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Always & All the time	Nguva dzose
It is good to pray all the time	Chinhu chakanaka kunamata nguva dzose
Never	Handifi zvaitika
I will never visit my father again	Handifi ndakashanyira Baba zvakare
Now	Zvino
We have to leave now!	Tinofanira kusiya ikozvino
Sometimes	Dzimwe nguva
Sometimes I prefer to be at home	Dzimwe nguva ndinosarudza kuva pamba
From time to time	Nguva nenguva
From time to time I eat rice	Nguva nenguva ndinodya Mupunga
Late	Kunonoka
The bus is always late	Bhazi rinogara richinonoka
Later	Gare gare
The bus will come later	Bhazi rinouya gare gare
Early	Pakutanga
You should try to come home early	Iwe unofanirwa kuedza kuuya kumba kutanga

Ask someone for the time

Whats the time?	Inguvai?
It's 7am -- It's 11:30am -- It's lunchtime	Yave 7am -- Yave 11:30 am -- Yave Nguva yemasikati
Morning -- Afternoon -- Evening -- Night	Mangwanani -- Masikati -- Manheru -- Husiku

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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