Shona English

tear

want

return

feed

fry

understand

finish

hit

choose

buy

frighten

open

pronoun who?

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

there

knife

shoulder

south

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

finger, thumb, toe

cough

proverb (tsumo) The cow-hide eating expert was choked by a calf’s hide.

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

noun liver

frog

noun circle

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

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

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun lizard

green (colour)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

elbow

noun mountain (not hill)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

ten

adjective baby

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

pronoun this

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

adjective (cl. 9) new

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun tortoise

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun insect or small wild animal

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

verb (infinitive) catch, hold

verb (infinitive) help

verb (infinitive) cut

verb (infinitive) cry

verb (infinitive) eat

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb (infinitive) try

verb (infinitive) grind

verb (infinitive) put

verb (infinitive) run

verb (infinitive) quiet, be

verb (infinitive) become hard or dry (substance)

verb (infinitive) answer

verb (infinitive) sleep

verb (infinitive) ill, become

verb (infinitive) raise

verb (infinitive) stand

verb (infinitive) escape

verb (infinitive) be cold (of weather)

verb (infinitive) count

verb (infinitive) close

branches

malaria

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun (good) afternoon

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun (good) afternoon

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

nests

deaf

noun impala, impalas

wind, air

valleys

fire

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

noun heart

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

elderly

[LL] noun person (individual human)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

younger brother

thorn

valley

girl

language

noun neck (not nape)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun hunter

Speaker: Reggemore Marongedze

noun water

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

and

beard

noun pig, pigs

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun feather (large, not down)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun flesh (meat)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

pipe

spear

death

noun tongue (anatomical)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

week

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

ant

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

rope

six

vein, veins

adjective red (colour)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun giraffe, giraffes

verb mosquitoes

phrase where are you going?

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

phrase What are you afraid of?

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun hair (on head of humans)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun eye

name

pronoun all (of a number)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

waists