Shona English

kick

verb, intransitive cook

want

fall

feed

throw

quiet, be

hard

see

verb enter

be blind

fight

all

swim

spit

buy

escape

take

knife

bag

boat

noun

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

thousand

noun lizard

pond

elbow

noun worm

verb rat

depression in rock

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun brother or sister (of the opposite sex)

noun grass

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun smoke (of fire)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

pronoun this

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

ant hill

noun tortoise

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

phrase long ago

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

verb (infinitive) stab

burn

verb (infinitive) save (money)

verb (infinitive) pull

verb (infinitive) feed

verb (infinitive) protect

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb (infinitive) go

verb (infinitive) think

verb (infinitive) make, prepare

verb phrase sit down

verb (infinitive) put

verb (infinitive) comb

verb (infinitive) scratch

verb (infinitive) see

verb (infinitive) to give

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

verb (infinitive) wipe

verb (infinitive) sleep

verb (infinitive) bite

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

verb (infinitive) raise

verb (infinitive) be cold (of weather)

verb (infinitive) hungry, be

verb (infinitive) know (facts)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

east

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

ant hills

noun jackals

phrase (different from simple noun) good afternoon

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

chicken eggs

noun mouse, mice

eland

verb ostrich, ostriches

full moon

noun root (botanics)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

milk

bull

[LL] noun person (individual human)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

younger brother

noun man (adult male human)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

tears

smell

phrase I accompanied my child to school

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

winter

noun horn (of bull etc.)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

buffalo, buffaloes

bees

noun ear

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

proverb (tsumo) An elephant never finds its own tusks heavy.

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

numeral two

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

when

death

noun hand

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun tongue (anatomical)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

why

paternal grandfather

verb (imperative) say

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

sad

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

children

noun people

Speaker: Reggemore Marongedze

noun hair (on head of humans)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

egg

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

noun breasts (female)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

summer (rainy season)

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

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

verb owl