Ho Tsamaea 'moho
Jade Mathieson
Louwrisa Blaauw

Ha re tsamaea tseleng e telele, re tsamaea 'moho re bina pina.

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Ke na le uena, uena le 'na.

Leeto le monate ha re le lelapa.

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Ke tla u fuama joaloka sethole, se fuame litsuonyana.

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Ha pula e rotha, marotholi a theoha holimo, ke tla u sireletsa sefahleho joalo ka katiba ea mokorotlo.

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Ha leholimo le befa, ka lehalima le thoathoaretsa, e ba sebete, khutsa!

Ke na le uena.

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Re tsamaea 'moho ha re na hlonama. Sheba holimo, sheba mahlokoreng.

Bona na re boneng!

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Ha u bona se nyakalatsang, mpolelle.

Pelo eaka e nyakalle, re sututse ho hlora.

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Ha maoto a choachoasela ke bolelele ba tsela, se khathatsehe, re se re titimme sebaka.

Cliniki ke eo.

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Ke bohlale ho hlahloba qoqotho, mat'soafo le litsebe.

E ba matla u hole, phumula menyepetsi eo.

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U ts'ohile? Ts'oara, maparela letsoho laka.

A u hlahlobe phallo ea mali ka lebanta la sephaka.

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Ba re fa litlhare, ba re fa malebela ho re boloka re phetse.

Hae re tla kena.

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U loketse ho khathala. Re ithutile tse ngata. Joale ke nako ea boroko.

Phomola hantle. Litoro tse monate.

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Ho Tsamaea 'moho
Author - Jade Mathieson
Translation - Partnership for Alcohol and AIDS Intervention Research
Illustration - Louwrisa Blaauw
Language - Sesotho (South Africa)
Level - First sentences