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Lesson 4 of 10

Counting to ten in Shona

One to ten, for prices, platforms, rooms and how many beers. 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.

Mbare market in Harare, Zimbabwe
Counting to ten
10 words · 20 seconds each · 8 of 10 to pass
What it meansHow to say it
Shack Dwellers International, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

All 10 Shona phrases in this lesson

PoshiPOH-shee
One
PiriPEE-ree
Two
TatuTAH-too
Three
InaEE-nah
Four
ShanuSHAH-noo
Five
Tanhatutah-NHAH-too
Six
NomweNOHM-weh
Seven
SereSEH-reh
Eight
Pfumbamwepfoom-BAHM-weh
Nine
GumiGOO-mee
Ten

Where Shona is spoken

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