Shona English

tear

save

dig

return

good

understand

laugh

spit

take

gather

shoulder

noun phrase new book

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

south

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

adjective white (colour)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

verb rhinoceros

axe

noun cheetah, cheetahs

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

rock

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

name

verb rat

noun cloud (not fog), year

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

baboon

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

noun

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun smoke (of fire)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

pronoun this

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

four

pronoun 1.sg I

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

this

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun sand

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

verb (infinitive) pay

verb (infinitive) fly

verb (infinitive) undress

verb (infinitive) be white (colour)

verb (infinitive) protect

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb (infinitive) die

verb (infinitive) walk

verb (infinitive) sniff

verb (infinitive) make, prepare

verb (infinitive) wash hands

verb (infinitive) bark (dog)

verb (infinitive) fry

verb (infinitive) rub

verb (infinitive) stop

verb (infinitive) drink

become wet

verb (infinitive) answer

verb (infinitive) nurse

verb (infinitive) dream

verb (infinitive) fight

verb (infinitive) escape

verb (infinitive) take

verb (infinitive) chew

verb (infinitive) burn

verb (infinitive) find

verb (infinitive) gather

verb (infinitive) count

verb (infinitive) bury

verb (infinitive) suck (breast)

verb (infinitive) lie (on side, recline)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb (infinitive) born, be

crocodiles

malaria

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

ants

days

raw

noun

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

lightning

wind, air

noun mosquito

full moon

thorns

trees

noun root (botanics)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

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

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

mouth, lip

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

daughter-in-law

village

tears

neck (not nape)

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

noun hunter

Speaker: Reggemore Marongedze

grandchild

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun hippopotamus, hippopotamuses

beard

orphan

seven

slow

noun flesh (meat)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun horn (of bull etc.)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

story

noun hand

eight

noun bird

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun monkey, monkeys

little

red (colour)

verb mosquitoes

phrase what is your name? (informal, fast speech)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

phrase what is your name? (informal)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata