| to love | kupenda |
| I love you. | Ninapenda wewe. |
| He loves seagulls. | Anapenda shakwe. |
| Do you like tea and coffee? | Je unapenda chai na kahawa ? |
| I don't like you. | Sipendi wewe. |
| They don't like to eat fish. | Hawapendi kula samaki. |
| to swim | kuogelea |
| I like to swim. | Ninapenda kuogelea. |
| I swim in the sea. | Ninaogelea baharini. |
| The fish swims in the sea. | Samaki anaogelea baharini. |
| The fishes swim in the sea. | Samaki wanaogelea baharini. |
| My cat doesn't swim. | Paka wangu haogelei. |
| My cat doesn't like water. | Paka wangu hapendi maji. |
| to be afraid of | kuogopa |
| My cat is afraid of water. | Paka wangu anaogopa maji. |
| You (pl) are afraid of crocodiles. | Ninyi mnaogopa mamba. |
| The elephant is not afraid of crocodiles. | Tembo haogopi mamba. |
| to walk | kutembea |
| We are walking on the sand. | Tunatembea juu ya mchanga. |
| also / too | pia |
| We are also walking on the rocks. | Tunatembea pia juu ya miamba. |
| to fly / jump | kuruka |
| Birds fly. | Ndege wanaruka. |
| Are you jumping? | Unaruka? |
| No, I am not jumping. | Hapana, siruki. |
| The people are afraid and jump. | Watu wanaogopa na wanaruka. |
| to live | kuishi |
| in / inside | katika |
| I live in a house. | Mimi ninaishi katika nyumba. |
| I live at home. | Mimi ninaishi nyumbani. |
| I don't live in the sea. | Siishi baharini. |
| to be | kuwa |
| I am not. | Si |
| I am not a fish. | Mimi si samaki. |
| We are not fishes. We don't live in the sea. | Sisi si samaki. Sisi hatuishi baharini. |
| You are a lion. | Wewe ni simba. |
| to eat | kula |
| They eat fish. | Wanakula samaki. |
| They don't eat snails. | Hawali konokono. |
| Sharks eat little fishes. | Papa wanakula samaki wadogo. |
| Sharks don't drink coffee. | Papa hawanywi kahawa. |
| to have | kuwa na |
| I have a cat. I don't have dogs. | Nina paka. Sina mbwa. |
| I am a cat. I am not a dog. | Mimi ni paka. Mimi si mbwa. |
| I will be a cat. | Nitakuwa paka. |
| I will have a cat. | Nitakuwa na paka. |
| When I am big... (when I grow up...) | Nikiwa mkubwa |
| If I eat vegetables, I will get big. | Nikila mboga, nitakuwa mkubwa. |
| If I eat I, I will drink, too. | Nikila, nitakunywa pia. |
| If I eat fish, I will drink water. | Nikila samaki, nitakunywa maji. |
| to go | kwenda |
| When you go to the sea, you will walk on the sand. | Ukienda baharini, utatembea juu ya mchanga. |
| When we go to the sea, we will swim. | Tukienda baharini, tutaogelea. |
| When you swim in the sea, you will be afraid of sharks. | Ukiogelea baharini, utaogopa papa. |
| to hunt | kuwinda |
| If he hunts a shark, he will eat this shark. | Akiwinda papa, atakula papa huyu. |
| everything | kila kitu |
| If they like lobster, they will eat everything. | Wakipenda kambakoche, watakula kila kitu. |
| When the seagulls fly over the sea they will hunt for fish and crabs. | Shakwe wakiruka juu ya bahari, watawinda samaki na kaa. |
| The dolphin jumps out of the water. | Pomboo anaruka nje ya maji. |
| When the dolphins swim in the sea, they also jump out of the water. | Pomboo wakiogelea baharini, pia wataruka nje ya maji. |
| When the seagulls hunt for crabs, they also hunt for sea snails. | Shakwe wakiwinda kaa, pia watawinda konokono wa baharini. |
| If people eat lobsters, they also like oysters. | Watu wakikula kambakoche, pia watapenda chaza. |
