Verbs (to ____) Flashcards
1
Q
to hit
A
kupiga
2
Q
to need
A
kuhitaji
3
Q
to steal
A
kuiba
4
Q
to like, love
A
kupenda
5
Q
to wash
A
kusukua
6
Q
to vomit
A
kutapika
7
Q
to put
A
kuweka
8
Q
to bring/give
A
kuleta
9
Q
to arrive
A
kufika
10
Q
to do, make
A
kufanya
11
Q
to want
A
kutaka
12
Q
to work
A
kutumika
13
Q
to look for
A
kutufuka
14
Q
to help
A
kusaidia
15
Q
to leave
A
kutoka
16
Q
to read, study
A
kusoma
17
Q
to close (turn off)
A
kufunga
18
Q
to open (turn on)
A
kunfungua
19
Q
to drink
A
kukunya
20
Q
to return
A
kurudi
21
Q
to ask
A
kuuliza
22
Q
to find
A
kupata
23
Q
to pray
A
kuomba
24
Q
to know
A
kuju
25
to play
kucheza
26
to clean
kusafisha
27
to refuse
kukataa; kususa
28
to alleviate
kutuliza; kupunguza maumivu
29
to calm
kutuliza
30
to comfort
kufariji
31
to cope
kujimudu
32
to be curable
kuponyeka
33
to cure
kuponya; kuponyesha
34
to decrease
kupungua
35
to cause to decrease
kupunguza
36
to diagnose
kuchunguza ugonjwa; kutafuta ugonjwa; kutambua maradhi
37
to feel
kusikia; kujisikia; kuhisi; kuona (lit. "to see")
38
to be ill
kuugua
39
to improve
kupata nafuu
40
to inform
kuarifu; kujulisha
41
to interview
kuhoji
42
to need
kuhitaji
43
to optimize
kuboresha
44
to feel relief
kupata nafuu; kuona nafuu
45
to strengthen
kutia nguvu; kuongeza nguvu
46
to throb/pulsate
kupuma
47
to be weak
kudhoofika
48
to weaken
kudhoofisha (i.e. to make weak)
49
to lose weight
kukonda
50
to telephone
kupiga simu
51
to inject
kupiga sindano; kudunga sindano
52
to be sharp
kuchongoka
53
to sharpen
kuchonga
