Shona English

verb, transitive cut

want

alone

hide

another

quiet, be

dry (substance)

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

finish

push

break

open

noun hyena

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

blue

noun hole

sweet

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

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

adjective small

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

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

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb (stem) die

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

crocodile

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

depression in rock

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun puddle

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

throat

noun stone

ant hill

noun insect or small wild animal

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

verb (infinitive) undress

verb (infinitive) cut

verb (infinitive) drunk, get

verb (infinitive) to eat

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

verb (infinitive) go

verb (infinitive) walk

verb phrase sit down

verb (infinitive) bark (dog)

verb (infinitive) do

verb (infinitive) comb

verb (infinitive) run

verb (infinitive) enter

verb (infinitive) answer

verb (infinitive) be hot, set on fire

verb (infinitive) be blind

verb (infinitive) dream

verb (infinitive) swim

verb (infinitive) obey

verb (infinitive) kiss

verb (infinitive) break

verb (infinitive) gather

verb (infinitive) killed, be

verb (infinitive) poor, be

verb (infinitive) bury

verb (infinitive) recognize

not

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

crocodiles

noun jackals

mountains

verb rats

diarrhea

ants

rib

elands

valleys

fruit

hive

noun

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

son-in-law

[LL] noun person (individual human)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

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

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

farmer

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun head (anatomic)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun head (anatomic)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

language

noun neck (not nape)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

grandchild

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

month

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

phrase I arrived yesterday

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun gold

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun kudu, kudus

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

slow

noun sea, lake; seas, lakes

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun path (road, trail; not street)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

adjective long (not ’wide’)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun hand

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun tongue (anatomical)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

flower

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

proverb (tsumo) It’s when you are about to give up that you get a breakthrough

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

friend

little

verb (imperative) say

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

vein, veins

noun foot (not leg)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

red (colour)

intestines

phrase what are you doing? (informal)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun people

Speaker: Reggemore Marongedze

noun hair (on head of humans)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun breasts (female)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun tooth (front, rather than molar)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

now

phrase everything is fine

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa