Shona English

verb, intransitive cook

return

sing

another

swim

watch

speak

buy

sell

chew

fear

break

hunt

proverb (tsumo) Pools have become shallow crossings.

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

father

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun hyena

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

bag

noun knee

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

finger, thumb, toe

cough

ghost

Goodbye

stick

thousand

noun spider

axe

noun

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

adjective small

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

young

noun lizard

noun crow

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

yes

noun smoke (of fire)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

proverb (tsumo) An old dog knows where to bite (There is no substitute for experience)

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

noun earth (soil)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun earth (soil)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun sand (opposite to following)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

ant hill

verb (infinitive) be white (colour)

verb (infinitive) go

verb (infinitive) walk

verb (infinitive) think

verb (infinitive) sit down

verb (infinitive) wash someone

verb (infinitive) sing

verb (infinitive) give greetings

verb (infinitive) scratch

verb (infinitive) be good

rain

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

become tired

verb (infinitive) go to sleep

verb (infinitive) drink

become wet

verb (infinitive) see

verb (infinitive) give

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb (infinitive) sharpen

verb (infinitive) fight

verb (infinitive) swim

verb (infinitive) stand

Speaker: Maxwell Kadenge

verb (infinitive) push

verb (infinitive) tie

verb (infinitive) turn

verb (infinitive) killed, be

verb (infinitive) count

verb (infinitive) know (facts)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

ant hills

crabs

mountains

years

Dialect: English loanword

ladder

caves

thief

lightning

noun seed

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

elands

noun root (botanics)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

milk

female

girl

tears

noun feather (large, not down)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

seven

slow

noun elephant, elephants

Excuse Me

proverb (tsumo) Experience is the best teacher

noun blood

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

left

sick

friend

noun python, pythons

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

three

sad

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

adjective red (colour)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb mosquitoes

phrase where are you going?

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun hair (on head of humans)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

adjective yellow (colour)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun egg

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa