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Days of the week in Shona

What day is today?	Nhasi izuva ripi?
Monday	Muvhuro
Tuesday	Chipiri
Wednesday	Chitatu
Thursday	China
Friday	Chishanu
Saturday	Mugovera
Sunday	Svondo

How to describe weeks

This week	Svondo rino
I have exams on Friday this week	Ini ndine bvunzo nemusi weChishanu svondo rino
Next week	Svondo rinouya
I will return next week Saturday	Ndinodzoka musi weMugovera svondo rinouya
Last week	Svondo rakapera
He arrived from Zambia last week Monday	Akasvika svondo rakapera neMuvhuro kubva ku Zambia

A sample sentence

I need to travel to Harare on Tuesday because I have another flight on the same day and I would arrive in the UK on the following Wednesday	Ndinoda kuenda Harare nemusi weChipiri nekuti ndinoda kuzonokwira ndege nemusi umwe chete.Ndinozosvika kuUK nezuva rinotevera unova musi weChitatu

Learn Shona

Greetings & Introductions
How to greet and introduce yourself in Shona

Family
How can you describe your family in Shona?

Numbers
How to count in Shona

Days of the week
How to say days of the week in Shona

Months of the year
How to say months of the year in Shona

Time Concepts
How say early, late, always and other concepts in Shona

Question Words
Who? What? When? Where? Why? How? How Much?

Traveling
Need to get to travel somewhere? Learn how to do it in Shona

Shopping
Let's go shopping and see how to buy items in Shona

Important Verbs
To be, To Have, To Do, To Say, To Go, To Know, To Want, To Can & To Use

Media
List of music, dances and movies in Shona

Phrases
Extra phrases in Shona that may be handy

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