Mwene se
Mwene se kana mwene so (same, alike) kureva sokunge kana kufanana ne.
Kurerutsa Mutauro[chinjirudza | chinjirudza mabviro]
- kwindingwi (ideophone of Being overcast).
- Ona rima kuti kwindingwi mwene sokuchanaya: see how overcast it is as though it were going to rain.
- Bere rakazvipfekedza mwene sehwai kuti ridziembere: the hyena disguised itself as a sheep in order to spy on them.
Mitauro yeBantu[chinjirudza | chinjirudza mabviro]
- VaBukusu vanoti omweene (adj. self, owner, same). Mamwe mazwi: bubweene (n. same). Umbundu vanoti mwene (same).
- VaZigula vanoti sawa (same). Sokuti Galamu zino ni sawa. - These pens are the same (in length).
- VaZigula vanoti Wana wano wafanana; ni wamwenga (These kids look alike; they're the same).
- Sagalla vanoti mundu mwen (adj. the man himself). Mamwe mazwi: wandu wen (the men themselves). Kituli chen (the mortar itself).