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Author: Aquilina Mawadza
Publisher:
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780781808132
DOWNLOAD EBOOKShona, a Bantu language, is spoken in Zimbabwe and Mozambique by 8 million people. This dictionary and phrasebook features the ChiShona dialect. Included are vocabulary sections, a phrasebook, pronunciation tips, a brief outline of the language's grammar and information about local culture.
Author: Aquilina Mawadza
Publisher:
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKShona, a Bantu language, is the national language of Zimbabwe. It is also spoken in Mozambique, Malawi, and Zambia. The basics of ChiShona, the most widely spoken form of Shona, appear here in twelve comprehensive lessons. Each chapter includes a practice dialogue, vocabulary, points of grammar, and review exercises, while cultural information places the language in a practical context. This guide provides the student, traveler, or businessperson with both the means for immediate communication and a foundation for future study.
Author: Nicholas Awde
Publisher: Hippocrene Books
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780781806213
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is very helpful for travelers to Somalia. Included in the book are vocabulary sections, a phrasebook, pronunciation, and a brief outline of the language's grammar rules and information on local culture.
Author: Idai Nandoro
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2016-07-18
Total Pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9781535341196
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis guide to Shona language collects the most common Shona phrases and expressions as well as an English-Shona/Shona-English dictionary. This phrasebook includes greetings, food items, directions, sightseeing and many other categories of expressions that will help anyone wanting to learn Shona.
Author: Michael Chawatama
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2015-03-27
Total Pages: 62
ISBN-13: 9781508980827
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLearn Shona is an ideal short introductory course for English speakers learning Shona. Does your family speak Shona but you do not? Are you a Shona-speaking parent but you do not have structured material to teach Shona to your English-speaking children? Are you visiting Zimbabwe and would like to learn Shona? Do your friends speak Shona but you do not? Are you a non-Shona speaker living or working in Zimbabwe wanting to learn Shona in a structured way? If you answered yes to any of the above questions then this is the right book for you. The book assumes no prior knowledge of Shona and will help you master the basics. The book has simple rules to help you learn Shona without learning complex grammar rules. To help you practise, there are practice questions at the end of the chapter and answers at the end of the book. On completing the course you will be able to do the following: greet and introduce people; understand basic expressions; build simple sentences; ask questions; express your emotions; and count in Shona. The book also provide some insights into Shona culture. The book also has reference material to access when needed.
Author: Nicholas Awde
Publisher: Hippocrene Books
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780781806619
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOffers five thousand vocabulary entries arranged in thirty-four sections dealing with aspects of daily life.
Author: Kayode J. Fakinlede
Publisher: Hippocrene Books
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9780781810692
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Beginner's Yoruba" is now available with two accompanying audio CDs. It provides an introduction to the Yoruba language, which is spoken by over 30 million people in south-western Nigeria, parts of the Benin Republic, and Togo, as well as in the diaspora populations of Brazil, Cuba, and Haiti. The 15 lessons are designed for both classroom use and self-study. Practice dialogues, combined with grammatical explanations, aid the student in understanding the basics of the language. Each lesson also contains a vocabulary section that highlights the important aspects of its featured topic. The audio CDs, which complement the lessons, help the student easily master the language's unique tones and vowel sounds, often considered the most difficult aspect of the language to learn. Quizzes and practice exercises are integrated into the lessons to help reinforce the material. The book also includes information on various aspects of Yoruba culture, including religion, songs, and folklore.
Author: H. Ekkehard Wolff
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2019-06-13
Total Pages: 377
ISBN-13: 1108417973
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first global history of African linguistics as an emerging autonomous academic discipline, covering Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia, and Europe.
Author: Aneni S.
Publisher:
Published: 2019-09-20
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780369600776
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDid you ever want to teach your kids the basics of Shona ? Learning Shona can be fun with this picture book. In this book you will find the following features: Shona Alphabets. Shona Words. English Translations.
Author: Desmond Dale
Publisher:
Published: 1981
Total Pages: 282
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe companion volume to A Basic English-Shona Dictionary is now widely available for the first time outside Africa. It contains some 6,000 main entries, and an additional 700 words, derived or borrowed from other languages. For each entry, definitions in Shona and English translations are given. Some introduction on the structure of the Shona language is provided.
