Shona English

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sing

do

throw

another

tired

quiet, be

verb enter

sew

push

sell

frighten

close

phrase he broke his leg playing ball

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

pronoun who?

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

father

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

lung

vagina

noun hyena

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

bridge

south

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

fist

boat

proverb (tsumo) The soil knows when a baby mouse is sick. (Someone close can feel anything going on in your life).

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

noun liver

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

waist

noun spider

noun lizard

name

elbow

noun cloud (not fog), year

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

ten

noun puddle

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

proverb (tsumo) Relationships are made complete by fellowshipping (sharing meals)

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

noun

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

throat

noun tortoise

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

verb (infinitive) fly

verb (infinitive) ask

verb (infinitive) fall

verb (infinitive) to eat

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

verb (infinitive) feel warmth

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb (infinitive) press

verb (infinitive) die

verb (infinitve) become happy

verb phrase sit down

verb (infinitive) wash someone

verb (infinitive) give greetings

verb (infinitive) run

verb (infinitive) stop

where

verb (infinitive) enter

verb (infinitive) fight

verb (infinitive) stand

verb (infinitive) squeeze

verb (infinitive) play

verb (infinitive) obey

verb (infinitive) buy

verb (infinitive) take

verb (infinitive) gather

verb (infinitive) hungry, be

verb (infinitive) bury

verb (infinitive) give birth

ant hills

crocodiles

net

ladder

cockroaches

phrase (different from simple noun) good afternoon

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

ants

noun impala, impalas

pronoun 2.sg eland

numeral one

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun heart

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

proverb (tsumo) Where you chase away baboons is where you discover mushrooms. (In solving a problem, opportunities arise.)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

[LL] noun person (individual human)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

younger brother

girl

noun tail

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun neck (not nape)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

son

month

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

adjective bride

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

because

noun pig, pigs

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

today

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

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

ground

noun hand

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun brown-ness

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

sick

maternal grandfather

dirty

vein, veins

adjective yellow (colour)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

egg

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

noun tooth (front, rather than molar)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun tooth (front, rather than molar)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

waists