Skip to content
  • Home
  • Stories
  • Tsumo
  • About us
  • Sponsors
  • Courses

Languages

  1. Home>
  2. Languages>
  3. Page 3

Still trying to figure out why they just won’t speak Shona? Well, picture this.

  • Post author:Dugrii
  • Post published:June 7, 2019
  • Post category:Languages/Shona Language
  • Post comments:0 Comments

They have no idea how to convey their thoughts in Shona I imagine the times I have tried to use Shona in phrasing a thought or feeling and just failed…

Continue ReadingStill trying to figure out why they just won’t speak Shona? Well, picture this.
Read more about the article Nyaudzosingwi| 70 ideophones starting with ‘a’ and ‘ba’

Nyaudzosingwi| 70 ideophones starting with ‘a’ and ‘ba’

  • Post author:Dugrii
  • Post published:November 12, 2016
  • Post category:Languages/Shona Language

An ideophone is a word that evokes an idea in sound, often a vivid expression of certain sensations or sensory perceptions e.g. sound, movement, colour, shape or action. Such words…

Continue ReadingNyaudzosingwi| 70 ideophones starting with ‘a’ and ‘ba’
  • Go to the previous page
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3

Recent Posts

  • Nyaudzosingwi| Many Shona words for 101 English verbs
  • Madimikira| 28 idioms from the 1968 novel ‘Tambaoga Mwanangu’
  • A Shona legend| The vaHera’s chief and a cave
  • Polygamy in traditional Shona society, as told in ‘Tambaoga Mwanangu’
  • 4 stories on ‘mutupo’ and modern society

Recent Comments

  1. Timothy Goicha on Mutupo| 6 interesting things you should know about Shona totems, praise names and poetry
  2. ZimbOriginal on Nyaudzosingwi| 70 ways to fall in Shona: Ideophones that describe falling (with examples)
  3. Angeline on Nyaudzosingwi| 70 ways to fall in Shona: Ideophones that describe falling (with examples)
  4. ZimbOriginal on Mutupo| 6 interesting things you should know about Shona totems, praise names and poetry
  5. ZimbOriginal on Traditional medicine| 50 plants to take you back to the basics of medicine and healing

Zimboriginal

A knowledge platform created to make a lasting and memorable difference for Zimbabwean heritage, people and communities.

Menu

  • Home
  • Stories
  • Tsumo
  • About us
  • Sponsors
  • Courses
Menu
  • Home
  • Stories
  • Tsumo
  • About us
  • Sponsors
  • Courses

Recent Stories

  • Nyaudzosingwi| Many Shona words for 101 English verbs
  • Madimikira| 28 idioms from the 1968 novel ‘Tambaoga Mwanangu’
  • A Shona legend| The vaHera's chief and a cave
  • Polygamy in traditional Shona society, as told in 'Tambaoga Mwanangu'
  • 4 stories on 'mutupo' and modern society

Search Stories