Shona English

black (colour)

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

do

fry

awake

vomit

push

sell

escape

fear

count

there

cockroach

noun hole

finger, thumb, toe

chest

chin

axe

adjective small

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

mud

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

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

fence

buttocks

noun jackal

noun mountain (not hill)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun cloud (not fog), year

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

dust

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

noun puddle

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun guinea fowl, guinea fowls

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun fish

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun grass

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

pronoun this

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

house

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

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

verb (infinitive) help

verb (infinitive) pay

verb (infinitive) cut

verb (infinitive) feed

verb (infinitive) return

verb (infinitive) prepare for

verb (infinitive) grind

verb (infinitive) lie (in ambush)

verb (infinitive) scratch

verb (infinitive) lie (tell untruth)

become wet

verb (infinitive) to hear

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

verb (infinitive) freeze

verb (infinitive) wipe

verb (infinitive) nurse

verb (infinitive) throw away

far

verb (infinitive) raise

verb (infinitive) squeeze

verb (infinitive) begin

verb (infinitive) obey

verb (infinitive) turn

verb (infinitive) recognize

verb (infinitive) lie (on side, recline)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

ant hills

eagles

puddles

diarrhea

north

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

twin

noun (good) afternoon

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

stones

teeth

raw

noun zebra

lightning

fire

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

noun root (botanics)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

milk

female

tears

noun gold

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

phrase I like sadza

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun feather (large, not down)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

orphan

noun kudu, kudus

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun sea, lake; seas, lakes

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

story

noun elephant, elephants

adjective long (not ’wide’)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

when

noun blood

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

song

noun river, rivers

noun forest

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

proverb (tsumo) It’s when you are about to give up that you get a breakthrough

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

paternal grandfather

friend

noun leaf (botanics)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

ant

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

father-in-law

phrase What are you afraid of?

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun people

Speaker: Reggemore Marongedze

hundred

noun tooth (front, rather than molar)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

now