Shona English

verb, intransitive cry

want

feed

hide

bad

give greetings

awake

dream

fight

laugh

turn

break

hunt

knife

brown

blue

finger, thumb, toe

noun

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

young

pond

butterfly

buttocks

noun jackal

noun mountain (not hill)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun cloud (not fog), year

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

ten

yes

noun smoke (of fire)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun stone

noun dog

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

four

noun louse

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

pronoun we

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun earth (soil)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun earth (soil)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun sand (opposite to following)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

phrase long ago

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

verb (infinitive) ask

verb (infinitive) dig

verb (infinitive) fall

verb (infinitive) protect

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb (infinitive) prepared, be

verb (infinitive) sit, live or dwell (somewhere), remain

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

verb (infinitive) wash hair

rain

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

become tired

verb (infinitive) go to sleep

verb (infinitive) enter

verb (infinitive) throw away

far

verb (infinitive) vomit

verb (infinitive) obey

verb (infinitive) sell

verb (infinitive) thirsty, be

verb (infinitive) to lie down to sleep

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

verb (infinitive) hunt

verb (infinitive) lie (on side, recline)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

verb (infinitive) pregnant, be

ducks

ponds

noun grease (fat, organic substance)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

crabs

crocodiles

mountains

puddles

ladder

vaginas

saliva

buck

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

eland

priest

son-in-law

thorn

noun head (anatomic)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

adjective bride

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun pig, pigs

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun feather (large, not down)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

slow

noun star

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

bee

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun claw, claws

noun path (road, trail; not street)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

proverb (tsumo) An elephant never finds its own tusks heavy.

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

here

ground

arm

noun river, rivers

noun forest

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun monkey, monkeys

rope

vein, veins

eyelash

adjective red (colour)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun hair (on head of humans)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun tooth (front, rather than molar)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun tooth (front, rather than molar)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

ankle

name

pronoun all (of a number)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

phrase everything is fine

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa