Indonesian Verbs

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List of Indonesian Verbs

The list below including many of the Indonesian Verbs which are very important for grammar and vocabulary, because they are used in every day conversation.

English Verbs	Indonesian Verbs
to accomodate	memuat, menampung
to accumulate	mengumpulkan, menghimpun
to add	menambah
to admit	mengakui
to advance	mendahului, memajukan, mempercepat
to allow	mengizinkan
to answer	menjawab
to apologize	meminta maaf
to appear	kelihatan, tampak
to appreciate	menghormati
to approach	mendekati, menjelang
to arise	bangun, berdiri
to arrange	mengatur
to arrest	menangkap, menahan
to arrive	datang
to ask	bertanya, meminta
to assemble	memasang, berkumpul
to assist	membantu, menolong
to attempt	mencoba
to attend	menghadiri
to attract	menarik
to bark	menggonggong
to beat (hit)	memukul
to become alive	hidup
to begin	mulai, memulai
to believe	percaya, mempercayai
to bend	menekuk, melipat, membengkokkan
to bet	bertaruh, mengira
to bind	terjepit
to bind (book)	menjilid
to bind (wound	membalut
to bloom	berkembang, berbunga
to blow	meniup
to boil	merebus
to borrow	meminjam
to break	memecahkan, mematahkan
to breathe in	menhirup/menarik nafas
to breathe out	mengeluarkan nafas
to bring	membawa
to build	membangun
to burn	membakar
to buy	membeli
to call	memanggil
to calm	menenangkan
to care	mempedulikan
to carry	membawa
to carry on	mengadakan, meneruskan, melanjutkan
to carve	mengukir, memotong
to cause	mengakibatkan
to celebrate	merayakan
to certain	memastikan
to change	mengganti, mengubah
to cheat	mencontek
to check	memeriksa, mengecek
to chew	mengunyah
to choke	mencekik
to choose	memilih
to chuck	mebuang, melemparkan
to classify	mengklasifikasikan
to clear	membersihkan
to climb	memanjat
to close	menutup
to collect	mengumpulkan
to come	datang
to commend	menghargai, memuji
to compare	membandingkan
to compete	berkompetisi
to complete	melengkapi
to conceal	menyembunyikan
to congratulate	memberi selamat
to connect	menghubungkan
to consider	menyadari
to consult	memperundingkan
to consume	memakai, menggunakan
to contain	mengandung
to contemplate	merenungkan
to contend	berpendapat, bertanding, melawan, menentang
to continue	meneruskan
to contract	menyingkat
to control	mengendalikan
to converge	memusat
to convince	meyakinkan
to cook	memasak
to copy	menggandakan
to cough	batuk
to count	menghitung
to cover	melindungi
to create	menciptakan, membuat
to cross	menyeberangi
to cry	menangis
to cure	menyembuhkan
to curve	membelok
to cut	memotong
to damage	merusak
to dance	menari
to decide	memutuskan
to decline	menurun, merosot
to decrease	mengurangi
to defeat	mengalahkan
to defend	menahan
to deliver	mengantarkan
to demolish	meruntuhkan
to destroy	menghancurkan
to die	meninggal, mati, tewas
to differ	berbeda
to disappear	menghilang
to discover	menemukan, mengetahui
to discuss	mendiskusikan, berdiskusi
to display	memamerken, mempertunjukkan, memperlihatkan
to dispute	memperdebatkan, memperselisihkan
to dissolve	membubarkan
to divide	membagi
to do	melakukan
to be doing	mengerjakan
to doubt	ragu-ragu
to draw	menggambar
to drink	minum
to drop	menjatuhkan
to dry	mengeringkan
to eat	makan
to elect	memilih
to empty	mengosongkan
to end	berakhir
to enter	masuk
to envelop	menyelubungi, menyelimuti, membungkus
to envy	cemburu, iri
to erase	menghapus
