Shona English

dig

bark (dog)

sing

do

give greetings

hard

hot, be

dream

hit

spit

sell

kiss

frighten

come

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

proverb (tsumo) Pools have become shallow crossings.

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

basket

noun phrase new book

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

brown

noun bone

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

phrase the dam is full

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

true (not false)

noun lizard

butterfly

buttocks

green (colour)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

elbow

eagle

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

phrase I have never read that book

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

adjective big

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

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

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

noun smoke (of fire)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun knee

adjective (cl. 9) new

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

word

noun insect or small wild animal

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

verb (infinitive) fly

burn

verb (infinitive) undress

verb (infinitive) cut

verb (infinitive) pull

verb (infinitive) feel warmth

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb (infinitive) go

verb (infinitive) make, prepare

verb (infinitive) prepared, be

verb (infinitive) wash clothes

verb (infinitive) sneeze

verb (infinitive) throw

verb (infinitive) give greetings

verb (infinitive) scratch

rain

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

verb (infinitive) to hear

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

verb (infinitive) understand

verb (infinitive) answer

verb (infinitive) dream

verb (infinitive) leave

verb (infinitive) play

verb (infinitive) begin

verb (infinitive) buy

verb (infinitive) be cold (of weather)

verb (infinitive) hidden, be

verb (infinitive) close

verb (infinitive) know (facts)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb (infinitive) lie (on side, recline)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb (infinitive) wash self

not

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun grease (fat, organic substance)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

mountains

net

lungs

branches

saliva

rib

enemy

Speaker: Reggemore Marongedze

eland

elands

noun cow, cows, cattle

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

adjective boy

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

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

rainbow

village

noun tail

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun hunter

Speaker: Reggemore Marongedze

Please

noun feather (large, not down)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun star

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

ground

nine

when

noun tongue (anatomical)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

how

why

noun python, pythons

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun monkey, monkeys

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

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

intestines

phrase what are you doing? (informal)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

egg

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

noun tooth (front, rather than molar)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

ankle

now