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Shona Grammar
The Shona grammar allows you to manipulate the vocabulary to obtain multiple forms of a word. The grammatical rules below are the most important in Shona and help connect words or shape the structure. We start with the prepositions:
| And: uye | Under: pasi |
| Before: pamberi | After: pashure |
| Inside: mukati | Outside: panze |
| With: na | But: asi |
| For: nokuda | From: kubva |
| To: ku | In: mu |
Questions and Adverbs
To ask questions, use the following:
| What?: chii? | Who?: ani? |
| How?: sei? | Why?: nei? |
| Where?: kupi? |
Some of the most important time adverbs:
| Never: zvachose | Rarely: kashoma |
| Sometimes: dzimwe nguva | Usually: kakawanda |
| Always: nguva dzose | Very: chaizvo |
Most commonly used pronouns in Shona:
| I: ini | You: iwe |
| He: iye | She: iye |
| We: isu | They: ivo |
To express the possession of something [possessive form]:
| My: chake | Your: chako |
| His: chake | Her: chake |
| Our: chedu | Their: chavo |
Grammar in a sentence
Some random verbs to show how it's being used:
| I speak English: ndinotaura chirungu |
| You speak French: unotaura chifrench |
| He speaks German: anotaura chigerman |
| She speaks Italian: anotaura chiitaly |
| I visited France: ndakashanyira france |
| I will drink milk: ndichanwa mukaka |
Some extra grammatical structures:
| I understand you: ndinokunzwisisa |
| I don't understand you: handisi kukunzwisisa |
| I don't speak French: handitauri chifrench |
| This is my house: iyi ndiyo imba yangu |
| That restaurant is far: restorendi iyo haisi kure |
| No problem: hapana chinetso |
The above Shona grammar can provide tools to use in coordination with the Shona vocabulary to obtain some popular Shona phrases.
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Did you know? Grammar can help you increase your vocabulary dramatically. Grammar is like a tool which helps you manipulate words in a sentence by changing the shape and location of a word to create something new out of the old one. |