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Umzimba wam
Nokwanda Mbusi
Mlungisi Dlamini
isiXhosa
Ndingabaleka ngawo.
Ndingaxhuma ngawo.
Ndingadanisa ngawo.
Ndingaqubha ngawo.
Ndingatsiba ngawo.
Ndingakhaba ngawo.
Ndingasuka ndihambe ngawo.
Kodwa andingekhe ndibhabhe ngawo.
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Umzimba wam
Author - Clare Verbeek, Thembani Dladla and Zanele Buthelezi
Translation - Nokwanda Mbusi
Illustration - Mlungisi Dlamini
Language - isiXhosa
Level - First words
© School of Education and Development (Centre for Adult Education), University of Kwazulu-Natal 2007
Creative Commons: Attribution-Non Commercial 3.0
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Original source http://cae.ukzn.ac.za/resources/seedbooks.aspx
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