mwl seleman kajana: IRREGULAR VERBS LIST

IRREGULAR VERBS LIST

This is a list of some irregular verbs in English. Of course, there are many others, but these are the most common irregular verbs.

''Verbs are the drivers of tenses and tenses act as the heart of english language'' (semeka, 2018)

Infinitive	Simple Past	Past Participle	kiswahili
alight	alighted / alit	alighted / alit	Shuka kwenye gari
arise	arose	arisen	ibuka
awake	awakened / awoke	awakened / awoken	Amka usingizini
be	was, were	been	kuwa
bear	bore	born / borne	zaa
beat	beat	beaten / beat	piga
become	became	become	kuwa
beget	begat / begot	begotten	zaa
begin	began	begun	anza
behold	beheld	beheld	tazama
bend	bent	bent	inama
bereave	bereaved / bereft	bereaved / bereft	Kuwa na urafiki na mtu alokufa
beseech	besought / beseeched	besought / beseeched	Onesha hitaji
bet	bet / betted	bet / betted	Cheza bahati nasibu
bid	bid	bid	Shinda mnada
bind	bound	bound	Kujaradia kitu
bite	bit	bitten	Ng’ata
bleed	bled	bled	Tokwa damu
blow	blew	blown	Kuvuma kwa upepo
break	broke	broken	vunja
breed	bred	bred	Kuzalisha mifugo kisasa
bring	brought	brought	leta
broadcast	broadcast / broadcasted	broadcast / broadcasted	Tangaza habari
browbeat	browbeat	browbeaten / browbeat	shurutisha
build	built	built	jenga
burn	burned / burnt	burned / burnt	choma
burst	burst	burst	pasuka
bust	busted / bust	busted / bust	vunja
buy	bought	bought	nunua
cast	cast	cast	Piga kura/ chagua
catch	caught	caught	kamata
chide	chided / chid	chided / chidden	karipia
choose	chose	chosen	chagua
clap	clapped / clapt	clapped / clapt	Piga makofi
cling	clung	clung	Nga’ang’ania
clothe	clothed / clad	clothed / clad	visha
come	came	come	njoo
cost	cost	cost	gharimu
creep	crept	crept	nyatia
cut	cut	cut	kata
dare	dared / durst	dared / durst	thubutu
deal	dealt	dealt	shughulikia
dig	dug	dug	chimba
do	did	done	fanya
draw	drew	drawn	chora
dream	dreamed / dreamt	dreamed / dreamt	Ota ndoto
drink	drank	drunk	kunywa
drive	drove	driven	Endesha gari
dwell	dwelt / dwelled	dwelt / dwelled	Weka makazi sehemu/ ishi
eat	ate	eaten	kula
fall	fell	fallen	Anguka chini
feed	fed	fed	lisha
feel	felt	felt	hisi
fight	fought	fought	pigana
find	found	found	tafuta
flee	fled	fled	kimbilia
fling	flung	flung	Tupa kwa nguvu
fly	flew	flown	Ruka angani
forbid	forbade	forbidden	zuia
forecast	forecast	forecast	tabiri
forget	forgot	forgotten / forgot	sahau
forgive	forgave	forgiven	samehe
forsake	forsook	forsaken	telekeza
freeze	froze	frozen	Ganda/ gandisha
get	got	gotten / got	pata
give	gave	given	Kutoa/kumpa
go	went	gone	nenda
grind	ground	ground	saga
grow	grew	grown	kua
hang	hung	hung	Ning’iniza
hang	hanged / hung	hanged / hung	nyonga
have	had	had	miliki
hear	heard	heard	sikia
hew	hewed	hewn / hewed	Kata kitu vipandevipande
hide	hid	hidden	ficha
hit	hit	hit	gonga
hold	held	held	shikilia
hurt	hurt	hurt	humiza
keep	kept	kept	tunza
kneel	knelt / kneeled	knelt / kneeled	Piga magoti
knit	knitted / knit	knitted / knit	fuma
know	knew	known	jua
lay	laid	laid	Taga/laza
lead	led	led	ongoza
lean	leaned / leant	leaned / leant	egemea
learn	learned / learnt	learned / learnt	kujifunza
leave	left	left	Ondoka/acha
lend	lent	lent	azimisha
let	let	let	ruhusu
lie	lay	lain	lala
lie (not tell truth)	lied	lied	danganya
light	lit / lighted	lit / lighted	Washa mwanga
