African Storybook - Wón Veé Ghàm Vilù

Wón Veé Ghàm Vilù

Beatrice Tafon Takeh

Wiehan de Jager

Yì-iì dzə̀ é ghan símóʼsí, a kfəə́ yímóʼó dzə̀, a yí dzə́ dzə́ kisheʼ rìí.

Bó wìr yòʼ-oò ghàn fùnèn wùn wùmòʼ. Áwune-eè lo, á waà sə atàr wùn a àyìyí é lìm seé laʼ, a sə e kwaʼ.

Yii bèy, á yòʼ-oò lo màʼtì ji áwune waá koʼtí a e ghaa kiy.

Áwune-eè lo, á kù a yiì lim sév a dzə̀ vitsə́ʼə́.

Kí-iì dzə̀ bey, bìʼfo vé-eè fèr áwune a dzə̀ e ghám vilùu.

Yii bèy, wo mòʼón woo wán waá ker shií ji wun ku dù fo ndzə, e yèn á shúy.

Wìy lòo dzə e kishiíy kímóʼ kí, shií və̀n távkír. Afə́r vəə́ wáa sə̀r wun.

Yii bèy, la kí yòʼ lìm. Wù ku nèn rèŋ e sar shùy.

Wúné-eè kìn wón veé ghàm vilù viǹ mo fər wov-iì reŋ bèn du aáwuné si.

Yii bèy, áwune nèn bà ntaŋ wùmòʼ. Áwune nèn bàʼtí ghám vilù ye yi kì rèŋèn rəy, e fèr shinə́n shó.

Áwune nèn lì shinə́n shee fə́r wov shiy, e kòʼ shó e ntoò gwan.

Mo shùy toon, shí nén a feŋ, a dù, a yòv, a nəə̀ e kinto shùy.

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Wón Veé Ghàm Vilù

Author - Southern African Folktale
Translation - Beatrice Tafon Takeh
Illustration - Wiehan de Jager
Language - Lámnsoʼ
Level - First sentences