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“Thank you, grandmother” in Shona

Maita basa ambuya

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  2. Say it out loud yourself, two or three times.
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In Ndebele

Ngiyabonga gogo

This phrase is taught in Lesson 3: Politeness and Requests of the Yanai Shona course.

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