Shona English

verb, intransitive cook

verb, transitive cut

save

want

breathe

bark (dog)

bad

understand

throw away

fight

watch

escape

gather

hunt

bury

phrase he broke his leg playing ball

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

knife

cockroach

sweet

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 spider

noun circle

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

adjective small

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

rock

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

true (not false)

noun lizard

verb (stem) die

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun jackal

elbow

adjective baby

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun puddle

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

wind

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

phrase I have never read that book

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

adjective big

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun fish

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

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

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

pronoun this

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

this

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun sand

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

verb (infinitive) kick

verb (infinitive) cook

verb (infinitive) bleed

verb (infinitive) want, need

verb (infinitive) pull

verb (infinitive) return

verb (infinitive) flow

verb (infinitive) die

verb (infinitive) think

verb (infinitive) wash hands

verb (infinitive) bark (dog)

verb (infinitive) rub

verb (infinitive) stop

verb (infinitive) sleep

verb (infinitive) stand

Speaker: Maxwell Kadenge

verb (infinitive) thirsty, be

verb (infinitive) full

verb (infinitive) lie (on side, recline)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

adverb not

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

cocks

years

Dialect: English loanword

diarrhea

caves

cockroaches

pain

noun (good) afternoon

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

phrase How have you spent your day?

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

stones

days

raw

bucks

pronoun 2.sg eland

elands

valleys

trees

numeral one

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

female

noun man (adult male human)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

grandchild

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

son

Thank You

phrase I like sadza

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

drum

noun horn (of bull etc.)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun sea, lake; seas, lakes

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

story

noun star

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

spear

flower

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

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

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

eyelash

adjective red (colour)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

phrase What are you afraid of?

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun hair (on head of humans)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun egg

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

tooth (front, rather than molar)

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

now

phrase everything is fine

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa