Ndo guda ngudo
Doris Manyamalala and Tshedza Tlhako
Catherine Groenewald
Makhulu wanga vha a mpfuna.
Vho mmbudza zwiphiri zwinzhi, nga nnḓa ha tshiphiri tshithihi fhedzi.
Manngi na maṱari ndi zwa u ita mini?
Makhulu vha ri, "Ndi zwa u ita vhuṱolo."
Ndo vha ndi tshi ṱoḓa u vhona.
Fhedzi makhulu vha nthuma uri ndi ite tshiṅwe tshithu.
"Zwi ngafhi?"
Makhulu vha ri, "Zwi fhethu hanga ha u ita vhuṱolo."
Makhulu vho nthuma kamarani yavho.
Ndo pfa hu tshi khou nukha miomva ine ya khou vhibva.
Ndo hu wana fhethu ha makhulu ha u ita vhuṱolo.
Ndo ḽa muthihi.
Wo vha u muomva une wa ḓifha u fhira yoṱhe ye nda vhuya nda i ḽa.
Nda dzhia miomva miṋa.
Nda i dzumba nga fhasi ha rokho yanga.
Nga ḓuvha ḽa u ya makete, makhulu vho dzhia zwiḽiwa u zwi rengisa.
Ndo vha ndo shona zwihulu.
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 and Tshedza Tlhako
Illustration - Catherine Groenewald
Language - Tshivenḓa
Level - First sentences
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Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
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