressed
-fafanua
to define/to clarify
-fagia
to sweep up
-fahamika
to be known
-fanana
to resemble/to look like
-fanya
to do/ to make
-fedhehesha
to put shame to
-ficha
to hide/to conceal/to cover up
-fichua
to uncover/to expose/to reveal
-fidia
to compensate
-fika
to arrive/to come
-fikiri
to think
-filisi
to make bankrupt
-filisika
to be bankrupt
-fiwa
to be bereaved of
-fua
to wash clothes
-fuata
to follow, to come next
-fufua
to resurrect/to revive
-fuga
to domesticate
-fuja
to squander/to waste
-fukia
to bury/ to fill a hole
-fukua
to dig up/to exhume
-fukuza
to chase/to dismiss
-fuma
to weave/to knit
-fundisha
to teach
-funga
to close/to tie up/to fasten
-fungua
to open
-funika
to cover
-funua
to uncover
-fupisha
to shorten
-furahi
to be happy/to be delighted
-futa
to erase/to rub out/to cancel
-fyeka
to slash grasses
-fyonza
to suck/to absorb
-gawa
to distribute/to divide
-geuka
to turn away/to veer
-geuza
to turn over/to invert
-goma
to refuse/to go on straight
-gombana
to quarrel/to argue/to scold
-gombeza
to reprimand/to scold
-gonga
to knock/to beat on/to hit
-gundisha
to glue together
-hakikisha
to make sure
-hama
to emigrate/to move away
-hamia
to immigrate/to move into
-hamisha
to transfer/to move/to shift
-harakisha
to hurry/to hasten
-haribu
to damage/to destroy
-harisha
to have diarrhea
-hatarisha
to endanger
-heshimu
to respect/to venerate
-himiza
to encourage/to urge
-hisi
to sense/to feel/to perceive
-hitaji
to nee
-hitimu
to graduate
-hoji
to interview/to question
-hubiri
to preach
-hudhuria
to attend/to be present
-hurumia
to have mercy on/to pity
-husu
to concern/to relate to
-hutubia
to give a speech to
-huzunika
to be grieved
-iba
to steal
-idhinisha
to authorize/to permit
-iga
to imitate
-imarika
to be firm/to be solid
-imba
to sing
-ingia
to enter/to get into
-inua
to lift up/to raise up
-ishi
to live/to be alive/to live at
-ita
to call/to summon
-itika
to reply/to answer a call
-itwa
to be called
-jadili
to discuss/to debate/to argue
-jamba
to fart
-janjaruka
to get smart/to wise up
-jaribu
to try/to test/to tempt
-jibu
to answer/to reply
-jidai
to pretend/to purport to be
-jifanya
to pretend
-jidamka
to wake up early
-jihami
to protect oneself
-jikaza
to try one’s best/to beer up
-jimwayamwaya
to show off/to strut around
-jinoa
to get in shapee/ to prepare yourself
-jiona
to feel superior
-jipendekeza
to ingratiate oneself
-jipodoa
to put make up on
-jiponza
to jeopardize oneself
-jisaidia
to help oneself
-jisalimisha
to surrender
-jishaua
to show off/to strut
-jitahidi
to do one’s best
-jizuia
to control oneself
-jizutiti
to prepare oneself
-jivuna
to be proud of yourself
-jiuzulu
to resign
-jiua
to commit suicide
-jitosheleza
to be adequate
-jitolea
to volunteer/to offer self
-jitia kitanzi
to hang oneself
-jitegemea
to be self reliant
-jua
to know
-julikana
to be known/noted
-julisha
to inform
-jumlisha
to add up (addition)
-juta
to regret/to repent
-kaa
to stay/to reside at/to inhabit
-kaanga
to fry
-kabidhi
to hand over/to entrust to
-kadiria
to estimate
-kalia
to sit on/to sit/to occupy
-kamata
to catch/to capture/to arrest
-kamilisha
to finalize/to compete
-kandamiza
to suppress
-kanusha
to deny/to refuse
-kanya
to warn/to forbid
-kanyaga
to tread on/to trample on
-karibia
to come close to
-karibisha
to welcome/to invite
-kashifu
to defame someone’s character
-kasirika
to be angry
-kata
to cut/to amputate
-kataa
to refuse/to deny/to reject
-katakata
to cut in fine pieces
-katisha tamaa
to demoralize
-kauka
to be dry
-kausha
to dry up
-kaza
to fasten/to tighten
-kebehi
to insult/to offend/to outrage
-keti
to sit
-kimbia
to run/run away
-kinga
to defend/to protect
-kisia
to estimate/to guess
-koboa
to husk grain/to corn
-kodi
to rent/to hire
-kodisha
to rent out/to hire out
-kohoa
to cough
-kojoa
to urinate
-komboa
to redeem/to liberate
-konda
to to get thin/to lose weight
-konyeza
to wink at someone
-kopa
to borrow money
-kopesha
to loan money
-koroga
to stir/to stir up
-koroma
to snore
-kosa
to make a mistake/to miss
-kwenda
to go
-kua
to grow/to grow up
-kubali
to agree/to accept
-kufa
to die
-kula
to eat
-kumbatia
to embrace/ to hug
-kumbuka
to remember
-kunja
to fold/to wrinkle
-kumbusha
to remind
-kuna
to scratch/to scrape/to grate coconut
-kunjua
to unfold/to stretch
-kunya
to defecate
-kunywa
to drink
