Chikunda English

return

(Shona) -nwa

noun white (colour)

leave

(Shona) nyanga

verb sleep

fear

(Shona) -kora

comb

(Shona) sei, -ngani

gather

(Shona) mudzimai

stab

(Shona) -cheka, -kuma

drunk, be

(Shona) china

verb bite

tie

(Shona) -gara

hit

(Shona) mudzi

verb drink

little

quiet, be

(Shona) musana

take

(Shona) -chera, -tukumbam

wet, become

(Shona) -verenga, -rava

do

(Shona) piri

men

paternal uncle

girls

husbands

elder sisters

butterflies

how many

nests

dead bodies

true (not false)

nest

frog

Excuse Me

day before yesterday

Yesterday I didn’t see you

word

banana

year

valley

verb (imperative) kill

Speaker: Robert Chimbiti

pronoun 2.sg You

go to sleep

(Shona) mhuka

thousand

fourteen

fifteen

hidden, be

(Shona) mhodzi, mbeu

have fever

(Shona) gonye

strong

have itch

(Shona) sango

rub

(Shona) kudya, -dya

wash someone

(Shona) -sunga

sharp (knife)

ripe

wash clothes

(Shona) -pukuta

dry

have hiccups

(Shona) muti

cry

(Shona) amwe

fat

thirty

malaria

wings

mountains

summer

noun bird

mouse

tails

backs

(Shona) mvura

arrows

lion

farmer

thorn

You’re Welcome

salt

village

moons

well

younger sister

eland

young

I will give you the money

Tomorrow I will not see you

old people

son-in-law

hunter

noun feather (large, not down)

noun heart

(Shona) moyo

Speaker: Robert Chimbiti

animal

noun flesh (meat)

noun flesh (meat)

meat

snake

hut

elephant

noun mountain (not hill)

week

adjective long (not ’wide’)

rope

why

pond

hyena

nets

hive