Shona English

save

do

give greetings

understand

finish

buy

escape

phrase he broke his leg playing ball

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

lung

basket

south

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

pronoun what?

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

verb rhinoceros

noun liver

waist

sky, heaven, roof

noun cheetah, cheetahs

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

rock

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

crab

noun worm

baboon

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

ten

dust

noun fish

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

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

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

four

this

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

adjective (cl. 9) new

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun earth (soil)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun sand

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun full moon

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb (infinitive) to eat

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

verb (infinitive) try

verb (infinitive) wash hands

verb (infinitive) sneeze

verb (infinitive) do

verb (infinitive) throw

verb (infinitive) go to sleep

verb (infinitive) drink

verb (infinitive) lie (tell untruth)

verb (infinitive) understand

verb (infinitive) see

verb (infinitive) wipe

verb (infinitive) fight

verb (infinitive) tie

verb (infinitive) watch

verb (infinitive) talk, speak, say

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb (infinitive) send

verb (infinitive) gather

verb (infinitive) close

holes

crabs

crocodiles

noun jackals

cockroaches

ants

teeth

noun zebra

hives

bulls

valleys

noun cow, cows, cattle

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

numeral one

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

fruit

milk

female

male

younger sister

phrase How are you? (literal: Are you happy?)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun man (adult male human)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

back

tears

noun tail

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

neck (not nape)

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

noun water

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun hippopotamus, hippopotamuses

month

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

phrase I accompanied my child to school

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

Thank You

noun kudu, kudus

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun flesh (meat)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun horn (of bull etc.)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

buffalo, buffaloes

noun path (road, trail; not street)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

proverb (tsumo) An elephant never finds its own tusks heavy.

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

Excuse Me

ground

spear

blind

arm

friend

week

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

proverb (tsumo) Signs are not the same as results

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

adjective red (colour)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun insects

noun breasts (female)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

summer (rainy season)

noun eye

ankle

name