Shona English

dig

alone

sing

throw

give greetings

wet, become

see

push

tie

kiss

break

count

hunt

there

lung

cockroach

noun

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun spider

[LL] noun abandoned home

Example: outside Mt Darwin (IM)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

pond

crocodile

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun cloud (not fog), year

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

phrase I have never read that book

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

armpit

hat

noun

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

chicken

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

noun dog

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun louse

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

pronoun 1.sg I

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

this

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

drink

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

adjective (cl. 9) new

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

pronoun 2.sg you

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

ant hill

comb

phrase long ago

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

verb (infinitive) catch, hold

verb (infinitive) cook

verb (infinitive) bleed

verb (infinitive) want, need

verb (infinitive) eat

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb (infinitive) feed

verb (infinitive) return

verb (infinitve) become happy

verb (infinitive) wash clothes

verb (infinitive) do

verb (infinitive) snore

verb (infinitive) throw

verb (infinitive) smell

verb (infinitive) give

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb (infinitive) be blind

verb (infinitive) sleep

verb (infinitive) sharpen

verb (infinitive) bite

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

verb (infinitive) laugh

verb (infinitive) push

verb (infinitive) spit, salivate

verb (infinitive) play

verb (infinitive) sell

verb (infinitive) open

verb (infinitive) full

verb (infinitive) know (facts)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

verb (infinitive) give birth

verb (infinitive) swell

crabs

phrase (different from simple noun) good afternoon

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

verb owls

noun impala, impalas

buck

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun seed

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

pronoun 2.sg eland

full moon

hives

valleys

noun cow, cows, cattle

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

younger brother

noun hunter

Speaker: Reggemore Marongedze

noun daughter

Speaker: Reggemore Marongedze

and

phrase I love my country

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

yesterday

noun feather (large, not down)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun feather (large, not down)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

orphan

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

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

right

arm

noun brown-ness

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun tongue (anatomical)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun river, rivers

noun leaf (botanics)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

eyelash

children

adjective yellow (colour)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun breasts (female)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

hundred

summer (rainy season)

verb owl

sticks