swim

Pronunciation

• IPA: /swɪm/

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Verb

Plain form swim

Third person singular swims

Simple past swam

Past participle swum

Present participle swimming

Somebody swimming

1. If you swim, you move through the water using your arms and legs. <> yin ninƙaya/ninkaya [1], yin iyo, iya ruwa.
   1. Let's go swimming at the beach.
      Mu tafi ninƙaya a bakin teku.
      
      
   2. I don't like boats because I can't swim.
      
      
   3. Ma'aikatar tsaron ta Burtaniya guda huɗunsu ne suka bar yaron ruwa ya ci shi suna gani duk da cewa sun ga bai iya ruwa ba. [2]
      Four UK soldiers who "forced" an Iraqi boy into a canal and let him drown knowing that he couldn't swim. [3].

Related words

• swimmer <> mai iyo

Noun

Singular swim

Plural swims

1. A swim is when someone swims.

   We all went for a swim in the lake.