Looking for practical Shan to Shona phrases? This free guide lists 100 essential sentences for travel, study, work, and everyday conversation. Each line shows the Shan phrase first, then the Shona translation (Shona) — so you can scan quickly before a trip, class, or video call.
The phrases are grouped into eight topics: greetings and pleasantries, useful phrases for travellers, everyday conversation, directions and getting around, shopping and dining, emergencies and health, work and business, and time, days and numbers. Use the table of contents to jump straight to greetings, directions, dining, emergencies, or numbers. You do not need perfect grammar to start — short, clear sentences often work better than silence when you are learning Shona.
Tip: pick five Shona phrases from the greetings section and use them in a real message today. Small daily practice beats cramming before a trip.
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Greetings and pleasantries
Hello, goodbye, please, thank you, and polite introductions for meeting new people.
မင်္ဂလာပါ
Mhoro(mingalar par)
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါတယ်
Ndatenda(kyeizu tin par tal)
မနက်ခင်းဖြန့်
Mangwanani akanaka(ma net khin phyan)
နေ့လည်ခင်းဖြန့်
Masikati akanaka(nei lyae khin phyan)
ညနေခင်းဖြန့်
Manheru akanaka(nya nae khin phyan)
ညအိပ်ချိန်
Usiku hwakanaka(nya eit chain)
နောက်မှတွေ့မယ်
Tichasangana gare gare(nauk hma twei mae)
သွားတော့မယ်
Sara zvakanaka(thwa dor mae)
သင့်နာမည်ဘာလဲ?
Zita rako ndiani?(thing na mei ba leh)
ကျွန်တော်နာမည်ဂျွန်ပါ
Zita rangu ndiri John(kyaun taw na mei John par)
သင်ဘယ်လိုလဲ?
Uri sei?(thing beh lo leh)
သင့်ကိုတွေ့ရတာဝမ်းသာပါတယ်
Ndinofara kukuziva(thing ko twei ya ta wan tha par tal)
Useful phrases for travellers
Airport, hotel, tickets, and transport phrases for getting around on a trip.
သင်အင်္ဂလိပ်စကားပြောလား?
Unotaura Chirungu here?(unotaura chirungu here)
ကျွန်တော်ဟင်းဒီကိုမပြောနိုင်ပါဘူး။
Handitauri Hindi zvakanaka(handitauri hindi zvakanaka)