Shona English

tear

breathe

bad

do

comb

be blind

hit

watch

kiss

frighten

hunt

bury

proverb (tsumo) Pools have become shallow crossings.

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

knife

noun bone

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

proverb (tsumo) The cow-hide eating expert was choked by a calf’s hide.

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

verb rhinoceros

adjective small

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun lizard

crab

elbow

noun cloud (not fog), year

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

baboon

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

noun crow

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

depression in rock

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

grave

noun brother or sister (of the opposite sex)

noun smoke (of fire)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun smoke (of fire)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun dog

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun full moon

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun tortoise

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

verb (infinitive) fly

verb (infinitive) think

verb phrase sit down

verb (infinitive) sneeze

verb (infinitive) snore

verb (infinitive) fry

verb (infinitive) drink

verb (infinitive) split

verb (infinitive) separated, be

verb (infinitive) enter

verb (infinitive) sew

verb (infinitive) stand

verb (infinitive) squeeze

verb (infinitive) talk, speak, say

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb (infinitive) be cold (of weather)

verb (infinitive) turn

verb (infinitive) kill

verb (infinitive) hidden, be

verb (infinitive) open

verb (infinitive) pregnant, be

not

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

adverb not

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

ponds

noun grease (fat, organic substance)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun jackals

tomorrow

phrase Tomorrow is today

Speaker: Reggemore Marongedze

cockroaches

nests

verb owls

noun leopard, leopards

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun zebra

bucks

nose

Speaker: Reggemore Marongedze

full moon

thorns

numeral one

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

son-in-law

female

noun head (anatomic)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun head (anatomic)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

phrase I was at the market

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

phrase I accompanied my child to school

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

Please

bat

Dialect: English loanword

phrase I want to eat sadza

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

phrase I like sadza

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

fly

noun flesh (meat)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun horn (of bull etc.)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun ear

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

here

numeral two

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

adjective long (not ’wide’)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

flower

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

ant

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

rope

thin

noun foot (not leg)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun giraffe, giraffes

children

noun hair (on head of humans)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

urine

noun tooth (front, rather than molar)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

thumbs

now

waists