Shona English

hold

help

fall

do

comb

throw

be blind

hit

take

break

born, be

lung

cockroach

finger, thumb, toe

cough

chest

axe

nest

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

adjective small

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen), stomach

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen), stomach

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun mountain (not hill)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

eagle

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun worm

noun cloud (not fog), year

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

adjective baby

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

wind

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun bark (of tree)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

phrase I have never read that book

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

hat

noun dog

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

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

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

pronoun 1.sg I

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun earth (soil)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun sand

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

verb (infinitive) fly

verb (infinitive) ask

verb (infinitive) pull

verb (infinitive) return

verb (infinitive) flow

verb (infinitve) become happy

verb (infinitive) be good

verb (infinitive) drink

become wet

verb (infinitive) to hear

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

verb (infinitive) see

verb (infinitive) finish

verb (infinitive) enter

verb (infinitive) sleep

verb (infinitive) sharpen

verb (infinitive) bite

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

verb (infinitive) yawn

verb (infinitive) stand

Speaker: Maxwell Kadenge

verb (infinitive) stand

verb (infinitive) talk, speak, say

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb (infinitive) break

verb (infinitive) killed, be

verb (infinitive) hidden, be

verb (infinitive) suck (breast)

verb (infinitive) full

verb (infinitive) wash self

not

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

bananas

noun jackals

years

Dialect: English loanword

puddles

malaria

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

money

saliva

chicken eggs

days

noun leopard, leopards

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

bucks

lightning

elands

priest

noun man (adult male human)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

girl

noun tail

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

phrase I accompanied my child to school

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun gold

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

yesterday

noun warthog

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

here

numeral two

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

right

arm

flower

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

sick

song

how

why

paternal grandfather

six

adjective red (colour)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

phrase what is your name? (informal)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

grass

noun breasts (female)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

many

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

name