Shona
Directions
Giving directions
Vocabulary (Note that this is way too much vocabulary for basic study, and you might have to focus on some at first)
- Nzira – way/directions
- Mawodzanyemba – North
- Mabvazuva – East
- Chamhembe – South
- Madokero/Mavirira – West
- Pamusoroi – excuse me
- rudyi – right
- ruboshwe – left
- torai ruboshwe – turn left
- torai rudyi – turn right
- enda – go
- gara – stay
- tora – take
- tevera – follow
- mberi – front
- shure – back
- kumberi – straight ahead
- kumusoro – up
- kuzasi – down
- kwidza – uphill
- dzika – downhill
- Ndinofamba sei kuenda kuchiteshi chechitima? How do I get to the train station?
- Ndinofamba sei kuenda kuchiteshi chemabhazi? How do I get to the bus station?
- Ndinofamba sei kuenda kunhandare yendege? How do I get to the airport?
- makombi – taxis
- hotera – hotel
- Ndekupi kwakawanda mahotera? where there are lots of hotels?
- marestorendi – restaurants
- mabhawa – bars
- mugwagwa – street/road (nzira)
- panosangana migwagwa – intersection
- makananga kuhotera – towards the hotel
- pfura pachikoro – past the school
- musati masvika pachipatara – past the hospital
Scenario: Your Zimbabwean friend is giving you directions how to get from the Robert Mugabe International Airport, Harare to Holiday Inn, Harare (see map below). You are planning a trip to Zimbabwe and intend to hire a car at the airport. You will need vocabulary 4+5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 30.
- Kubva kunhandare yendege, enda chamhembe mabvazuva (from the airport, turn southeast)
- Gara ruboshwe (keep left)
- Enda kumberi (continue straight)
- Tora mugwagwa Benghazi, mugwagwa Malta kumugwagwa Chiremba (take Benghazi Road, Malta Road to Chiremba Road)
- Tevera mugwagwa Robert Mugabe, mugwagwa Nelson Mandera, kumugwagwa Fifth. (Follow Robert Mugabe Road, Nelson Mandera Avenue, to Fifth Street.)
- Hotera ya Holiday Inn iri kurudyi rwako (Holiday Inn is on your left)
