African Storybook - Kidaàdà ke wìr

Kidaàdà ke wìr

Beatrice Tafon Takeh and Mbinkar Emmanuel Keelen

Catherine Groenewald

Kisoó kfə́ kí-iì tsə̀mér é ŋàŋ.

Shúu lav vəə́ tsə́mér sá e ŋàŋ.

Kikún kfə́ kí-iì tsə̀mér é ŋàŋ.

Kár rə́ yee básíkùu tsə́mér sá e ŋàŋ.

Yii bèy, a wìr və̀n dzə̀ kidaàdà ke wìr.

Wù-uù fèr shúu lav və́ e daadà.

Wù-uù fèr kikún kfə́, kídaadà.

Wù yún kár yee básíkù a yí gáʼám e yuv.

Wù-uù lo, wù wàa dzə e ntaʼ, a wù gáʼám é yuv.

Shibun she wù-uù yíkir sho shi-iì dzə̀ shidaadà

Vinyo vìn vi wáa koóy bèn a wù máʼtí ne lav rə, e dù a dzə a dzə̀ é kòv wo kúʼùné.

Wù-uù dzə̀ʼə̀m féyì viyá vinén, bóo wìy a kpu.

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Kidaàdà ke wìr

Author - Cornelius Gulere
Translation - Beatrice Tafon Takeh and Mbinkar Emmanuel Keelen
Illustration - Catherine Groenewald
Language - Lámnsoʼ
Level - First sentences

© Text: Ugandan Community Libraries Association; Illustration: African Storybook Initiative 2014
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
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