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Kinyo ke kí-iì yiìn é bo m lày é way

Timothy Kabare

Catherine Groenewald

Bvə́y si yii dzə́ e věr ntèʼ, a yì dzə̀ kwaʼda fo ŋkà se laʼ.

Màmé yóŋ jii, Elli, vèr kér fómo wò ji a sì á viyá ntuùfú.

Vèr à màmé wom, à fər və, nèn a shiy mótù.

M dzə́ʼə́m e màmé kibìy, e nèn a buuné buunén.

Vèr mèé e way, m yén elíkovtà wùmòʼ a wù boŋkìrì, kiʼ blù.

Kibàn kímóʼ kí-iì kér afrur. M nèn dzə́r jii, "Víne dzə̀ vinée?"

Wù yòŋ jii, "Apə̀r." M lón jii, "Kíi wò, yún kimòʼón e fò mo."

M nèn màʼtì kiwó ke màmé, e nèn kù a kuumé a dzə̀ ápər wom.

M màysì kfə̀r ápə̀r, e yèn a m sì vèr mòʼón, nèn kèʼ a dzə̀ tóŋ.

Wiíy wùmòʼ lí mo, e dù sho fo wón ámóʼó-oò dzəə̀n.

M nèn siì tòŋ tóŋén. Mò-oò kwaʼtì jii, a yii fiìnè a wón é way.

Wìr wùmòʼ wiy e dzə̀r jii, "Elli bèé?" M laáy fo wù yén mo.

M nèn yù a màmé wom jaŋ mo jii, "Elli-ií." Wúné bóŋ mo féyì.

Fər màmé fəə́r elíkovtà, a wù boŋkìrì, e yòŋ jii, "Si wo bèn."

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Kinyo ke kí-iì yiìn é bo m lày é way

Author - Timothy Kabare, Ursula Nafula
Translation - Beatrice Tafon Takeh, Mbinkar Emmanuel Keelen
Illustration - Catherine Groenewald
Language - Lámnsoʼ
Level - First words

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