Mhoroyi Tulani! Thank you for your videos, you are a very good teacher and I'm glad you are back to recording them. Please keep going! I am an American learning Shona and am at the very basic level right now, but I think I may know what you are looking for, if I may humbly share. From what I understand so far (as I've been trying to wrap my mind around this) a lot of Shona words and sentences change based on the "NOUN CLASS" that the main subject is in. So noun class 1 & 2 are "people" noun classes and it goes from MU > VA. Class 3-4 are plants mostly, and go MU > MI. Class 5-6 are inanimate objects, borrowed words from other languages, and animals and add MA as a prefix. Class 7-8 also inanimate objects, languages and go CHI>ZVI, etc. There are 21 noun classes but not all are used in all dialects. The noun classes also create "concords" which is more than one word will change in a sentence to match the noun class. For example, " *Chi*garo *chi*chena.// Bepa *ra*kachena.// Muti *mu*chena. // Iyo laptop *i*chena./ I haven't found too many charts that are clear about this but Google "Shona Noun Classes" will show you a few. Here is one chart I like: encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ6IjXTsOpfbdLZCyRHuggNFcvmB_GOW-MR9g&usqp=CAU I hope that helps!!
Hey good to have you back !please don’t stop .Iam half Shona half Zambian and I want to learn more 😊...Got that Garo or kagaro In Zambian language (Bemba)ka is singular 😂😂😂
Just binge watched your videos and learned so much!! Thank you deeply for also sharing about the culture of Zimbabwe, like hand gestures, or what to say before eating, or even the superstitions of marrying in November! Would love to hear more tangents about culture and traditions as well
Thank you for the wonderful comment Bianca. That’s a good idea, we have a wealth of culture and many many superstitions - let me start working on that right now 😃
Hi,tulani, I started see your video WHEN I came in Zimbabwe in the beginning OF 2019，it is a pity you are continue again while I am leaving the country,Hoping I have the chance to come back ,I will start to learn shona again and Hoping I Can grasp the language. Maita basa
Mhoroyi Tulani! Thank you for your videos, you are a very good teacher and I'm glad you are back to recording them. Please keep going! I am an American learning Shona and am at the very basic level right now, but I think I may know what you are looking for, if I may humbly share.
From what I understand so far (as I've been trying to wrap my mind around this) a lot of Shona words and sentences change based on the "NOUN CLASS" that the main subject is in.
So noun class 1 & 2 are "people" noun classes and it goes from MU > VA. Class 3-4 are plants mostly, and go MU > MI. Class 5-6 are inanimate objects, borrowed words from other languages, and animals and add MA as a prefix. Class 7-8 also inanimate objects, languages and go CHI>ZVI, etc. There are 21 noun classes but not all are used in all dialects.
The noun classes also create "concords" which is more than one word will change in a sentence to match the noun class. For example, " *Chi*garo *chi*chena.// Bepa *ra*kachena.// Muti *mu*chena. // Iyo laptop *i*chena./
I haven't found too many charts that are clear about this but Google "Shona Noun Classes" will show you a few. Here is one chart I like: encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ6IjXTsOpfbdLZCyRHuggNFcvmB_GOW-MR9g&usqp=CAU
I hope that helps!!
You’re such a good teacher I’ve really enjoyed watching these so far. Such a wonderful language and culture. Thank you Sir
I’m South African and eve learned so much thanks for the video 🙇🏾♀️
Wooo. We love the consistency 👏
Thanks for the support Annie. It makes it all worthwhile
It's great to see you back! I watched your videos with my daughter when she was a baby. We are gonna go through them again.
Mukoma Taps. Thanks, it’s good to be back. I promise to keep making more content
Hey good to have you back !please don’t stop .Iam half Shona half Zambian and I want to learn more 😊...Got that Garo or kagaro In Zambian language (Bemba)ka is singular 😂😂😂
Hi Sekai. I’m enjoying making the videos and I promise to be more consistent
Just binge watched your videos and learned so much!! Thank you deeply for also sharing about the culture of Zimbabwe, like hand gestures, or what to say before eating, or even the superstitions of marrying in November! Would love to hear more tangents about culture and traditions as well
Thank you for the wonderful comment Bianca. That’s a good idea, we have a wealth of culture and many many superstitions - let me start working on that right now 😃
this clears up a lot of confusion for me - ndatenda!
Hi,tulani, I started see your video WHEN I came in Zimbabwe in the beginning OF 2019，it is a pity you are continue again while I am leaving the country,Hoping I have the chance to come back ,I will start to learn shona again and Hoping I Can grasp the language. Maita basa
Ooh I’m so sorry. How did you enjoy your stay in Zimbabwe? Hope you make a return trip soon ...
Hi,tulani,I have come back ,will you consier renew your lessons？
Yeey you are back
Hi Alice. Yes, it’s good to be back. Hope you are staying safe ...
Do you offer private just found my family in shurugwi an want to learn Shona
Hi Justina. I’m sure I can definitely squeeze in some private lessons. Interestingly, I have several friends from Shurugwi ...
Please stop stressing. Garo is not a rude work
😂 ... I edited it twice because I couldn’t stop laughing on the first take