Shona English

kick

verb, intransitive cry

save

pull

hit

laugh

yawn

sew

frighten

come

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

count

mother

father

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

chin

Goodbye

noun circle

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

mud

noun lizard

fence

noun mountain (not hill)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun cloud (not fog), year

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun crow

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

adjective baby

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun puddle

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

wind

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

phrase I have never read that book

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun brother or sister (of the opposite sex)

noun grass

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun knee

proverb (tsumo) An old dog knows where to bite (There is no substitute for experience)

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

noun louse

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

that

word

verb (infinitive) cook

verb (infinitive) want, need

verb (infinitive) fall

verb (infinitive) feel warmth

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb (infinitive) try

verb (infinitive) go

verb (infinitive) sing

verb (infinitive) give greetings

verb (infinitive) run

verb (infinitive) be good

rain

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

verb (infinitive) to hear

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

verb (infinitive) see

verb (infinitive) give

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb (infinitive) split

verb (infinitive) separated, be

verb (infinitive) answer

verb (infinitive) ill, become

verb (infinitive) yawn

verb (infinitive) leave

verb (infinitive) sew

verb (infinitive) obey

verb (infinitive) recognize

holes

eagles

years

Dialect: English loanword

crows

phrase Tomorrow is today

Speaker: Reggemore Marongedze

vaginas

cockroaches

malaria

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

money

phrase (different from simple noun) good afternoon

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

chicken eggs

elands

thorns

trees

noun cow, cows, cattle

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun woman

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

son-in-law

girl

noun tree (not log)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun hunter

Speaker: Reggemore Marongedze

grandchild

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun water

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

son

adjective bride

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

phrase I arrived yesterday

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun feather (large, not down)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun warthog

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun horn (of bull etc.)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

near

spear

when

left

death

noun brown-ness

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

why

week

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

six

father-in-law

proverb (tsumo) Signs are not the same as results

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

grass

noun breasts (female)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

phrase What’s the matter?

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

sticks