Learn Shona Online - Level 1

Shona is a national language of Zimbabwe, along with Ndebele and the official business language, English. There are also clusters of Shona in Zambia, Mozambique and Botswana.

Nearly 80% of people in Zimbabwe speak the Bantu language of Shona, or chiShona, so this is definitely the language to learn if you are thinking of visiting that country! Despite movement to urban areas, the traditional Shona people maintain constant contact with their rural home, viewing themselves as ''sons and daughters of the soil.'' It's important to note that the Shona language is intertwined with Shona social and religious values. In addition to an everyday Shona language there is a ''high'' or ''deep'' Shona that is used in communicating with the ancestors.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

Anyone

The following 11 subjects form the core of the courses:

• Introduction
• Greetings of the Day
• How are you?
• More Greetings
• Please and thank you
• I don't understand
• Yes/No
• Countries
• Countries Part 2
• Countries Part 3
• Numbers 0 - 10
• Numbers 11 - 20
• Where are you from?
• What is the telephone number?
• Give your contact details
• Where do you live?
• What do you do?
• Colors
• What's this called?
• Fruit
• Vegetables
• Drinks
• What would you like to drink?
• General food
• In the kitchen
• The verb to be
• The verb to be - questions
• The verb to be - more questions

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