Ndau English

catch

(Shona) ani

fall

(Shona) -fara

mothers-in-law

Yesterday I didn’t see you

bag

drum

hat

little finger

(Shona) ruboshwe

noun liver

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

well

noun knee

deep

yes

verb die

smell

(Shona) -tya

fences

rich

sit down

(Shona) -nhuwidza

noun green (colour)

backbones

(Shona) nyeredzi

vagina

rat

nineteen

true (not false)

adverb not

verb walk

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

sneeze

(Shona) -rara

hide

(Shona) shizha

kidney(s)

(Shona) -tsiura, -ruramisa

he

where

fear

(Shona) -kora

baskets

bridges

sisters-in-law

fathers

maternal aunts

leopards

bones

(Shona) gungwa

twenty

fifty

chief

arms

(Shona) zuva

saliva

weeks

seven hundred

animals

penis

deaf

houses

huts

spears

bulls

farms

noses

(Shona) dzinza

thighs

enemy

impala

diarrhea

(Shona) moto

salt

noun boy

back

(Shona) jenaguru

language

noun water

cows

make

(Shona) musoro

prepare

(Shona) ruoko

I gave you the money

pronoun 1.sg I

orphan

fly

meat

quiet, be

(Shona) musana

buffaloes

hungry, be

(Shona) uswa

finish

(Shona) -dete, -nhete, -sunhu

split

(Shona) -vhima

nurse

(Shona) ziso

throw away

(Shona) -garira

verb say

noun tongue (anatomical)

(Shona) rurimi

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

remain

(Shona) chitaka

beautiful

bad

python

itches

(Shona) -omesa, -oma

tie

(Shona) -gara

buy

(Shona) apo

elder sisters

friends

verb clean

noun yellow (colour)

noun breasts (female)

noun phrase my name is Emmanuel

(Shona) zita rangu ndiManu

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

verb know (facts)

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

day before yesterday

noun sun

how much

hats

boats