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Ukudanisa
Neliswa Majola and Education without Borders
Catherine Groenewald
isiXhosa
Ndidanisa xa ndonwabile, Ndidanisa xa ndibuhlungu, Ndidanisa xa ndindedwa, Ndidanisa xa ndicaphukile.
Utitshalakazi wam uthi, "Hlala phantsi uzole! Sukudanisa imini yonke."
Kodwa umama wam yena uthi, "Ukudanisa kwenza ube sempilweni, Ukudanisa kwenza ube mde, Ngenye imini uza kuba ngumdanisi, Kwaye uza kubamangalisa bonke!"
Kwaye mna ndithi, "Ngenye imini ndiza kudanisa kwaye abantu baza kubhatala xa befuna ukundibona nditsiba-tsiba kwaye ndizibhija-bhija." 'Udanisa kakuhle KAKHULU', baza kutsho.
You are free to download, copy, translate or adapt this story and use the illustrations as long as you attribute in the following way:
Ukudanisa
Author - Mary Nabire and Tessa Welch
Translation - Neliswa Majola and Education without Borders
Illustration - Catherine Groenewald
Language - isiXhosa
Level - First sentences
© African Storybook Initiative 2014
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
Source www.africanstorybook.org
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