Shona English

help

hard

see

hot, be

all

sell

take

turn

bury

proverb (tsumo) Pools have become shallow crossings.

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun knee

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

proverb (tsumo) What’s good is good — milk can’t be made into a ball. (You can never add anything to what is already perfect.)

sweet

boat

noun liver

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun liver

noun circle

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

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

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

pond

name

crocodile

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun mountain (not hill)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun cloud (not fog), year

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

baboon

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

ten

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

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

noun smoke (of fire)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

word

verb (infinitive) help

verb (infinitive) pay

verb (infinitive) undress

verb (infinitive) dig

verb (infinitive) pull

verb (infinitive) return

verb (infinitive) flow

verb (infinitive) wash hair

verb (infinitive) throw

verb (infinitive) fry

verb (infinitive) run

rain

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

verb (infinitive) drink

verb (infinitive) quiet, be

verb (infinitive) lie (tell untruth)

verb (infinitive) separated, be

verb (infinitive) sleep

verb (infinitive) throw away

verb (infinitive) ill, become

verb (infinitive) choose

verb (infinitive) tie

verb (infinitive) take

verb (infinitive) burn

verb (infinitive) killed, be

verb (infinitive) close

verb (infinitive) open

not

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

cocks

crabs

north

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

caves

lungs

vaginas

noun dawn

stones

noun zebra

thorns

hive

bull

[LL] noun person (individual human)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

younger sister

mouth, lip

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

noun man (adult male human)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

girl

tears

noun neck (not nape)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun hippopotamus, hippopotamuses

phrase I was at the market

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

Thank You

beard

phrase I want to eat sadza

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

because

winter

noun feather (large, not down)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

buffalo, buffaloes

story

bee

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun claw, claws

near

here

noun tongue (anatomical)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

sick

eight

phrase what is your name? (informal, fast speech)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

intestines

phrase what are you doing? (informal)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

grass

children

noun hair (on head of humans)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun tooth (front, rather than molar)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun tooth (front, rather than molar)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun eye