Ten yok laai cok thin
Philip Lual Bol
Wiehan de Jager
Wa thɛɛr laai ake cin cok.
Ee raan e rot yen ee ci Nhialic yiek cok.
Go Nhialic jal tak ku bi laai eben yiek cok.
Laai eben ake wic cok bi kek ya ciath ku kat ke.
Ee rilic ku bik cak ya mol e path.
Na ɣon akal tok, ke kuat e lai eben jol mool pan ee Nhialic.
Go Nhialic kuat ee laai ku diɛt yiek cok.
Go laai abɛk dier ku cuɛt laai abɛk rot piny.
Ku jɔl ka lueel kek eben, "lɔn ci kek bi bɛn mol."
Ka Kondook yen e lan toong ci dong cien wen kɛɛc laai.
Go Nhialic cok awen ci dong piny eben gam tene Kondook.
Go Kondook ja lueel ke ci puou miɛt apɛi, "lon bi yen jal ya ciath ku poul apɛi kam laai eben."
Kaam wen jiel Kondook, ka Kepiiny lok bɛn ke lim, "Ku lueel mouc ɣɛn cok."
Aci Kepiiny lɛk Nhialic, "lɔn ci yen kuɛɛk piny ninic."
Ke Nhialic acin cok ci bɛn yok bi kek yiek Kepiiny.
Akol ɣɔn kene, yen anguot tit Kepiiny cok, agut ci yakol.
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Ten yok laai cok thin
Author - Mutugi Kamundi
Translation - Philip Lual Bol
Illustration - Wiehan de Jager
Language - Dinka
Level - First sentences
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Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
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