Kikwaya

Jita mutauro unotaurwa kuTanzania.

Mazwi Anotodza Shona

Kwaya inoti abhaana (n. children) kureva vana.
Kwaya inoti rumwi (adj. one) kureva chimwechete.
Kwaya inoti omugasi (n. woman) kureva mukadzi.
Kwaya inoti eriino (n. tooth) kureva zino.
Kwaya inoti raata (n. father) kureva baba. Fananidzai nokuti tate kana tata?
Kwaya inoti okubhoko (n. hand) kureva ruoko.
Kwaya inoti omusi (n. city) kureva guta. Fananidzai nokuti mudzi?
Kwaya inoti bhari (they are) kureva vari.
Kwaya inoti bhaambire (they started (long ago)) kureva vakavamba.
Kwaya inoti okubhwirwa (to be told) kureva kuudzwa. Mamwe mazwi: okubhwirira (to tell) kureva kuudza

Mamwe Mashoko

Kwaya inoti okureebha (v. to herd) kureva kufudza zvipfuyo.
Kwaya inoti rusuku (n. day) kureva musi.
Kwaya inoti waarukwere (n. frog) kureva datya.
Kwaya inoti obhuraka (n. voice) kureva izwi.
Kwaya inoti kumwaro (n. lake) kureva dziva.
Kwaya inoti -ringa (how many) kureva ngani. Rinoshanduka maringe nemupanda wezita, sokuti bharinga, bhuringa, eringa, garinga.
Kwaya inoti rora (v. see) kureva . Vanoti bharorere (they saw) kureva vakaona.
Kwaya inoti okukora (v. to do) kureva kuita. Vanoti okukoreka (to be done) kureva zvaitika.
Kwaya inoti okuraasha (v. to preach) kureva kuparidza.
Kwaya inoti okufumbika (v. to be turned upside down) kureva kupidigura.

Nhamba

Kutaurwa kwehuwandu nenhamba kunoshanduka zvichienderana namupanda wezita riri kutaurwa nezvaro.

Kwaya inoti imwi, bumwi, rumwi, gumwi, kimwi, kumwi (adj. one) kureva imwe.
Kwaya inoti bhabhiri, ebiri, bhibhiri, gabhiri (adj. two) kureva mbiri. 
Kwaya inoti bhasatu, esatu, gasatu, bhisatu (adj. three) kureva nhatu. 
Kwaya inoti bhana, ena, gana, bhina (adj. four) kureva ina. 
Kwaya inoti bhataanu, etaanu, bhitaanu, gataanu (adj. five) kureva shanu. 
Kwaya inoti ekumi (adj. ten) kureva gumi.

https://www.sil.org/system/files/reapdata/41/12/18/41121833960937548160887457730509957436/The_Grammar_Basics_of_Kwaya_Final.pdf

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