to escape	melarikan diri
to exceed	melebihi, melampaui
to exhale	megeluarkan, memghembuskan
to expire	berakhir
to explain	menjelaskan
to express	menyatakan, mengutarakan, mengungkapkan
to fall	jatuh, terjatuh
to fasten	mengencangkan
to feel	merasa
to fight	bertengkar
to fill	mengisi
to find	menemukan
to finish	menyelesaikan
to fit	pas, cocok
to fix	memperbaiki
to float	mengapung
to fly	terbang
to fold	melipat
to follow	mengikuti
to forget	melupakan
to forgive	memaafkan
to gather	berkumpul
to get	mendapat
to get nervous	tegang
to give	memberi
to give to	menyerahkan kepada
to give up	menyerah
to go	pergi
to go home	pulang
to grill	memanggang
to grow	tumbuh
to guess	menebak
to halt	memberhentikan
to hand to	mengerjakan, melakukan
to handle	menangani
to hang	menggantung
to have	mempunyai
to hear	mendengar
to help	menolong, membantu
to hide	bersembunyi
to hire	menyewa
to hit	memukul
to hold	menahan, memegang, mendapatkan
to hope	mengharapkan, berharap
to hug	memeluk
to hurry	melakukan dengan terburu-buru, mempercepat
to improve	memperbaiki
to include	memasukkan, termasuk
to increase	memingkat, bertambah
to indicate	mengindikasikan
to influence	mempengaruhi
to inhale	menghirup
to injure	melukai
to insert	menyelipkan
to introduce	memperkenalkan
to investigate	menginvestigasi, mencari tahu, menyelidiki
to invite	mengundang
to be jealous	cemburu
to join together	bergabung
to jump	meloncat, melompat
to keep	menyimpan
to kill	membunuh
to kiss	mencium
to knock	mengunci
to know	mengetahui
to be known	diketahui
to lay	berbaring
to last (remain)	tersisa
to laugh	tertawa
to learn	belajar
to lend	meminjamkan
to let go	melepaskan
to lie down	merebahkan diri
to light	menerangi, menyoroti
to like	menyukai
to link	menghubungkan
to listen	mendengarkan
to live (exist)	hidup
to lock	terkunci
to look	melihat
to look for	mencari
to lose (item)	kehilangan
to lose (game)	kalah
to love	mencintai
to make a mistake	membuat kesalahan
to marry	menikahi
to master	menguasai
to match	mencocokkan
to measure	mengukur
to meet	bertemu
to melt	meleleh, mencair
to memorize	mengingat
to mention	menyebutkan
to mind	keberatan
to miss	merindukan
to move	bergerak
to move to	pindah ke
to multiply	mengalikan
to murder	Membunuh
to need	membutuhkan, memerlukan
to obey	mematuhi
to omit	menghilangkan, mengabaikan
to open	membuka
to operate	mengoperasikan
to order	memerintah, memesan
to paint	melukis
to pass	melewati
to pay	membayar
to pay attention	memperhatikan
to peel	mengupas
to permit	mengizinkan, memperbolehkan
to pick up	menjemput
to play	bermain
to point	menunjuk
to possess	Mempunyai, memiliki
to pour out	menuangkan
to praise	memuji
to pray	berdoa
to prevail	berlaku
to print	mencetak
to proceed	memproses
to produce	memproduksi, membuat
to postpone	menunda
to protect	melindungi
to publish	menerbitkan
to be published	diterbitkan
to pull	menarik
to push	menekan, mendorong
to put	meletakkan
to raise (salary)	menaikkan
to raise (hand)	mengangkat
to raise (animal)	memelihara
to raise (child)	membesarkan
to raise (money/funds)	mengumpulkan
to reach for(object)	meraih
to reach (destination)	sampai
to read	membaca
to recognize	mengenali
to recommend	merekomendasikan
to recover	menyembuhkan
to reduce	mengurangi
to reflect	menggambarkan, mencerminkan
to refuse	menolak
to reject	menolak
to relieve (a pain)	Mengurangi, meringankan
