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Lesson 6 of 10
Cafe and restaurant in Shona
A table, the menu, what you cannot eat, and a compliment to the kitchen. Play the ten Shona words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Shona phrases in this lesson
- Tafura yevanhu vaviritah-FOO-rah yeh-VAH-nhoo vah-VEE-ree
- A table for two
- Menyu, ndapotaMEH-nyoo, n-dah-POH-tah
- The menu, please
- Chii chakanaka?CHEE chah-kah-NAH-kah
- What do you recommend?
- Handidye...hahn-DEE-dyeh
- I don't eat...
- Ndine allergy ne...n-DEE-neh A-ler-jee neh
- I'm allergic to...
- NyamaNYAH-mah
- Meat
- HukuHOO-koo
- Chicken
- HoveHOH-veh
- Fish
- Zvinonakazvee-noh-NAH-kah
- It's delicious
- Cheerscheerz
- Cheers
Literally "what is good?". Sadza, stiff maize porridge, comes with every meal.
The English word is used.
Kapenta, tiny dried fish from Lake Kariba, is a staple.
Said in English.