Shona
Weather
Weather and Environment
Vocabulary
- weather
- zuva – sun
- mushana – sunshine
- kune zuva – it is sunny
- mhepo – wind
- kune mhepo – it is windy
- kupisa – hot
- kuri kupisa – it is hot
- kutonhora – cold
- kuri kutonhora – It is cold
- kudziya – warm
- gore/makore – cloud(s)
- mvura – rain
- kunaya – rainy
- zhizha – summer
- matsutso – fall
- chando – winter
- chirimo – spring
- Environment
- gomo/makomo – mountain/s
- muti/miti – tree/s
- rwizi/nzisi – river/s
- sango/masango – forest/s
Scenario: We will be in Zimbabwe for a week and my Shona friend gave me the following table that shows the weather for the week from Monday to Sunday. I used it to prepare my wardrobe for the week.
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Zhuva revhiki (day of the week) |
Mamiriro ekunze (the weather) |
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Muvhuro (Monday) |
Kuchatonhora – it will be cold |
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Chipiri (Tuesday) |
Kuchanaya (it will rain) |
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Chitatu (Wednesday) |
Kuchava nezuva (it will be sunny) |
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China (Thursday) |
Kuchapisa (it will be hot) |
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Chishanu (Friday) |
Kuchava nemhepo (it will be windy) |
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Mugovera (Saturday) |
Kuchange kuine makore (it will be cloudy) |
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Svondo (Sunday) |
Kuchadziya (it will be warm) |
