Shona English

pay

tear

save

want

do

give greetings

good

wet, become

finish

sell

escape

frighten

close

mother

banana

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

fly

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

sweet

pronoun what?

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

chest

noun liver

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun spider

nest

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

noun cheetah, cheetahs

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

pond

fence

baboon

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

yes

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

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

noun louse

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

kidney(s)

word

verb (infinitive) cook

burn

verb (infinitive) dig

verb (infinitive) to eat

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

verb (infinitive) protect

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb (infinitive) try

verb (infinitive) breathe

verb phrase sit down

verb (infinitive) sit down

verb (infinitive) understand

verb (infinitive) freeze

where

verb (infinitive) dream

verb (infinitive) hit

verb (infinitive) squeeze

verb (infinitive) watch

verb (infinitive) sell

verb (infinitive) take

verb (infinitive) chew

verb (infinitive) poor, be

verb (infinitive) know (facts)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

verb (infinitive) know (facts)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

not

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

west

Dialect: Manyika loanwoard

noun grease (fat, organic substance)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun jackals

baboons

crows

puddles

phrase Tomorrow is today

Speaker: Reggemore Marongedze

caves

days

buck

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

wind, air

noun seed

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

verb ostrich, ostriches

noun heart

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

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

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

village

noun head (anatomic)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun neck (not nape)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

grandchild

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

adjective bride

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

smell

phrase I arrived yesterday

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun gold

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun feather (large, not down)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun feather (large, not down)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

slow

story

spear

flower

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

song

noun forest

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

salt

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

why

maternal grandfather

friend

three

father-in-law

sad

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

verb mosquitoes

intestines

noun people

Speaker: Reggemore Marongedze

noun hair (on head of humans)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

tooth (front, rather than molar)

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

noun tooth (front, rather than molar)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

phrase What’s the matter?

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa