Mutauro
Chipauro
Adjectives
Tsanangudzo
Chipauro chinotsanangura zita, senge 'murume murefu' (a tall man). Chipauro chinowirirana nezita rachiri kutsanangura pachivakashure chacho: chivakashure + dzitsi rechipauro, senge 'mutema' (mu- + -tema) kana 'vatema' (va- + -tema). Kune mhando dzezvipauro dzinotsanangura ruvara (-tsvuku, -chena, -tema), muhu wechinhu (-kuru, -refu, -kobvu, -tete), mamiriro (-tsva, -tsaru, -mbishi), uye uwandu (-shoma, -zhinji). Mamwe manzwi omutauro anogonawo kushanda sezvipauro, senge madonzo edudziramuiti.
In English
An adjective describes a noun, e.g. 'murume murefu' ('a tall man'). It agrees with the noun's class through its own prefix: prefix + adjective stem, e.g. 'mutema' ('black', class 1) or 'vatema' ('black', class 2). Adjective stems cover colour (-tsvuku 'red', -chena 'white', -tema 'black'), size or physical quality (-kuru 'big', -refu 'long/tall', -kobvu 'thick', -tete 'thin'), state (-tsva 'new', -tsaru 'old', -mbishi 'raw/unripe'), and quantity (-shoma 'few', -zhinji 'many'). Some other word classes, like relative clauses, can also function as adjectives.