lose	lost	lost	Poteza/potea
make	made	made	tengeneza
mean	meant	meant	maanisha
meet	met	met	Onana/ kutana
mislead	misled	misled	potosha
mow	mowed	mowed / mown	fyeka
overthrow	overthrew	overthrown	pindua
partake	partook	partaken	Shiriki/kula/kunywa
pay	paid	paid	lipa
plead	pleaded / pled	pleaded / pled	Toa hitaji lako
prove	proved	proven / proved	thibitisha
put	put	put	weka
quit	quit / quitted	quit / quitted	ondoka
read	read (sounds like "red")	read (sounds like "red")	soma
ride	rode	ridden	Nyonga baiskeli
ring	rang	rung	Gonga kengele
rise	rose	risen	Acha kufanya kazi/kukua
run	ran	run	kimbia
saw	sawed	sawed / sawn	Pasua mbao
say	said	said	sema
see	saw	seen	ona
seek	sought	sought	Tafuta hitaji
sell	sold	sold	uza
send	sent	sent	tuma
set	set	set	pangilia
sew	sewed	sewn / sewed	Shona nguo
shake	shook	shaken	tikisa
shave	shaved	shaved / shaven	nyoa
shear	sheared	sheared / shorn	Kata sufu
shed	shed	shed	Tia kivuli
shine	shined / shone	shined / shone	Ng’ara/ng’arisha
shoot	shot	shot	Piga kwa risasi
show	showed	shown / showed	onesha
shrink	shrank / shrunk	shrunk	dogosha
shut	shut	shut	funga
sing	sang	sung	imba
sink	sank / sunk	sunk	zama
sit	sat	sat	kaa
slay	slew / slayed	slain / slayed	Ua kikatili
sleep	slept	slept	lala
slide	slid	slid	teleza
slink	slinked / slunk	slinked / slunk	nyatia
smell	smelled / smelt	smelled / smelt	nukia
sneak	sneaked / snuck	sneaked / snuck	torosha
sow	sowed	sown / sowed	panda
speak	spoke	spoken	ongea
speed	sped / speeded	sped / speeded	Ongeza mwendo
spell	spelled / spelt	spelled / spelt	Andika tahajia
spend	spent	spent	tumia
spill	spilled / spilt	spilled / spilt	Tapakatisha
spin	spun	spun	kujizungusha
spit	spit / spat	spit / spat	Tema
split	split	split	Tenganisha/gawanyisha
spoil	spoiled / spoilt	spoiled / spoilt	haribu
spread	spread	spread	Eneza/enea
spring	sprang / sprung	sprung	kurupuka
stand	stood	stood	simama
steal	stole	stolen	iba
stick	stuck	stuck	Bandika kwa gundi
sting	stung	stung	Umwa na mdudu
stink	stunk / stank	stunk	nuka
strew	strewed	strewn / strewed	Kuweka vitu ovyo ovyo
stride	strode	stridden	Tembea harakaharaka
strike	struck	stricken	goma
string	strung	strung	Weka vitu kwenye uzi
strip	stripped / stript	stripped / stript	Toa jaladio
strive	strove / strived	striven / strived	Tia juhudi
sublet	sublet	sublet	Pangisha ulipopanga
swear	swore	sworn	apa
sweat	sweat / sweated	sweat / sweated	Toa jasho
sweep	swept	swept	fagia
swell	swelled	swollen / swelled	vimba
swim	swam	swum	ogelea
swing	swung	swung	bembea
take	took	taken	chukua
teach	taught	taught	fundisha
tear	tore	torn	chana
telecast	telecast	telecast	Tangaza kwa runinga
tell	told	told	Ambia/simulia
think	thought	thought	Fikiri/dhania
thrive	thrived / throve	thrived / thriven	Fanikiwa/endelea
throw	threw	thrown	tupa
tread	trod	trodden	kanyaga
uphold	upheld	upheld	Linda /tetea sheria
upset	upset	upset	Kosesha raha/ amani
vex	vexed / vext	vexed / vext	Udhi/kera
wake	woke / waked	woken / waked	Amka usingizini
wear	wore	worn	vaa
weave	wove / weaved	woven / weaved	tarizi
wed	wed / wedded	wed / wedded	Funga ndoa
weed	wed	wed	Palilia majani
weep	wept	wept	lia
wet	wet / wetted	wet / wetted	Lowana/lowanisha
whet	whetted	whetted	Tia hamasa
win	won	won	shinda
withdraw	withdrew	withdrawn	Toa hela/kujitoa
write	wrote	written	andika