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🇿🇦 Common Zulu verbs

Go, come, eat, want, need, know. A hundred or so verbs carry most of what anybody says in a day, and these are them. Press any line to hear it.

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Everyday Verbs

UkuhambaTo go
UkuzaTo come
UkudlaTo eat
UkuphuzaTo drink
UkulalaTo sleep
UkuthengaTo buy
Ukuba naTo have
UkuthandaTo like
UkwenzaTo do / make
Yini?What?

Action Verbs

VulaTo open
ValaTo close
BhalaTo write
FundaTo read
LalelaTo listen
KhulumaTo speak
HambaTo walk
HlalaTo sit
MemaTo stand
GijimaTo run

Handy Verbs

UkuhambaTo go
UkuzaTo come
UkudlaTo eat
UkuphuzaTo drink
UkulalaTo sleep
UkufunaTo want to
UkuthandaTo like
Ukuba nakhoTo have
UkwenzaTo do / make
UkubonaTo see
UkukhulumaTo speak
UkuthengaTo buy

More Verbs

UkuvulaTo open
UkuvalaTo close
UkuphaTo give
UkuthathaTo take / want
UkusebenzisaTo use
Ukufuna (ukucinga)To look for
UkuhlanganaTo meet / find
UkulindaTo wait
UkuqalaTo start
UkuqedaTo finish / end
UkubuzaTo ask
UkutshelaTo tell

Daily Routine

UkuvukaTo wake up
UkugezaTo shower / bathe
Ukuxubha amazinyoTo brush teeth
UkugqokaTo get dressed
Ukudla isidloTo eat a meal
UkusebenzaTo work
UkuphumulaTo rest
UkuyolalaTo go to bed
Ukugeza ubusoTo wash your face
Ukukama izinweleTo comb your hair
UkuphumaTo go out
UkugodukaTo go home

Everyday Actions

UkuvulaTo open
UkuvalaTo close
UkududulaTo push
UkudonsaTo pull
UkuphonsaTo throw
UkubambaTo catch
UkuphulaTo break
Ukulungisa (ukukhanda)To fix
UkwakhaTo build
UkunqumaTo cut
UkuthwalaTo carry
UkuphakamisaTo lift
UkuwisaTo drop
UkugoqaTo fold
UkubophaTo tie
UkucindezelaTo press

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