Ri nga si kone u tamba roṱhe
African Storybook
Simon Mokoena
Mudededzi Tshezi na kiḽasi yavho vha khou amba nga dwadze ḽa Covid-19.
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Vha ri, “Ndi khou ṱoḓa u pfa nga tshifhinga tshe na tshi fhedza ni hayani. Hu na muthu we a kona u ita mushumo hayani musi zwikolo zwo vala?”
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Dudu u fhindula u thoma, “U guda hayani zwo vha zwi tshi nkonḓela ngauri vhabebi vhanga vho vha vha tshi shuma nahone nṋe ndo vha ndi tshi sala hayani ndi ndoṱhe,” a tshi amba.
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“Na nṋe ndo vha ndi tshi fanela u ita mushumo wa tshikolo ndi ndoṱhe,” hu amba Msizi.
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U bvela phanḓa, “Ho vha hu si na muthu ane a nga nthusa, ane a nga ṱalutshedza mbudziso na ndaela.”
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Vhagudiswa vhanzhi vha a tendelana nazwo.
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“U shumisa inthanethe zwo vha zwi tshi konḓa ngauri datha yo vha i tshi ḓura,” hu amba Dudu.
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Vhagudiswa vha dovha vha tenda.
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Ayanda a ri, “Hune nda dzula hone ho vha huna phosho, ndi sa koni u guda.”
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“Ndo vha ndo takala nga maanḓa musi ri tshi vhudzwa uri ri nga humela tshikoloni,” hu amba Faiza.
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“Muṅwe na muṅwe o vha o takala!” Msizi a tshi sea.
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“Ndo vha ndi sa ṱoḓi zwikolo zwi tshi vula,” hu gungula Ayanda.
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“Ndo vha ndi tshi humbula uri zwithu zwi ḓo fana na kale. Fhedzi zwithu zwo vha zwo shanduka!” Amahle a tshi bvela phanḓa.
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“A ri sendeli tsini na tsini, ri fanela u ambara dzi ‘mask’, na u shumisa sanathaiza dza zwanḓa,” Isaac a tshi gungula.
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“Vhadededzi vha dzulela u ri vhudzisa uri, ni khou hoṱola, mukulo waṋu u khou vhavha?” hu amba Ayanda.
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Kagiso u ita u nga u khou ḓola kha zwanḓa zwawe a ri, “Tshifhinga tshoṱhe musi ni tshi ṅwala kha bodo vha ḓo ni ṋea sanathaiza ya zwanḓa.”
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“Tshifhinga tshoṱhe ri fanela u fara kubuṱebuṱe ku re na sanathaiza nga ngomu,” a tshi femela nṱha.
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“Nga tshifhinga tsha u awela, a zwi tsha fana na kale he ra vha ri tshi tamba roṱhe nahone ra tamba mutambo muthihi,” hu amba Msizi.
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Ayanda a ri, “Zwi a konḓa ngauri ro ḓowela u tamba na khonani dzashu.”
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Amahle uri, “Sa vhana, ri takalela vhukonani na u vha na khonani dzashu.”
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“Fhedzi zwino, a ri tsha kona u tamba na khonani dzashu,” hu amba Dudu.
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“Zwino ndi mafhungo a u sa vha tsini na tsini,” hu amba Isaac.
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Mudededzi Tshezi u ri, “Hu na tshanduko nnzhisa.”
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Fhedzi a ri roṱhe.
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“Naho zwino ri sa koni u tamba roṱhe, ri nga amba mihumbulo na vhuḓipfi hashu tshifhinga tshoṱhe,” a tshi engedza.
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Dzimbudziso


  1. No ḓipfa hani nga u dzula hayani nga tshifhinga tsha nyiledzo ya u tshimbila dzibadani? Ri humbela uri ni ṱalutshedze.
  2. Wanani maipfi a re kha nganea ane a vha mahanedzi a: fhumula, u pfa vhuṱungu, phindulo, leluwa.
  3. Wanani maipfi a re kha nganea ane a amba tshithu tshithihi na: ḓura, vhugudiswa, takala, dziṱhama.
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Title: Ri nga si kone u tamba roṱhe
Author/s: African Storybook
Translator/s: Tshedza Tlhako
Illustrator/s: Simon Mokoena
Assurer/s: Doris Manyamalala
Language: Tshivenḓa

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