Shona English

save

pull

verb try

breathe

bad

give greetings

dry (substance)

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

spit

bury

proverb (tsumo) Pools have become shallow crossings.

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

mother

noun cave

noun hyena

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun bone

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

south

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

sweet

boat

verb rhinoceros

noun liver

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

sky, heaven, roof

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

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

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun lizard

fence

noun mountain (not hill)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

eagle

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun worm

noun crow

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

dust

noun bark (of tree)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

yes

noun fish

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

pronoun this

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

pronoun 2.sg you

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

word

noun full moon

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb (infinitive) undress

verb (infinitive) cut

verb (infinitive) go

verb (infinitive) blow

verb phrase sit down

verb (infinitive) bark (dog)

verb (infinitive) smell

verb (infinitive) quiet, be

verb (infinitive) give

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb (infinitive) dream

verb (infinitive) raise

verb (infinitive) watch

verb (infinitive) be cold (of weather)

verb (infinitive) chew

verb (infinitive) kiss

verb (infinitive) send

verb (infinitive) fear

verb (infinitive) break

verb (infinitive) thirsty, be

verb (infinitive) hungry, be

verb (infinitive) open

verb (infinitive) bury

verb (infinitive) know (facts)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

holes

tomorrow

twin

branches

pain

chicken eggs

seeds

lightning

eland

fire

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

numeral one

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun heart

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

son-in-law

noun head (anatomic)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

language

noun tree (not log)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun daughter

Speaker: Reggemore Marongedze

noun

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

phrase I arrived yesterday

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun feather (large, not down)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

seven

noun elephant, elephants

Excuse Me

ground

spear

numeral two

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

verb (imperative) burn, be hot

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

blind

adjective long (not ’wide’)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun hand

five

noun lion, lions

Speaker: Reggemore Marongedze

rope

thin

foot (not leg)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

urine

noun tooth (front, rather than molar)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

phrase What’s the matter?

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

pronoun all (of a number)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

waists