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My Ma Maak Tuin
Tersia Myburgh
Jonathan Field
Afrikaans
My ma maak tuin. Sy het ʼn klein tuin gemaak. Sy het ertjies in haar klein tuin geplant.
My pa maak tuin. Hy het ʼn klein tuin gemaak. Hy het blomme in sy klein tuin geplant.
My ma het altwee tuine skoon gemaak.
My pa het altwee tuine water gegee.
Ek en my ouers het in die klein tuine gewerk. Ek en my suster het die blomme en ertjies gepluk.
Die klein tuin met ertjies het sakke vol ertjies gegee. Die klein tuin met blomme het sake vol blomme gegee.
My ma het tuin gemaak. Sy het ʼn groot tuin gemaak. Sy het die groot tuin vol ertjies geplant.
My pa het tuin gemaak. Hy het ʼn groot tuin gemaak. Hy het die groot tuin vol blomme geplant.
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My Ma Maak Tuin
Author - Tom Sabwa
Translation - Tersia Myburgh
Illustration - Jonathan Field
Language - Afrikaans
Level - First sentences
© Text: Ugandan Community Libraries Association (Ugcla) Artwork: African Storybook Initiative 2014
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
Source www.africanstorybook.org
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  • Translations and adaptations
    • My mother planted
      English (Translation)
    • Ma Mère a Fait Des Plantations
      French (Translation)
    • Umama Wami Utshalile
      isiZulu (Translation)
    • Umama wami uyasthala
      isiZulu (Translation)
    • Mamangu alipanda
      Kiswahili (Translation)
    • Maama Wange Yalima
      Lusoga (Original)
    • My mother planted
      Lusoga (Adaptation)
    • Okusimba n' Okukungula
      Lusoga (Translation)
    • Itokang Etakini
      Ng’aturkana (Translation)
    • Mama Wanje Yaraka
      Oluwanga (Translation)
    • A Minha Mãe Plantou
      Portuguese (Translation)
    • Mma waka o bjadile
      Sepedi (Translation)
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