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Ara Zama anitok!
Abraham Arkadio
Vusi Malindi
Otuho
Ojoto ilaŋ olo odiha to ihalu.

Ahenyu ni berien (beryen), nyo ara ni anitok.
Nani ania ana aŋatak to oloŋ itwa.
"Iyye elelef hoŋ oto motie", ajio hoŋong.
Ellillayo ni ahwan hoŋ oŋitek dang, abeŋ ni awak obo alwahio.
Abeŋ ni egigilo naari huno ilihi to, kuyya bwo ve asebun enegara ene illillayo to aboŋojin.
Iramak iyaŋ nani inyak, "hegworo alaa hoi"

Etarraŋ ni, "obeŋ tuŋ, abaŋara nani!"
Ihalu ililiayo, efony ni ohonyi iko eyanyi.

Eyihi ni isi oloŋ ono oyyu.
To nya, etiyyafak ni ahwan hoŋ.

Ajio ni. "iyaŋ, abolo ni ihwania".
Aremik ni ihianana etahonyita boŋo hoŋ iko efitana hamuha hoŋ.
Ahode hode, etamijak adi ni ilaŋ assayo huno Asukul daŋ.
Itwa ittiyeni, ehan adi ni igalihinieri tene ekotia daŋ.
Ehanio ni asaŋ huno oyiji to hunia oŋitek daŋ.

Ati, ariŋ ana awak ni bebe, inyi abala bwo abala!
You are free to download, copy, translate or adapt this story and use the illustrations as long as you attribute in the following way:
Ara Zama anitok!
Author - Michael Oguttu
Translation - Abraham Arkadio
Illustration - Vusi Malindi
Language - Otuho
Level - First sentences
© Text: Uganda 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
    • Mooi so, Zama!
      Afrikaans (Translation)
    • ዛማ ጎበዝ ነች
      Amharic (Translation)
    • زاما المميز!
      Arabic (Translation)
    • Zama ndi wopambana!
      Chichewa (Translation)
    • Kwejani igamba
      ChiNambya (Translation)
    • Zama wapamwanya!
      Chinkhonde (Translation)
    • Zama ulicenjede
      ChiTonga (Translation)
    • Zama Mukali (CAPOLSA)
      ChiTonga (Translation)
    • Zama mphatali!
      Chitonga (Malawi) (Translation)
    • Zama Niwopambana
      CiNyanja (Adaptation)
    • Zama Niwopambana
      CiNyanja (Translation)
    • Zama ndi wamphamvu!
      CiNyanja (Translation)
    • Zama ngwapacanya
      Citumbuka (Translation)
    • A Zama ŵakupunda
      Ciyawo (Malawi) (Translation)
    • Mulupalli Zama
      Ellomwe (Malawi) (Translation)
    • Zama is great!
      English (Adaptation)
    • Zama is great! (Colour-in)
      English (Adaptation)
    • Zama est formidable!
      French (Translation)
    • Zama umwana musuma
      IciBemba (Adaptation)
    • Mpundu Uwacenjela
      IciBemba (Translation)
    • UZama ubalasele
      isiXhosa (Translation)
    • UZama unguchwepheshe!
      isiZulu (Translation)
    • Zama wakosa!
      Kaonde (Translation)
    • Zamab ge a kai
      Khoekhoegowab (Translation)
    • Mutesi Intangarugero
      Kinyarwanda (Translation)
    • Dama ni mashuhuri!
      Kiswahili (Translation)
    • Mbwali mubitirivu!
      Lusoga (Translation)
    • Zama omunandjungu
      Oshikwanyama (Translation)
    • Zama omwa nawa
      Oshindonga (Translation)
    • Zama omusemba
      Otjiherero (Translation)
    • Ikuboi Agalîk ꞌdaŋ!
      Otuho (Translation)
    • Zama Ependa!
      Rukwangali (Translation)
    • Maleka ke sekgwari!
      Sepedi (Translation)
    • Nthabi o etsa hantle!
      Sesotho (Lesotho) (Translation)
    • Zama o etsa hantle
      Sesotho (South Africa) (Translation)
    • Zama o mogolo
      Setswana (Translation)
    • Zama ungumcemane!
      Siswati (Translation)
    • Nyamal ɛ ram mi di̱i̱t!
      Thok Nath (Nuer) (Translation)
    • Zama ndi ṅwana ṅwana!
      Tshivenḓa (Translation)
    • Zama u kahle!
      Xitsonga (Translation)
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