Shona English

help

feed

alone

bark (dog)

hide

throw

fast

wet, become

hot, be

be blind

swim

sew

cold (of weather)

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

turn

bury

boat

ghost

sky, heaven, roof

mud

name

noun skin (person’s)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

verb rat

noun cloud (not fog), year

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun cloud (not fog), year

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

dust

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

noun puddle

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

wind

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

phrase I have never read that book

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun guinea fowl, guinea fowls

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

armpit

word

noun insect or small wild animal

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

verb (infinitive) pay

verb (infinitive) fly

verb (infinitive) cut

verb (infinitive) flow

verb (infinitive) sit, live or dwell (somewhere), remain

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

verb (infinitive) put

be fast, hurry

verb (infinitive) smell

verb (infinitive) quiet, be

verb (infinitive) understand

verb (infinitive) freeze

verb (infinitive) see

verb (infinitive) enter

verb (infinitive) sharpen

verb (infinitive) choose

verb (infinitive) leave

verb (infinitive) push

verb (infinitive) receive

verb (infinitive) talk, speak, say

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb (infinitive) obey

verb (infinitive) turn

verb (infinitive) suck (breast)

verb (infinitive) swell

ducks

noun jackals

verb rats

net

twin

branches

vaginas

flowers

ants

phrase How have you spent your day?

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

thief

noun mouse, mice

bucks

wind, air

eland

elands

verb ostrich, ostriches

hives

noun cow, cows, cattle

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

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

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

rainbow

noun head (anatomic)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun water

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

beard

phrase I want to eat sadza

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

yesterday

noun feather (large, not down)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

fly

noun horn (of bull etc.)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

buffalo, buffaloes

noun star

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

pipe

noun blood

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

flower

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

salt

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

paternal grandfather

five

rope

six

proverb (tsumo) Signs are not the same as results

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

adjective red (colour)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun tooth (front, rather than molar)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun sun, day

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

thumbs

sticks