Regular Verb

Regular verbs are the ones we can formed by adding -d, 'ed' or 'ied' to the end of the past tense and past participle.

Regular verb sune waɗanda past tense ɗin su da kuma past participle nasu suke da haruffan -d, 'ed' ko 'ied' a ƙarke

Irregular Verbs

Past tense and past participle of irregular verbs don't take 'd', ed, or 'ied'. Irregular verbs cannot be predicted, You must learn them to know how to use them in sentence.

Past tense da Past participle na irregular verbs basu da haruffan d, ed, ko ied a ƙarken su. Irregular verb sun banbanta da regular verb, don kuwa ana buƙatar mutum ya koye su ɗaya bayan ɗaya saboda su kowanne yanayin yanda ake yin past tense da kuma past perfect tense nashi ya banbanta

This table below contains all the English irregular verbs. The meaning of each word can be found in Hausa along with its English to Hausa bilingual usage sentences by clicking the respective links.

Present Tense	Past Tense	Past Participle
arise	arose	arisen
awake	awoke	awakened
beat	beat	beaten
become	became	become
befall	befell	befallen
beget	begot/begat	begot/begotten
behold	beheld	beheld
beseech	beseeched/besought	beseeched/besought
beset	beset	beset
bet	bet	bet
betake	betook	betaken
begin	began	begun
bind	bound	bound
buy	bought	bought
bid	bid	bid
blow	blew	blown
break	broke	broken
breed	bred	bred
build	built	built
burn	burnt/burned	burnt/burned
bust	bust/busted	bust/busted
cast	cast	cast
catch	caught	caught
come	came	come
cleave	cleaved, cleft, clove	cleaved, cleft, cloven
cling	clung	clung
cost	cost	cost
cut	cut	cut
deal	dealt	dealt
dive	dived	dived
dream	dreamt, dreamed	dreamt, dreamed
dwell	dwelt, dwelled	dwelt, dwelled
draw	drew	drawn
drive	drove	driven
feed	fed	fed
feel	felt	felt
fit	fitted	fitted
flee	fled	fled
fling	flung	flung
fight	fought	fought
foretell	foretold	foretold
forgive	forgave	forgiven
fly	flew	flown
freeze	froze	frozen
give	gave	given
go	went	gone
grind	ground	ground
grow	grew	grown
hang	hung, hanged	hung, hanged
heave	heave, hove	heaved, hove
hew	hewed	hewed, hewn
hit	hit	hit
hide	hid	hidden
hurt	hurt	hurt
input	input	input
inset	inset	inset
know	knew	known
kneel	knelt	knelt
knit	knitted, knit	knitted, knit
lead	led	led
lean	leaned	leaned
leap	leapt, leaped	leapt, leaped
learn	learnt, learned	learnt, learned
leave	left	left
lend	lent	lent
let	let	let
lie	lay	lain
make	made	made
mean	meant	meant
meet	met	met
mistake	mistook	mistaken
mow	mowed	mown, mowed
override	overrode	overridden
overrun	overran	overrun
pay	paid	paid
prove	proved	proven
quit	quit	quit
read	read	read
rend	rent	rent
reset	reset	reset
rid	rid	rid
run	ran	run
saw	sawed	sawn
see	saw	seen
seek	sought	sought
sell	sold	sold
send	sent	sent
sew	sewed	sewn, sewed
set	set	set
shake	shook	shaken
shear	sheared	shorn, sheared
shed	shed	shed
shine	shone, shined	shone, shined
shit	shit, shat	shit, shat
shoe	shod	shod
shoot	shot	shot
show	showed	shown
shrink	shrank, shrunk	shrunk
shut	shut	shut
simulcast	simulcast	simulcast
sit	sat	sat
slay	slew	slain
sleep	slept	slept
slide	slid	slid
sling	slung	slung
slink	slunk	slunk
slit	slit	slit
smell	smelled, smelt	smelled, smelt
smite	smote	smitten
sow	sowed	sown, sowed
stand	stood	stood
stave	stavee, stove	stavee, stove
stick	stuck	stuck
steal	stole	stolen
speed	speeded, sped	speeded, sped
spell	spelt, spelled	spelt, spelled
spend	spent	spent
spill	spilled, spilt	spilled, spilt
spin	spun	spun
spit	spat	spat
spoil	spoiled, spoilt	spoiled, spoilt
spread	spread	spread
spring	sprang	sprung
sting	stung	stung
stink	stank, stunk	stunk
stand	stood	stood
strew	strewed	strewed, strewn
stride	strode	---
strike	struck	struck
string	strung	strung
strive	strove	striven
sweep	swept	swept
swell	swelled	swollen, swelled
swing	swung	swung
take	took	taken
teach	taught	taught
tell	told	told
think	thought	thought
throw	threw	thrown
thrust	thrust	thrust
tread	trod	trodden, trod
understand	understood	understood
bear	bore	borne
bend	bent	bent
bleed	bled	bled
bite	bit	bitten
bring	brought	brought
choose	chose	chosen
creep	crept	crept
dig	dug	dug
drink	drank	drunk
eat	ate	eaten
fall	fell	fallen
find	found	found
forget	forgot	forgotten
get	got	got
hear	heard	heard
hold	held	held
keep	kept	kept
lay	laid	laid
light	lit	lit
lose	lost	lost
rise	rose	risen
ring	rang	rung
ride	rode	ridden
put	put	put
say	said	said
sing	sang	sung
sink	sank	sunk
speak	spoke	spoken
swim	swam	swum
swear	swore	sworn
tear	tore	torn
wake	woke	woken
weave	wove	woven
wet	wet	wet
wind	wound	wound
withdraw	withdrew	withdrawn
wring	wrung	wrung
write	wrote	written
wear	wore	worn
win	won	won
weep	wept	wept
wind	wound	wound