to remain	tersisa, menyisakan, mempertahankan
to remember	ingat
to remove	menghilangkan
to rent	menyewa
to repair	memperbaiki
to replace	menggantikan
to report	melaporkan
to rescue	menyelamatkan
to resemble	menyerupai, mirip
to reserve	memesan tempat
to resign	mengundurkan diri
to respond	merespons
to rest	beristirahat
to restore	menyimpan
to retire	pensiun
to return	kembali, mengembalikan
to ring	berdering
to rip	merobek
to rise	naik, bangkit, muncul
to roar	mengaum
to rule	mengatur, memerintah
to run	berlari
to save	menyimpan
to say	mengatakan
to search	mencari
to secure	mengamankan
to see	melihat
to seek	mencari
to sell	menjual
to send	mengirim
to separate	memisahkan
to set free	membebaskan
to sharpen	mempertajam, menajamkan
to shock	mengagetkan
to shoot	menembak
to shout	berteriak
to show	menunjukkan, memperlihatkan
to shrink	mengerut
to shut	menutup
to sing	menyanyi
to sit	duduk
to skip	melewati, melampaui
to sleep	tidur
to smell	mencium
to smile	tersenyum
to smirk	menyeringai
to sneeze	bersin
to sniff	menghirup
to solve	menyelesaikan
to sound (alarm)	membunyikan
to sound (syllable)	mengucapkan
to speak	bicara
to spell	mengeja
to spend	menghabiskan
to split (wood)	membelah, membagi
to spread	menabur, menyebarkan
to sprinkle (dirt)	menghamburkan, menaburkan
to sprout (plant)	bertunas
to sprout (child)	tumbuh meninggi
to stamp (envelope)	memberi prangko
to stamp (one`s foot)	menggertakkan
to stand	berdiri
to start	memulai
to stay	tinggal, menetap
to sting	menyengat
to stop	berhenti
to store	menyimpan, menimbun
to stretch (rope)	merentangkan
to strike	memukul, menampar
to study	belajar
to submerge	menyelam ke dalam air
to submit	menampaikan, menyerahkan, mengajukan
to suit	cocok
to support	mendukung
to suppress	menindas, menyembunyikan, menahan
to surpass	melebihi, melampaui
to surprise	mengagetkan
to suspect	mencurigai
to swallow	menelan
to sweep	menyapu
to swell	membengkakkan, menambah besar
to swim	beranang
to switch	mengganti, menukar
to switch off	mematikan
to switch on	menyalakan
to take	mengambil
to take blame for	menyalahkan
to take charge of	bertanggung jawab
to talk	berbicara
to teach	mengajar
to tear	menangis
to telephone	menelepon
to tell	mengatakan
to tempt	menggoda
to test	menguji
to tired	lelah
to think	berpikir
to think of	memikirkan tentang
to be thirsty	haus
to throw	melempar
to tidy up	merapikan
to tie	mengikat
to be tired of	lelah akan
to get together	bersama-sama, bersatu
to touch	menyentuh
to transfer	mentransfer
to transmit (message)	mengirimkan
to transmit (disease)	menularkan, menyebarkan
to trust	mempercayai
to try	mencoba
to turn off	mematikan
to turn on	menyalakan
to type	mengetik
to twist	memutar-balikkan, memilih
to understand	mengerti
to unfasten	membuka
to untie	tidak terikat
to use	menggunakan, memakai
to vanish	lenyap, menghilang
to veil	menyelebungi
to verify	memeriksa, menguji
to become visible	menampakkan diri
to visit	mengunjungi
to vomit	muntah
to wait	menunggu
to wake	bangun
to walk	berjalan
to warn	memperingatkan
to wash	mencuci
to watch	menonton, menyaksikan
to wave	melambai
to weary	membosankan, melelahkan
to weigh	menimbang
to whisper	berbisik
to wink	berkedip
to win	menang
to wipe	menyeka
to work	bekerja
to wrap	membungkus
to write	menulis
to wrong	salah
to yawn	menguap
to yawn	menguap

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