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Shona Vocabulary - Count to 10

Welcome to the Shona Vocabulary - Count to 10 lesson. This lesson will teach you the basics of counting in Shona. Please feel free to edit this wiki page if you think it can be improved. 😎

Main Words

Here are some basic words and phrases in Shona.

Word in Shona	Pronunciation	English Translation
munhu	mu-nhu	person
makumi mana	ma-ku-mi ma-na	ten
makumi maviri	ma-ku-mi ma-vi-ri	twenty
makumi matatu	ma-ku-mi ma-ta-tu	thirty
makumi mana nemaviri	ma-ku-mi ma-na ne-ma-vi-ri	forty
makumi mana nematatu	ma-ku-mi ma-na ne-ma-ta-tu	fifty
makumi mana nenhatu	ma-ku-mi ma-na ne-nha-tu	sixty
makumi mana nenhanhatu	ma-ku-mi ma-na ne-nha-nha-tu	seventy
makumi mana nenhanerimwe	ma-ku-mi ma-na ne-nha-ne-ri-mwe	eighty
makumi mana nenhanerimwe nemaviri	ma-ku-mi ma-na ne-nha-ne-ri-mwe ne-ma-vi-ri	ninety
makumi mana nenhanerimwe nematatu	ma-ku-mi ma-na ne-nha-ne-ri-mwe ne-ma-ta-tu	one hundred

Useful Phrases

Here are some useful phrases in Shona:

• Ndiri makumi mana. (ndi-ri ma-ku-mi ma-na) – I am ten.
• Ndiri makumi maviri. (ndi-ri ma-ku-mi ma-vi-ri) – I am twenty.
• Ndiri makumi matatu. (ndi-ri ma-ku-mi ma-ta-tu) – I am thirty.
• Ndiri makumi mana nemaviri. (ndi-ri ma-ku-mi ma-na ne-ma-vi-ri) – I am forty.
• Ndiri makumi mana nematatu. (ndi-ri ma-ku-mi ma-na ne-ma-ta-tu) – I am fifty.
• Ndiri makumi mana nenhatu. (ndi-ri ma-ku-mi ma-na ne-nha-tu) – I am sixty.
• Ndiri makumi mana nenhanhatu. (ndi-ri ma-ku-mi ma-na ne-nha-nha-tu) – I am seventy.
• Ndiri makumi mana nenhanerimwe. (ndi-ri ma-ku-mi ma-na ne-nha-ne-ri-mwe) – I am eighty.
• Ndiri makumi mana nenhanerimwe nemaviri. (ndi-ri ma-ku-mi ma-na ne-nha-ne-ri-mwe ne-ma-vi-ri) – I am ninety.
• Ndiri makumi mana nenhanerimwe nematatu. (ndi-ri ma-ku-mi ma-na ne-nha-ne-ri-mwe ne-ma-ta-tu) – I am one hundred.

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