Shona English

tear

hot, be

throw away

sew

watch

come

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

hunt

noun cave

banana

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

basket

brown

fist

verb rhinoceros

ghost

waist

nest

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

adjective small

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun cheetah, cheetahs

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

rock

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

mud

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

young

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

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun lizard

fence

green (colour)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

elbow

verb rat

ten

depression in rock

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

wind

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

honey

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

pronoun this

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun louse

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

pronoun 1.sg I

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun earth (soil)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

word

phrase long ago

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

verb (infinitive) kick

verb (infinitive) catch, hold

burn

verb (infinitive) pass the night

verb (infinitive) fall

verb (infinitive) comb

verb (infinitive) finish

verb (infinitive) enter

verb (infinitive) answer

verb (infinitive) ill, become

verb (infinitive) yawn

verb (infinitive) stand

verb (infinitive) receive

verb (infinitive) obey

verb (infinitive) buy

verb (infinitive) hungry, be

verb (infinitive) close

verb (infinitive) wash self

verb (infinitive) pregnant, be

adverb not

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

puddles

tomorrow

diarrhea

noun (good) afternoon

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

ants

deaf

seeds

noun zebra

noun woman

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

thorn

noun tail

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun water

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

Thank You

phrase I want to eat sadza

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

winter

noun horn (of bull etc.)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun horn (of bull etc.)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun sea, lake; seas, lakes

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun claw, claws

near

right

death

noun hand

noun brown-ness

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

flower

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

salt

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

friend

dirty

rope

three

adjective red (colour)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun giraffe, giraffes

phrase what is your name? (informal, fast speech)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun people

Speaker: Reggemore Marongedze

noun hair (on head of humans)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun hair (on head of humans)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun egg

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

phrase What’s the matter?

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

thumbs

now

phrase everything is fine

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa