Kikwaya

Jita mutauro unotaurwa kuTanzania.

Mazwi Anotodza Shona

• Kwaya inoti abhaana (n. children) kureva vana.
• Kwaya inoti rumwi (adj. one) kureva chimwechete.
• Kwaya inoti omugasi (n. woman) kureva mukadzi.
• Kwaya inoti eriino (n. tooth) kureva zino.
• Kwaya inoti raata (n. father) kureva baba. Fananidzai nokuti tate kana tata?
• Kwaya inoti okubhoko (n. hand) kureva ruoko.
• Kwaya inoti omusi (n. city) kureva guta. Fananidzai nokuti mudzi?
• Kwaya inoti bhari (they are) kureva vari.
• Kwaya inoti bhaambire (they started (long ago)) kureva vakavamba.
• Kwaya inoti okubhwirwa (to be told) kureva kuudzwa. Mamwe mazwi: okubhwirira (to tell) kureva kuudza

Mamwe Mashoko

• Kwaya inoti okureebha (v. to herd) kureva kufudza zvipfuyo.
• Kwaya inoti rusuku (n. day) kureva musi.
• Kwaya inoti waarukwere (n. frog) kureva datya.
• Kwaya inoti obhuraka (n. voice) kureva izwi.
• Kwaya inoti kumwaro (n. lake) kureva dziva.
• Kwaya inoti -ringa (how many) kureva ngani. Rinoshanduka maringe nemupanda wezita, sokuti bharinga, bhuringa, eringa, garinga.
• Kwaya inoti rora (v. see) kureva [[]]. Vanoti bharorere (they saw) kureva vakaona.
• Kwaya inoti okukora (v. to do) kureva kuita. Vanoti okukoreka (to be done) kureva zvaitika.
• Kwaya inoti okuraasha (v. to preach) kureva kuparidza.
• Kwaya inoti okufumbika (v. to be turned upside down) kureva kupidigura.

Nhamba

Kutaurwa kwehuwandu nenhamba kunoshanduka zvichienderana namupanda wezita riri kutaurwa nezvaro.

• Kwaya inoti imwi, bumwi, rumwi, gumwi, kimwi, kumwi (adj. one) kureva imwe.
• Kwaya inoti bhabhiri, ebiri, bhibhiri, gabhiri (adj. two) kureva mbiri.
• Kwaya inoti bhasatu, esatu, gasatu, bhisatu (adj. three) kureva nhatu.
• Kwaya inoti bhana, ena, gana, bhina (adj. four) kureva ina.
• Kwaya inoti bhataanu, etaanu, bhitaanu, gataanu (adj. five) kureva shanu.
• Kwaya inoti ekumi (adj. ten) kureva gumi.