Shona English

want

feed

bad

throw

finish

hit

yawn

take

open

born, be

there

cockroach

fly

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

boat

cough

noun spider

nest

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

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

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb (stem) die

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

crocodile

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun jackal

noun worm

adjective big

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

yes

proverb (tsumo) The expert tree climber will be made to fall by a twig.

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

throat

house

adjective (cl. 9) new

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun earth (soil)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

verb (infinitive) stab

verb (infinitive) fly

verb (infinitive) cut

verb (infinitive) perspire

verb (infinitive) die

verb (infinitive) walk

verb (infinitive) sit down

verb (infinitive) grind

verb (infinitive) wash hands

verb (infinitive) wash hair

verb (infinitive) bark (dog)

verb (infinitive) sing

verb (infinitive) be good

verb (infinitive) to hear

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

verb (infinitive) give

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb (infinitive) throw away

verb (infinitive) play

verb (infinitive) talk, speak, say

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb (infinitive) buy

verb (infinitive) sell

verb (infinitive) lie (on side, recline)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

verb (infinitive) born, be

verb (infinitive) pregnant, be

ponds

noun grease (fat, organic substance)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

crocodiles

net

pain

ants

teeth

noun mouse, mice

noun mosquito

noun root (botanics)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

priest

elderly

farmer

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

mouth, lip

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

tears

noun tail

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

son

beard

phrase I love my country

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

winter

noun feather (large, not down)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun feather (large, not down)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun warthog

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun horn (of bull etc.)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

verb snake

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

Excuse Me

nine

adjective long (not ’wide’)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

proverb (tsumo) Experience is the best teacher

death

noun hand

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

song

five

noun monkey, monkeys

little

verb (imperative) say

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

red (colour)

adjective red (colour)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

intestines

noun hair (on head of humans)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

urine

noun breasts (female)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

many

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun tooth (front, rather than molar)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun tooth (front, rather than molar)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun sun, day

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

thumbs