Shona Nouns

Welcome to the third Shona lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Shona to help you practice your daily phrases.

potatoes mbatatisi

tomatoes matomati

onions hanyanisi

carrots karotsi

fruits michero

apples maapuro

bananas mabhanana

oranges maorenji

Nouns Grammar Rules

In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.

The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.

bread chingwa

milk mukaka

butter bhata

cheese chizi

coffee kofi

sandwich sangweji

meat nyama

chicken huku

fish hove

breakfast kudya kwemangwanani

lunch kudya kwemasikati

dinner kudya kwemanheru

Conversation in Shona

Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.

I hope you enjoyed this lesson about the nouns in Shona. If you have any question about this lesson please contact me here. Now check the next lesson below.

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