Shona English

pay

quiet, be

father

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

banana

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

fly

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

proverb (tsumo) What’s good is good — milk can’t be made into a ball. (You can never add anything to what is already perfect.)

noun

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

nest

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

noun circle

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

duck

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun cheetah, cheetahs

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

butterfly

noun crow

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

dust

phrase I have never read that book

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

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

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

phrase long ago

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

verb (infinitive) pay

verb (infinitive) fly

verb (infinitive) protect

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb (infinitive) flow

verb (infinitive) prepare for

verb (infinitive) prepared, be

verb (infinitive) snore

be fast, hurry

verb (infinitive) go to sleep

verb (infinitive) quiet, be

verb (infinitive) understand

verb (infinitive) sleep

verb (infinitive) obey

verb (infinitive) lie (on side, recline)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

verb (infinitive) lie (on side, recline)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

bananas

ducks

crabs

lungs

malaria

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

ants

noun

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

verb owls

hives

milk

hive

rainbow

proverb (tsumo) The son of a king loses his honour in a foreign land (literally becomes just a servant elsewhere)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

orphan

slow

story

proverb (tsumo) There is a special reason behind the death of an owl

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

ant

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

thin

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

phrase everything is fine

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa