Chikunda English

born, be

(Shona) ti

hide

(Shona) shizha

verb come

verb come

return

(Shona) -nwa

leave

(Shona) nyanga

buy

(Shona) apo

adjective cold (of weather)

speak

(Shona) -uraya

verb bite

verb fly

kiss

(Shona) bvupa

verb drink

tired

few

every

sew

(Shona) -nzwa

take

(Shona) -chera, -tukumbam

noun burn

bad

frogs

sons-in-law

paternal grandmother

crocodiles

monkeys

no

adverb not

wives

fathers

maternal uncles

butterflies

adjective many

ant hills

raw

hawk

Excuse Me

yesterday you saw me

verb (imperative) walk

Speaker: Robert Chimbiti

have cold

(Shona) inda

they

comb

ten

nineteen

eleven

give birth

(Shona) murume

have fever

(Shona) gonye

perspire

(Shona) nzara

know each other

(Shona) mafuta

ill, become

(Shona) ganda

need

(Shona) nzeve

copulate (have sex with)

(Shona) ese

frightened

cloudy

sneeze

(Shona) -rara

lie (tell untruth)

(Shona) vhudzi

verb clean

urinate (piss)

(Shona) -dvinya

wide

freeze

(Shona) murume

noun tongue (anatomical)

flower

in morning

fifty

hives

chicken eggs

chiefs

thief

noun dog

dogs

spears

baby

month

moons

white ant (termite)

with

I did not give you the money

goose

puddle

I will not give you the money

guinea fowl

chicken

orphan

eagles

back

(Shona) jenaguru

noun feather (large, not down)

louse, head

noun fish

animal

tusk

stars

snake

grandchild

because

eight

throw away

(Shona) -garira

escape

(Shona) -reba

honey

wool

powerful

have children

(Shona) imbwa