- English word dark in the Shona Dictionary
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- noun , class(5)
- synonyms: sviba
- dialects/origins: Standard Shona
- English translation
- dark
- Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep shade of color; not light-colored; as, a dark room; a dark day; dark cloth; dark paint; a dark complexion.
Demonstrative determiners example Shona | English | rima iri | this dark |
rima iro | that dark |
Possessive pronouns example Shona | English | rima rangu | my dark |
rima rako | your dark (singular) |
rima renyu | your dark (plural) |
rima rake | his/her dark |
rima redu | our dark |
rima racho | its dark |
rima ravo | their dark |
last updated: Monday, September 9, 2019 at 3:51:31 PM Central European Summer Time
- English translation
- cultivate
- To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil.
Imperative example Shona | English | rima | cultivate (singular) |
rimai | cultivate (plural) |
Simple future tense example Shona | English | Ndicha rima | I will cultivate |
ucha rima | you will cultivate (singular) |
mucha rima | you will cultivate (plural) |
acha rima | he/she will cultivate |
ticha rima | we will cultivate |
vacha rima | they will cultivate |
chicha rima | it will cultivate |
last updated: Monday, September 9, 2019 at 3:51:31 PM Central European Summer Time