Ndo guda ngudo
Ursula Nafula
Catherine Groenewald

Makhulu wanga vha a mpfuna.

Vho mmbudza zwiphiri zwinzhi, nga nnḓa ha tshiphiri tshithihi fhedzi.

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Manngi na maṱari ndi zwa u ita mini?

Makhulu vha ri, "Ndi zwa u ita vhuṱolo."

2

Ndo vha ndi tshi ṱoḓa u vhona.

Fhedzi makhulu vha nthuma uri ndi ite tshiṅwe tshithu.

3

"Zwi ngafhi?"

Makhulu vha ri, "Zwi fhethu hanga ha u ita vhuṱolo."

4

Makhulu vho nthuma kamarani yavho.

Ndo pfa hu tshi khou nukha miomva ine ya khou vhibva.

5

Ndo hu wana fhethu ha makhulu ha u ita vhuṱolo.

6

Ndo ḽa muthihi.

Wo vha u muomva une wa ḓifha u fhira yoṱhe ye nda vhuya nda i ḽa.

7

Nda dzhia miomva miṋa.

Nda i dzumba nga fhasi ha rokho yanga.

8

Nga ḓuvha ḽa u ya makete, makhulu vho dzhia zwiḽiwa u zwi rengisa.

Ndo vha ndo shona zwihulu.

9

Nga murahu, musi ndi tshi vhidzwa, ndo zwi ḓivha uri ndi ngani.

A tho ngo tsha dovha nda tswa.

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Ndo guda ngudo
Author - Ursula Nafula
Translation - Doris Manyamalala, Tshedza Tlhako
Illustration - Catherine Groenewald
Language - Tshivenḓa
Level - First sentences