🌱 Beginner Verbs (root words)Cebuano words

sayaw

dance

sulat

write

kanta

sing

basa

read

kinahanglan / dapat

need

pagkahuman

thereafter / danach

kita

see

tan-awa

look

pangita

search

buhat / himo

create

hulat

wait

hugas

wash

lakaw

walk

kawat

steal

estorya / sulti

talk

lingkod

sit

tindog

stand

minaw

listen

katawa

laugh

hilak

cry

dula

play

tuon

study

tudlo

teach

limot

forget

abri

open

sira

close

tulak / tuklod / duot

push

bira

pull

alsa

lift

labay

throw

salo

catch

Wala niya nasalo ang bola. (He wasn't able to catch the ball)

hikap

touch

Ayaw hikapa iyang nawong. (Don't touch his face.)

simhot

smell

Wala koy masimhotan. (I can't smell anything.)

pili

choose

Unsa akong pilion? (What should I choose?)

tilaw

taste

Dili siya gusto motilaw sa pagkaon. (He doesn't want to taste the food.)

ihap

count

Dili siya gusto moihap sa kwarta. (She doesn't want to count the money.)

sukod

measure

Gisukdan siya sa mananahi kagahapon. (She was measured by the tailor yesterday)

tawag

call

Tawagi ko ugma. Call me tomorrow.

tubag

answer

Ayaw tubaga ang tawag. (Don't answer the call.)

abot

arrive

Kanus-a sila moabot? (When will they arrive?)

sulod

enter

Didto mo sa tuo mosulod. (You will enter there on the right.) Isulod ang pitaka sa bag. (Put the wallet in the bag.)