Lesson 005 - Common Shona Phrases

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Visit www.kudzai.net for more 2 Easy Sentances with Common Phrases That girl is walking to the market - Musikana uyo arikufamba ku Musika. Musikana - Girl. And also, if you prefer to make the sentance about a boy, you say “Mukomana.” Mukomana means boy. Uyo - That one. Musikana Uyo. That Girl. Mukomana uyo. That boy. Arikufamba - Is walking. Ari is a way to say “is” when referring to a person. Remember the word “famba” means “walk”. Ari ku famba. Arikufamba means Is walking. Musikana uyo Arikufamba. That girl is walking. Mukomana uyo arikufamba. That boy is walking. Ku musika - to the Market. Musika means market. Let’s go and talk to her - Ngatiende kuno taura naye Ngatiende- Ngati means “Let us.” Its used to invite someone to do something with you. Let’s walk - Ngati fambe. Let’s climb - Ngati kwire. Let’s eat - Ngadidye. So Ngatiende means Let’s go. Remember “enda” means go. So when saying to someone let’s go, you say Ngatiende. Kuno - Means “to go and do something”. For example: To go and walk - Kuno famba. To go and climb - Kuno kwira. To go and eat - Kunodya. Its very easy to see the many patterns in Shona, that make the language so easy to learn and understand. Lets continue. Taura - Taura means talk. Taura. Talk. Naye - With her (or with him). Naye. Can you guess what these phrases mean? Famba Naye - Walk with her. Kwira Naye - Climb with her. Idya naye - Eat with her.