Lunyunyu lu sinyusaho
Ursula Nafula
Magriet Brink

Koko! Koko!

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"Ndi nnyi?" ndi a vhudzisa ndi tshe ndo farwaho nga khofhe.

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"Ndi nṋe," hu amba ipfi nga u tou ṱavha mukosi.

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"Ndi nnyi ane a pfi nṋe?" ndi a vhudzisa.

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"Ndo ni vhudza uri ndi n-ṋ-e-f-h-e-d-z-i," hu amba ipfi ḽi fanaho.

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Ndo fhindula nda ri, "A thi ḓivhi muthu ane a pfi n-ṋ-e-f-h-e-d-z-i."

Nda sedza arali nethe yanga ya u ḓitsireledza kha vhunyunyu yo thivha zwavhuḓi mmbete wanga.

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"Ndi pfi Lunyu."

Ipfi ḽi vho tou ṱavhesa mukosi u fhira u thomani. Ḽi tou vha tsini-tsini na nḓevhe yanga.

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"Lunyu ufhio?" ndi a vhudzisa musi ndi tshi khou sedza nga fhasi ha nethe.

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Ipfi ḽa amba uri, "Lunyu-Nyu."

Nda pfa uri ndo lumiwa kha nḓevhe."

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"Yowee!" nda mbo ḓi pindumuku nda thoma u lu ṱoḓa.

Ndi tshi khou ambela nṱha nda ri, "U ḓo zwi badela."

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Nge nda vha ndo sinyuwa vhukuma, nda tsa mmbeteni, nda funga luvhone.

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I ḓo vha nndwakhulu vhukati hanga na Lunyu-Nyu lu sinyusaho!

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Lunyunyu lu sinyusaho
Author - Ursula Nafula
Translation - Doris Manyamalala, Tshedza Tlhako
Illustration - Magriet Brink
Language - Tshivenḓa
Level - First sentences