//Kharab
Adelheid Marie Bwire
Melany Pietersen

/Gui tsēs ge mamasa !kharaga !nâgu !hana ≠ûna ge //ama hâ i.

"Hamo da kha //khawa !hana ≠ûna a tsâ //kha?" ti da ge dî.

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Os ge, "nē!oe da nî ≠û," ti ge mî.

Ti, !gârob, Rahimi ge a ≠ûna.

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//Îb ge hoa !hana ≠ûna gere tsâtsâ tsî kaise ge ≠û.

"Oo, kō re taresab go dī !khaisa!", tib ge !gâsaroba ge !au!gâ bi.

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Rahimi ge //orexa, //î//âsen hâ khoe !nôa ba, tib go.

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Mamas ge ge //aixa-ū bi.

Sida on ge ge //aixa-ū bi.

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Xaweb ge Rahima !hausens tsîna ge ī tama hâ i.

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"//Khara du ra Rahima?" tib ge !gâsaroba ge dî.

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Os ge //gûsa ge !nawemû!nâ bi, "nēsits ge nî sa dīsāsa ≠an!gâ" timi.

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Rahimi ge ge /hawitsâsen tsoatsoa.

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"Tsûa!nā ta ra", tib ge ra duwu.

//Gûs ge nē tsûa!nāba ge ≠an!gâ í.

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//Nāxas ge gere ≠âi, "nē ≠ûn ge nē axaba ra ≠nau ti.

/Ams aib ge Rahima //îb /hawisa ge a ≠an!gâ, "//khawa ta ge nēti ≠ûnadīsen tide" timi.

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O da ge ge ≠gom bi.

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//Kharab
Author - Adelheid Marie Bwire
Translation - Mattheus Goraseb
Illustration - Melany Pietersen
Language - Khoekhoegowab
Level - First sentences