Ndau English

fall

(Shona) -fara

male

lie (down)

(Shona) muswe

hold

(Shona) gwati

pay

(Shona) rurimi

arm

(Shona) -erera

rock

day after tomorrow

fist

(Shona) -zara

tortoise

ghost

bat

summer

dead body

branch

skull

drunk, get

(Shona) shanu

smell

(Shona) -tya

noun bone

ten

sniff

(Shona) -rarama

pigs

pronoun inclusive we

do

(Shona) piri

ill, become

(Shona) ganda

they

noun sand (opposite to following)

Excuse Me

fast

leopard

frightened

scared

burned

bridges

maternal aunts

maternal aunt

forty

eighty

caves

noun bark (of tree)

knives

legs

(Shona) -pedo

verb words

saliva

cheeks

(Shona) ivhu, pasi

roofs

weeks

mice

maternal grandmother

axe

necks

(Shona) zita

impalas

noun air

spear

brother

net

thorn

husband

adjective good

prepare

(Shona) ruoko

stomach

I see you

Tomorrow I will see you

fingernail

(Shona) gore

song

verb intr. path (road, trail; not street)

noun feather (large, not down)

Speaker: Lovemore Mutonga

orphan

mosquito

verb today

lakes

snake

snakes

dried

scratch

(Shona) -rutsa

ground

numeral one

adjective long (not ’wide’)

tired

when

death

(Shona) aisi

Dialect: English loanword

beautiful

forest

birds

push

(Shona) mutsipa

feet

(Shona) husiku

insects

verb come

sons-in-law

husbands

eight

hunters

hunt

(Shona) tambo

urine

how much

You’re Welcome

many

tortoises

thumbs

ant hills