Swahili verb conjugation practice

Look up conjugations, quiz yourself and play spelling games with Verb Blitz Swahili, for iPhone, iPad and Android. It all works offline.

What you get with Verb Blitz Swahili

  • Reference: conjugations for more than 160 everyday Swahili verbs, regular and irregular, in the most frequently used tenses.
  • Drills: interactive quizzes and games, including Conjugation Quiz and Gapfill, to make the forms stick.
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A cut-down taste of the app: eight essential Swahili verbs, ten questions a round.

Essential Swahili verbs in the present tense

Eight of the most common Swahili verbs, as they appear in the app.

wato be
I ammimi ni
you (sing.) arewewe ni
he/she isyeye ni
we aresisi ni
you (pl.) arenyinyi ni
they arewao ni
wa nato have
miminina
weweuna
yeyeana
sisituna
nyinyimna
waowana
endato go
mimininaenda
weweunaenda
yeyeanaenda
sisitunaenda
nyinyimnaenda
waowanaenda
fanyato make / do
mimininafanya
weweunafanya
yeyeanafanya
sisitunafanya
nyinyimnafanya
waowanafanya
takato want
mimininataka
weweunataka
yeyeanataka
sisitunataka
nyinyimnataka
waowanataka
wezato be able to
mimininaweza
weweunaweza
yeyeanaweza
sisitunaweza
nyinyimnaweza
waowanaweza
jato come
mimininakuja
weweunakuja
yeyeanakuja
sisitunakuja
nyinyimnakuja
waowanakuja
semato say
mimininasema
weweunasema
yeyeanasema
sisitunasema
nyinyimnasema
waowanasema