Shona-English dictionary

5000 Word Shona Dictionary

A great companion for Shona language learners, from beginner to intermediate level. Includes the most commonly used words in Shona today. You can view the PDF dictionary on your smartphone or your iPad (using the free iBooks app).

5000 Word Shona Dictionary

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5000 Word Shona Dictionary

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Key Features

  • Includes the most important words in Shona
  • Shona-English and English-Shona
  • Essential vocabulary marked in bold

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Online Shona dictionary

This Shona dictionary contains the 5000 most used words in Shona which are essential for day to day communication. Along with the meaning of the word, the dictionary will also provide usage examples.

imba
house
imba
a house
imba yake
her house
imba yedu
our house
imba
the house
Dzimba idzva
The houses are new
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About Shona

About Shona

Shona belongs to the Bantu language family. You'd like to improve your Shona vocabulary? Download our Shona PDF dictionary now and learn new Shona words today!

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Basic words and phrases in Shona

Learn to get by in Shona with these useful words and phrases. The phrases below will help you to greet people in Shona, introduce yourself in Shona and even hold a conversation in Shona after you have met someone.

Ndokuwona gare gare
See you later
Ndichakuona zvakare
See you again
Ndokuwona mangwana
See you tomorrow
Ndinokuwona manje manje
See you soon
Basic words and phrases in Shona
Masikati akanaka!
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imba

house

FlashCards! Shona

This is a really fun way to learn Shona. The learn Shona flashcard game includes 2000 of the most commonly used words in Shona today. The content in the Shona flashcards was compiled by teachers and language professionals.

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You can learn Shona in just 9 easy steps.

You can go from beginner to fluent in Shona in a short time and our nine-step Shona learning guide will show you how. We'll be talking about Shona greetings, nouns, adjectives and verbs. The guide provides an overview of each step in the progression of skills needed to learn to speak, read and understand Shona.

Shona learning guide : Step 9

In the previous steps, you learned about Shona greetings, Shona nouns, Shona adjectives and Shona verbs. In this step, we highlight the use of possessive pronouns in Shona. You'll learn phrases like imba yangu, bhuku rangu and tafura yangu (my house, my book, my table). You'll also learn imba yako, bhuku rako and tafura yako (your house, your book, your table). You'll see an easy to follow lesson which includes numerous useful examples in both Shona and English. To get started with step 1, simply click the 9-step speedometer symbol.

Listen and Learn Shona

Listen and Learn Shona

Start learning Shona today. Download the Shona-English audio files and learn while jogging, exercising, commuting, cooking or sleeping. The MP3 files can be copied to your smartphone or your iPad (via iTunes).

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