N Karim Ba
Zimbili Dlamini
Jesse Pietersen
Dagbani/Dagbanli

N yuri n karimba.

1

O nyɛla ŋun viɛla. Ka kpaŋdi o maŋa. Ka mali nirlim mini suɣulo.

2

O dihi o zabiri naɣchiinsi viɛnyɛla.

3

O zaŋ yɛri din niŋgbuŋ be payapaya niŋ o zabiri maa ni.

4

Yɛri maa niŋgbuŋ kom n-nyɛ vakahili, zaɣ'piɛlli, zaɣ'ʒee n-ti pahi zaɣ'dozim.

5

M ma dimi suɣulo, a ni maali n zabiri kamani n karim ba dini maa tatabo?

6

N yi ti zoona, n gba ni zaŋ yɛri maali n zabiri.

7

N kuli yɛn zoomi n-ti ŋmani n karim ba!

8
You are free to download, copy, translate or adapt this story and use the illustrations as long as you attribute in the following way:
N Karim Ba
Author - Zimbili Dlamini, Hlengiwe Zondi
Translation - Adam Issah Vice (OLE Ghana)
Illustration - Jesse Pietersen
Language - Dagbani/Dagbanli
Level - First words
© African Storybook Initiative 2014
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
Source www.africanstorybook.org
Original source