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Mooi so, Zama!
Fanie Viljoen and Magdaleen Du Toit
Vusi Malindi
Afrikaans
My klein boetie slaap laat.

Ek word vroeg wakker, want ek is fluks!
Ek is die een wat die son laat inkom.
"Jy is my môrester," sê Mamma.
Ek was myself elke dag, niemand hoef my te help nie.
Ek gee nie om vir die koue water of vir die blou seep waarmee Mamma klere was nie.
"Moenie vergeet om jou tande te borsel nie," herinner Mamma my.

Ek antwoord: "Nooit, nie ek nie!"
Nadat ek gewas het, groet ek vir Oupa en Tannie.

Ek wens hulle 'n goeie dag toe.
Dan trek ek aan.

"Ek is nou groot, Mamma," sê ek.
Ek maak self my rok se knope en my skoene vas.
Ek maak seker my boetie hoor al die nuus van die skool.
Ek doen altyd my bes in die klas.
Ek doen elke dag al hierdie goeie dinge.

Maar waarvan ek die meeste hou, is om te speel, speel, speel!
You are free to download, copy, translate or adapt this story and use the illustrations as long as you attribute in the following way:
Mooi so, Zama!
Author - Michael Oguttu
Translation - Fanie Viljoen and Magdaleen Du Toit
Illustration - Vusi Malindi
Language - Afrikaans
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
    • 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)
    • Ara Zama anitok!
      Otuho (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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