Shona Vocabulary
Click on letter: GT-Google Translate; GD-Google Define; H-Collins; L-Longman; M-Macmillan; O-Oxford; © or C-Cambridge

GT GD C H L M O
a

GT GD C H L M O
age /eɪdʒ/ = USER: zera, akwegura, kwezera, makore, Akura,

GT GD C H L M O
and /ænd/ = USER: uye, ezvo, ipapo, + uye,

GT GD C H L M O
be /biː/ = USER: kuva, agova, ave, chisina, achava,

GT GD C H L M O
birthday /ˈbɜːθ.deɪ/ = USER: bhavhdhe, bhavhudhe, Asi zuva rokuberekwa, Birthday, dzemazuva,

GT GD C H L M O
celebrate /ˈsel.ɪ.breɪt/ = USER: farira, aichengete, apemberere, dzipemberere,

GT GD C H L M O
day /deɪ/ = USER: zuva, iwoyo, kwezuva,

GT GD C H L M O
don /dɒn/ = USER: Don, Hama Don, kuti Don, achiteverwa naDon, Don ichiti,

GT GD C H L M O
for /fɔːr/ = USER: nokuti,

GT GD C H L M O
got /ɡɒt/ = USER: akamuka, akanzwisisa, akadzitora, akaburuka, akafumomuka,

GT GD C H L M O
happy /ˈhæp.i/ = USER: fara, achifara, aifara, ane mufaro,

GT GD C H L M O
hip /hɪp/ = USER: hudyu, pachidya chorudyi, pahudyu, chorudyi, muhudyu,

GT GD C H L M O
hold /həʊld/ = USER: bata, abate, batisisa, achidadira, Chinyarara,

GT GD C H L M O
hooray

GT GD C H L M O
horses /hɔːs/ = USER: mabhiza, amabhiza, dzakatasva mabhizha, dzemabhiza,

GT GD C H L M O
is /ɪz/ = USER: ndiko, ndizvo, ndiwo, ndiye, ndiyo,

GT GD C H L M O
laugh /lɑːf/ = USER: seka, achitiseka, munoseka, nokuseka,

GT GD C H L M O
many /ˈmen.i/ = USER: zhinji, akawanda, hwakawanda, kazhinji,

GT GD C H L M O
more /mɔːr/ = USER: zvimwe, zvakawanda, arambe, anodarika, dzakawanda,

GT GD C H L M O
not /nɒt/ = USER: kwete, arege, asingadi, asingagoni,

GT GD C H L M O
now /naʊ/ = USER: ikozvino, Asi zvino, iko zvino, ava,

GT GD C H L M O
of /əv/ = USER: pamusoro, pakati, dzose, chezvinhu, enyika,

GT GD C H L M O
one /wʌn/ = USER: Poshi, mumwe, chete, chimwe chete, imwe,

GT GD C H L M O
promise /ˈprɒm.ɪs/ = USER: chivimbiso, echivimbiso, chipikirwa chokuti, chipikirwa, chitsidzo,

GT GD C H L M O
returns /rɪˈtɜːn/ = USER: inodzoka, achidzoka, adzoka, akadzoka, achadzoka,

GT GD C H L M O
shy /ʃaɪ/ = USER: nyara, ainyara, ainyara chaizvo zvokuti, anonyara, achinyara,

GT GD C H L M O
so /səʊ/ = USER: saka, chaizvo,

GT GD C H L M O
stand /stænd/ = USER: mira, amire, chimbomira, dzinomira, abruptly,

GT GD C H L M O
t /tiː/ = USER: t, mubato, S,

GT GD C H L M O
tell /tel/ = USER: udza, akaudza, audze, kukuudza,

GT GD C H L M O
the

GT GD C H L M O
this /ðɪs/ = USER: ichi, aya, chino, huno, ava,

GT GD C H L M O
time /taɪm/ = USER: nguva, inguva, iyoyo, kare,

GT GD C H L M O
to

GT GD C H L M O
up /ʌp/ = USER: vakakwira, kumusoro, akakwira, akakwidza, akamuka,

GT GD C H L M O
us /ʌs/ = USER: isu, kuti, kutibatsira, kutipa, kuti tive,

GT GD C H L M O
ve /-v/ = USER: mashanu, vashanu,

GT GD C H L M O
we /wiː/ = USER: isu, chatinofanira, kwatinoita, hatina, takanga,

GT GD C H L M O
you /juː/ = USER: iwe, imi, here, imwi,

GT GD C H L M O
your /jɔːr/ = USER: dzako, wako, yenyu, kwenyu, enyu,

40 words