Shona English

hold

pay

verb, intransitive cook

save

pull

verb try

breathe

bark (dog)

bad

comb

hit

swim

watch

cold (of weather)

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

bury

born, be

father

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun cave

lung

branch

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

vagina

brown

noun knee

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

proverb (tsumo) What’s good is good — milk can’t be made into a ball. (You can never add anything to what is already perfect.)

verb rhinoceros

chin

noun liver

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun liver

rock

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

garden

noun jackal

dust

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

adjective big

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun fish

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

four

this

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

chief

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

that

noun sand (opposite to following)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb (infinitive) catch, hold

verb (infinitive) ask

verb (infinitive) pull

verb (infinitive) die

verb (infinitive) blow

verb phrase sit down

verb (infinitive) wash clothes

verb (infinitive) hide

verb (infinitive) do

verb (infinitive) throw

verb (infinitive) hear

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb (infinitive) become hard or dry (substance)

verb (infinitive) freeze

verb (infinitive) separated, be

far

verb (infinitive) squeeze

verb (infinitive) chew

verb (infinitive) burn

verb (infinitive) gather

verb (infinitive) hungry, be

adverb not

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun grease (fat, organic substance)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

crabs

diarrhea

money

pain

noun leopard, leopards

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

enemy

Speaker: Reggemore Marongedze

noun impala, impalas

bucks

buck

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun seed

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

full moon

noun

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

son-in-law

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

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

valley

farmer

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun head (anatomic)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun neck (not nape)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun water

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

son

month

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

phrase I want to eat sadza

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

because

today

noun flesh (meat)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

buffalo, buffaloes

near

right

noun hand

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun brown-ness

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

maternal grandfather

friend

noun python, pythons

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

adjective red (colour)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

adjective red (colour)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun insects

summer (rainy season)

sticks

waists