Igbo verbs list

Common Igbo verbs with meanings and examples.

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Table of common Igbo verbs with English and examples.

These verbs appear all the time in everyday Igbo. Focus on a few at a time and use them in short sentences.

Igbo verb (infinitive)	English meaning	Example sentence
Ị rie (rie)	to eat	Ọ na‑eri nri. – He/She is eating food.
Ị gaa (ga)	to go	Aga m ga ahịa echi. – I will go to the market tomorrow.
Ị bịa (bịa)	to come	Bịa ebe a. – Come here.
Ị hụ (hụ)	to see	Ahụrụ m gị n’ụzọ. – I saw you on the road.
Ị kwuo (kwuo)	to say / to speak	Biko, kwuo okwu n’Igbo. – Please, speak in Igbo.
Ị nụ (nụ)	to hear / to taste	Inụla akụkọ ahụ? – Have you heard that news?
Ị nọdụ (nọdụ)	to sit / stay	Nọdụ ala. – Sit down.
Ị gawa (gawa)	to continue / to keep going	Gawa n’ịmụ Igbo kwa ụbọchị. – Continue learning Igbo every day.
Ị hịa (hịa)	to wear / put on	Hịa uwe gị. – Put on your clothes.
Ị cheta (cheta)	to remember	Cheta ịgwa nne gị ekele. – Remember to greet your mother.
Ị chefuo (chefuo)	to forget	Echefugọla asụsụ gị. – Don’t forget your language.
Ị mara (mara)	to know	Amaghị m okwu a. – I don’t know this word.
Ị hụnanya (hụnanya)	to love	A hụrụ m gị n’anya. – I love you.
Ị zụta (zụtá)	to buy	Anyị zụtara akwụkwọ abụọ. – We bought two books.
Ị ree (ree)	to sell	Ha na‑ere akwụkwọ na ahịa. – They sell books at the market.
Ị gbaa ọsọ (gbaa ọsọ)	to run	Ụmụaka na‑agba ọsọ n’ụlọ akwụkwọ. – The children are running at school.
Ị gụọ (gụọ)	to read / to count	Gụọ ọnụọgụ Igbo. – Read/count the Igbo numbers.
Ị dee (dee)	to write	Dee aha gị n’ebe a. – Write your name here.
Ị kpọọ (kpọọ)	to call	Kpọọ nna gị ekwentị. – Call your father on the phone.

Common Igbo verbs with meanings and examples.

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