Tsvimborume kana svimborume : izwi rinoreva murume anenge asina mukadzi
- Pfunda (bachelor) kureva murume ave zera rokuroora asi asati aroora.
- Tsvimborume hora (old bachelor; senior bachelor) kureva murume akura zvakanyanya asati aroora.
- Pfunda chenga urarami, hama dzife ugogara nhaka. A bachelor should seek a long life; when relatives die he will inherit (a wife).
- Madanha etsvimborume, kudya yawarira. It is a bachelor's longing to eat after preparing his sleeping place.
- Mwoyochena wei, tsvimborume kubvisa mwana wemvana madzihwa?
- Tsvimborume kutenga duri kuona mashoko kunaka. A bachelor is buying a mortar (because) he is doing well in his love affairs.
- Inhamo zvayo, tsvimborume kuveza duri seine mukadzi.
- Tsvimborume haina mugoni inotuka waipa masese.
- Tsvimborume kutandara nemvana mwoyo uri kumhandara.
- VaLenje vanoti mushike (Widow; widower) kureva munhu akafirwa nemukadzi kana murume wake.
- BaKalanga vanoti buhwola (position of seniority; adulthood) vachireva husharukwa hwemunhu.
- BaKalanga vanoti hola (elder, grown-up, senior) vachireva munhu musharukwa.