The Most Important Verbs in Swahili

The heart of every language lies in its verbs. If you can correctly recognize and form verbs, you have already mastered the most important aspect of grammar.

To immediately start expressing a lot in Swahili, you only need five verbs in the beginning.

These are:

to have
to be
to go
can
to do

Learn these five Swahili verbs in the present tense in all six conjugated forms by heart: I go, you go, he/she/it goes, we go, you (plural) go, they go.

Also learn the past and future forms of the verbs to have, to be, to go, and to do.

First think of the solution. Then click the buttons to reveal the answers.

1
to have	kuwa na (kumiliki)
I have	mimi nina
you have	wewe una
he has	yeye ana
we have	sisi tuna
you have	nyinyi mna
they have	wao wana

2
to be	kuwa
I am	mimi ni
you are	wewe ni
he is	yeye ni
we are	sisi ni
you are	nyinyi ni
they are	wao ni

3
to go	enda
I go	nina enda
you go	una enda
he goes	ana enda
we go	tuna enda
you go	mna enda
they go	wana enda

4
can	weza
I can	ninaweza
you can	unaweza
he can	anaweza
we can	tunaweza
you can	mnaweza
they can	wanaweza

5
to do	fanya
I do	nina fanya
you do	unafafanya
he does	anafanya
we do	tunafanya
you do	mnafanya
they do	wanafanya

6
I had	mimi ni -nge
you had	wewe unge
he had	yeye ange
we had	sisi tunge
they had	wao wange

7
I was	mimi nilikuwa
you were	wewe ulikuwa
he was	yeye alikuwa
we were	sisi tulikuwa
you were	nyinyi mlikuwa

8
I went	mimi nilienda
you went	wewe ulienda
he went	yeye alienda
we went	sisi tulienda
you went	nyinyi mlienda
they went	wao walienda

9
you did	wewe ulifanya
he did	yeye alifanya
we did	sisi tulifanya
you did	nyinyi mlifanya
they did	wao walifanya

10
I will have	mimi nitakuwa na
you will have	wewe utakuwa na
he will have	yeye atakuwa na
we will have	sisi tutakuwa na
you will have	nyinyi mtakuwa na
they will have	wao watakuwa na

11
I will be	mimi nitakuwa
you will be	wewe utakuwa
he will be	yeye atakuwa
we will be	sisi tutakuwa
you will be	nyinyi mtakuwa
they will be	wao watakuwa

12
I will go	mimi nitaenda
you will go	wewe utaenda
he will go	yeye ataenda
we will go	sisi tutaenda
you will go	nyinyi mtaenda
they will go	wao wataenda

13
I will do	mimi nitafanya
you will do	wewe utafanya
he will do	yeye atafanya
we will do	sisi tutafanya
you will do	nyinyi mtafanya
they will do	wao watafanya

14
Is there ... ?	kunayo...
May I ... ?	je ninaruhusiwa
I need ...	ninahitaji
Where is ... ?	Iko wapi
What is ... ?	ni nini
How much is ... ?	bei ghai
I would like to have ...	ningependa
Can you ... ?	Unaweza...

The verb forms will also be taught to you in the language course from Sprachenlernen24 right in the first few days with the help of a verb trainer, as they are essential in any language.

If you learn just 100 words in addition to these verbs at the beginning, you can already have basic conversations after only about three hours of study time.

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