KwaunobvaMutauroMadonzo eChiito
Mutauro
Madonzo eChiito
Moods of the Verb
Tsanangudzo
Chiito chimwe chete chinogona kureva zvakasiyana zvichienderana nedonzo (mood) rachinenge rakashandiswa. Madonzo makuru muChiShona ndeaya: rokuita (infinitive), rekurudziro (hortative), rekwaniso (potential), rezvanga zvichiitika (participial), rokuudza (indicative), rokutuma (imperative), redudziramuiti (relative), nechishuwo (subjunctive).
In English
The same verb can carry different shades of meaning depending on the mood it is used in. The main moods in Shona are: infinitive, hortative (exhortation, 'let us...'), potential (ability/possibility), participial (an ongoing or background action), indicative (plain statement of fact), imperative (command), relative, and subjunctive (wish or purpose).