20 Common Verbs

What's amazing about the Chinese language is that you don't need to learn any conjugations for the verbs.  You simply use the exact same verb for each tense.  The only thing you need to do to indicate which tense you're in is to add helpful words like 名天 (ming2 tian) "tomorrow" and 昨天 (zuo2 tian1) "yesterday," but that's for a later lesson.  Even better, most are only one character long!  Here we go!

学 

xue2

to study

吃

chi1

to eat

睡觉

shui4 jiao4

to sleep

读

du2

to read/study

买

mai3

to buy

卖

mai4

to sell

喜欢

xi3 huan1

to like

爱

ai4

to love

唱歌

chang4 ge1

to sing

跳舞

tiao4 wu3

to dance

玩

wan3

to play

听

ting1

to listen

说

shuo1

to speak

帮

bang1

to help

看

kan4

to see

跑步

pao3 bu4

to run

跳

tiao4

to jump

打

da3

to hit

做

zuo4

to do

把

ba3

to grab