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chiShona Level A2 · Everyday Conversations

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Level A2 includes
  • The A2 interactive lessons: flashcards, quizzes and typing practice that check every answer
  • The full A2 written guide: vocabulary with say-it-like hints, dialogues, grammar notes and exercises
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Module 1. Days, time & daily routine
(Mazuva nezuva rezuva)
SvondoSunday / weekSVOHN-doh
MuvhuroMondaymoo-VHOO-roh
ChipiriTuesdaychee-PEE-ree
ChitatuWednesdaychee-TAH-too
ChinaThursdayCHEE-nah
Counting the days
Several weekday names are simply the ordinal numbers you already know: Chipiri (second), Chitatu (third), China (fourth), Chishanu (fifth), counting on from Svondo (Sunday). The time-of-day words mangwanani, masikati and manheru also double as the greetings 'good morning / afternoon / evening'.
That is one module. 10 more follow in this guide, with 16 interactive exercises.
ElizabethMelissa Sikanda

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Description

Step into everyday life in Zimbabwe: talk about your day, the weather, plans and the past, getting around town, your health and the home, with a say-it-like guide on every single line. This is the full written study guide for Shona CEFR A2 (Everyday Conversations): about 3,000 words to work through at your own pace, viewable online from your student dashboard for as long as you own it.

What is inside

  • 11 modules with vocabulary tables: 141 words and phrases, each with its meaning and, where given, a say-it-like pronunciation hint
  • A sounds and pronunciation section
  • 2 dialogues to read aloud, line by line with meanings
  • 8 grammar and usage notes with examples and tips
  • Practice exercises (matching, fill in the missing word, translation and a self-check) with a full answer key

Modules in this guide

  1. Days, time & daily routine
  2. The past & the future
  3. Weather & seasons
  4. Making plans & invitations
  5. Health & the body
  6. Transport & travel basics
  7. Directions & getting around
  8. In town & services
  9. Describing people & things
  10. Daily routine at home
  11. Chores & rooms at home

By the end of this level you can

  • Describe your daily routine and say what you do at different times of day.
  • Talk simply about the past and the future using recent-past and future tense markers.
  • Describe the weather and the seasons and say how it feels outside.
  • Make plans, suggest activities and accept or decline an invitation.
  • Say how you feel, name parts of the body and explain a simple health problem.

Good to know

  • Viewable online in your account, on any device. It is not a download to keep.
  • A Teach Yourself level: this level’s interactive lessons plus its full written guide. No certificate, and not a live or tutor-marked course.
  • Built from the same content as our interactive Shona A2 lessons.

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