Shona English

help

pay

verb, intransitive cry

alone

sing

quiet, be

see

hot, be

spit

watch

cold (of weather)

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

frighten

bury

father

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

lung

brown

blue

pronoun what?

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

boat

chest

noun

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

thousand

noun cheetah, cheetahs

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun lizard

fence

verb rat

noun grass

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun smoke (of fire)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun dog

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun sand

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun full moon

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

phrase long ago

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

burn

verb (infinitive) cut

verb (infinitive) dig

verb (infinitive) protect

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb (infinitive) flow

verb (infinitive) make, prepare

verb phrase sit down

verb (infinitive) grind

verb (infinitive) bark (dog)

verb (infinitive) hide

verb (infinitive) lie (in ambush)

be fast, hurry

verb (infinitive) smell

verb (infinitive) go to sleep

verb (infinitive) quiet, be

verb (infinitive) see

verb (infinitive) give

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb (infinitive) wipe

verb (infinitive) sharpen

verb (infinitive) fight

verb (infinitive) stand

Speaker: Maxwell Kadenge

verb (infinitive) arrive

verb (infinitive) squeeze

verb (infinitive) receive

verb (infinitive) watch

verb (infinitive) send

verb (infinitive) hidden, be

verb (infinitive) to lie down to sleep

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

verb (infinitive) recognize

ducks

noun grease (fat, organic substance)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

years

Dialect: English loanword

malaria

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun dawn

noun

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun mosquito

valleys

fire

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

milk

old person

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

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

son-in-law

female

rainbow

daughter-in-law

noun hunter

Speaker: Reggemore Marongedze

adjective bride

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

Please

noun gold

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

Thank You

because

noun path (road, trail; not street)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun elephant, elephants

spear

noun blood

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

right

sick

noun forest

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

friend

noun bird

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun leaf (botanics)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun lion, lions

Speaker: Reggemore Marongedze

phrase what are you doing? (informal)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun hair (on head of humans)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun egg

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun tooth (front, rather than molar)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun sun, day

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata