Basic Swahili Verbs

kuitwa

• to be called

• to love

• to go

• to stay

kukaa

• to go

• to stay

• to come back

• to look

kutoka

• to be

• to call

• to come from

• to forget

kutaka

• to go

• to play

• to demand

• to want

kufurahi

• to buy

• to be happy

• to sleep

• to draw

kujifunza

• to learn

• to write

• to sit down

• to read

kupa

• to do

• to take

• to drive

• to give

kuweza

• to be able to

• to take a break

• to work

• to watch

kwandika

• to swim

• to cook

• to write

• to do

kusoma

• to go

• to read

• to run

• to do something