Shona English

dig

want

pull

walk

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

happy

breathe

bark (dog)

fast

understand

hard

hit

fight

watch

buy

cold (of weather)

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

phrase he broke his leg playing ball

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

mother

father

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

branch

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun phrase new book

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

brown

noun hole

noun

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

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

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

ghost

Goodbye

stick

waist

frog

nest

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

phrase the dam is full

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

adjective small

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun skin (person’s)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

crocodile

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun cloud (not fog), year

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

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

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

chicken

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

chief

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

adjective (cl. 9) new

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

phrase long ago

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

verb (infinitive) kick

verb (infinitive) help

verb (infinitive) pay

verb (infinitive) fly

burn

verb (infinitive) pull

verb (infinitive) fall

verb (infinitive) feel warmth

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb (infinitive) flow

verb (infinitive) sniff

verb (infinitive) sing

verb (infinitive) do

verb (infinitive) fry

verb (infinitive) stop

verb (infinitive) smell

verb (infinitive) separated, be

verb (infinitive) be blind

verb (infinitive) wipe

verb (infinitive) nurse

verb (infinitive) choose

verb (infinitive) watch

verb (infinitive) obey

verb (infinitive) find

verb (infinitive) open

verb (infinitive) bury

noun grease (fat, organic substance)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun jackals

phrase Tomorrow is today

Speaker: Reggemore Marongedze

north

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

money

noun (good) afternoon

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

phrase (different from simple noun) good afternoon

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

ants

verb owls

noun seed

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

eland

noun

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

old person

[LL] noun person (individual human)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

thorn

mouth, lip

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

son

phrase I was at the market

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

winter

fly

noun warthog

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun path (road, trail; not street)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

adjective long (not ’wide’)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun forest

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

why

maternal grandfather

noun bird

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

six

noun people

Speaker: Reggemore Marongedze

noun egg

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

egg

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

hundred

tooth (front, rather than molar)

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

proverb (tsumo) The tooth is a fool, it smiles even at one’s enemy. (Appearances can be deceiving.)

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

sticks