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Beginner's Shona (ChiShona) with Online Audio [Pehme köide]

  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 222 pages, kõrgus x laius: 215x139 mm, Illustrations
  • Ilmumisaeg: 20-Jan-2022
  • Kirjastus: Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S.
  • ISBN-10: 0781814278
  • ISBN-13: 9780781814270
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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 222 pages, kõrgus x laius: 215x139 mm, Illustrations
  • Ilmumisaeg: 20-Jan-2022
  • Kirjastus: Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S.
  • ISBN-10: 0781814278
  • ISBN-13: 9780781814270
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Learn Shona with this complete course, now with free audio download!

Spoken by over 10 million people worldwide, Shona (also known as ChiShona) is an official language of Zimbabwe. It is also spoken in Mozambique, Malawi, and Zambia. It is one of the most widely spoken Bantu languages and its writing system was codified during the early 20th century.

Ideal for those new to Shona, learning at home or in the classroom, Beginner’s Shona (ChiShona) with Online Audio includes:

  • An introductory section on the geography, climate, economy, arts, culture and history of Zimbabwe, including an extensive section on “Everyday Life” that will be useful to visitors
  • Twelve carefully-paced units, each one opening with a dialogue about an everyday topic followed by vocabulary, expressions, grammar lessons, and exercises
  • Answer key to the exercises
  • Shona-English glossary

  • Online MP3 audio files for free download featuring pronunciation by native speakers

Acknowledgements x
Introduction xi
Zimbabwe
1(18)
Geography, Climate and Population
3(2)
History
5(2)
Economy
7(1)
Arts and Culture
8(2)
Religion
10(1)
Entertainment, Music, and Sports
11(2)
Everyday Life
13(6)
Theshonalanguage
19(12)
Abbreviations
23(1)
Alphabet And Pronunciation
24(1)
The Shona Alphabet
24(2)
Pronunciation Guide
26(1)
Vowels
27(1)
Syllables
27(1)
Semi-vowels
28(1)
Tone
28(3)
Lesson One
31(12)
Dialogue: Introductions
32(4)
Vocabulary and Expressions
32(4)
Grammar
36(5)
Personal Pronouns
36(1)
Subject Prefixes
36(1)
Emphatic Pronouns
37(1)
Addressing People
37(1)
Multiple-Word Units
38(1)
Word Order
38(1)
Infinitive Verbs
38(1)
Present Tense and Negation
38(1)
Present Progressive Tense and Negation
39(2)
Exercises
41(2)
Lesson Two
43(12)
Dialogue: Asking for Directions
44(4)
Vocabulary and Expressions
46(2)
Grammar
48(4)
Imperative Verbs
48(1)
Negative Commands: Expressing "Do not..."
48(1)
The Verbs "to be" and "to have" and Negation
49(2)
The Verb "to have" and Weather Terms
51(1)
Exercises
52(3)
Lesson Three
55(12)
Dialogue: At the Embassy
56(4)
Vocabulary and Expressions
58(2)
Grammar
60(4)
Past Tense
60(1)
Past Subject Prefixes
60(1)
Recent Past Tense and Negation
60(1)
Remote Past Tense and Negation
61(1)
Progressive Past Tense and Negation
61(1)
Future Tense and Negation
62(1)
The Stative Tense
63(1)
Exercises
64(3)
Lesson Four
67(10)
Dialogue: Hotel
68(4)
Vocabulary and Expressions
70(2)
Grammar
72(3)
Numbers
72(1)
Time
72(1)
Days of the Week
72(1)
Months of the Year
73(1)
Asking and Giving the Date
73(1)
Cardinal Directions
74(1)
Seasons
74(1)
Exercises
75(2)
Lesson Five
77(20)
Dialogue: At the Market
78(4)
Vocabulary and Expressions
80(2)
Grammar
82(12)
Noun Categories and Shona Noun Class System
82(1)
"People" Category Nouns
83(1)
"Tree" Category Nouns
84(1)
Hard-Sounding Nouns
85(1)
"Things" Category Nouns
85(3)
Light-Sounding Nouns
88(1)
Nouns Referring to Long Things
89(1)
Diminutive Nouns
90(1)
Abstract Nouns
90(1)
Verbal Nouns
91(1)
Locative Nouns
92(1)
Diminutives (Karansa)
92(1)
Argumentative/Pejorative Nouns
93(1)
Exercises
94(3)
Lesson Six
97(18)
Dialogue: Traveling
98(4)
Vocabulary and Expressions
100(2)
Grammar
102(12)
The Article
102(1)
The Possessive
102(12)
Exercises
114(1)
Lesson Seven
115(12)
Dialogue: Welcoming Visitors
116(4)
Vocabulary and Expressions
118(2)
Grammar
120(4)
Demonstratives
120(2)
Descriptives--Adjectives
122(1)
Descriptives--Quantitatives
123(1)
Exercises
124(3)
Lesson Eight
127(10)
Dialogue: Invitation
127(3)
Vocabulary and Expressions
128(2)
Grammar
130(5)
Special Constructions
132(1)
"Still..."
132(1)
"Can I..."
132(1)
"About to..."
132(3)
Exercises
135(2)
Lesson Nine
137(10)
Dialogue: Shopping
138(4)
Vocabulary and Expressions
140(2)
Grammar
142(4)
Question Words
142(4)
Exercises
146(1)
Lesson Ten
147(12)
Dialogue: Dinner
148(4)
Vocabulary and Expressions
150(2)
Grammar
152(4)
Conjunctions
152(1)
Expressing Association with Personal Pronouns
153(1)
Adverbs
153(3)
Exercises
156(3)
Lesson Eleven
159(10)
Dialogue: At the Bank
160(4)
Vocabulary and Expressions
162(2)
Grammar
164(3)
Object Pronouns
164(1)
Object Infixes for the Different Noun Categories
164(3)
Exercises
167(2)
Lesson Twelve
169(32)
Dialogue: At the Hospital
170(4)
Vocabulary and Expression
172(2)
Grammar
174(3)
Verb Extensions
174(3)
Exercises
177(2)
Key to Exercises
179(12)
Shona-English Vocabulary
191(10)
References 201(2)
Audio Track List 203
Aquilina Mawadza holds a Ph.D. in Media and Migration Studies and and M.A. in Languages and Communications from the University of Florida, where she also taught Shona. She is the author of Shona-English/ English-Shona Dictionary & Phrasebook and series editor for African language phrasebooks published by Hippocrene Books. She resides in Cape Town, South Africa.