801 Swahili Verbs

Posted by ryan
June 6, 2009

I am publishing the latest edition of my Swahili verb list, version 1.1 for the month of May. As usual, I am publishing it in several formats which can be found in this directory — but sure to grab the latest copy.

Here are is a sample of the some of the newly added verbs:

  1. to sue – dai
  2. to fornicate – tembea
  3. to ponder – fikiri
  4. to suggest – pendekeza
  5. to explain clearly – tongoa

There is now a total of 801 verbs. I hope I can best that number by one hundred each team. For some of these definitions I am indebted to the Online Swahili – English  Dictionary for their excellently edited application and its content. Please visit their site if the verb you are looking for isn’t present or you need nouns, etc. Cheers!

How to find verbs?

There are several possible ways to find verbs going from Swahili to English and vice versa. Using Access, you could query the database and much the same with the Excel and CSV version.I think however the the best way to find verbs is to do the following:

  1. Visit the the VerbView.html file in the download directory.
  2. Press the following key combination on your keypad: control+f. This will bring up the browser’s search function which is very useful for searching for single strings.
  3. Type the word you are looking for and check if it exists within VerbView.html.

I hope you’ve found your verb. Just wait until the auto conjugator software arrives :) .

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