Shona Vocabulary
Welcome to the 9th lesson about the Shona vocabulary. We're dedicating this page to the most important and most used words in Shona. For example: clothes, languages, countries, travel, survival words, class, and house components.
shirt hembe |
sweater juzi |
jacket bhachi |
coat chibhachi |
socks masokisi |
shoes bhutsu |
trousers tirauzi |
pajamas mapijama |
belt bande |
underwear nduwe |
hat heti |
skirt siketi |
The following words are related to languages and countries.
| Language - Shona - Country - Shona |
|---|
| Arabic chiarabhu |
| Morocco morocco |
| Chinese chichina |
| China china |
| English chirungu |
| England england |
| French chifrench |
| France france |
| German chigerman |
| Germany germany |
| Greek chigreek |
| Greece greece |
| Portuguese chiputukezi |
| Portugal portugal |
| Hindi chihindi |
| India india |
| Italian chiitaly |
| Italy italy |
| Japanese chijapanese |
| Japan japane |
| Russian chirussia |
| Russia russia |
| Spanish chispanish |
| Spain spain |
| Swedish chiswedish |
| Sweden sweden |
The following vocabulary is related to travel and survival.
| Travel - Shona |
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| airport nhandare yendege |
| doctor chiremba |
| airplane ndege |
| medicines mishonga |
| train chitima |
| pharmacy famasi |
| taxi tekisi |
| hospital chipatara |
| bus bhazi |
| ambulance amburenzi |
| car motokari |
| poison muchetura |
| ticket tiketi |
| help me ndibatsirewo |
| hotel hotera |
| danger njodzi |
| reservation kubhuka |
| accident tsaona |
| passport pasipoti |
| police mapurisa |
| luggage mikwende |
| headache kutemwa nomusoro |
| tourism kushanyirwa nevokunedzimwe nyika |
| stomach ache kurwadziwa nomudumbu |
The following list of words is related to a class environment and the components of a house.
| Class - Shona |
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| books mabhuku |
| toilet chimbudzi |
| pen chinyoreso |
| bed mubhedha |
| dictionary duramazwi |
| bedroom imba yokurara |
| library raibhurari |
| furniture fanicha |
| desk dhesiki |
| house imba |
| student mudzidzi |
| kitchen kicheni |
| teacher mudzidzisi |
| plate ndiro |
| chair cheya |
| refrigerator firiji |
| paper pepa |
| room imba |
| page peji |
| table tafura |
| pencil penzura |
| window hwindo |
| question mubvunzo |
| television terevhizheni |
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