Noun Classes
Thapelo Marota
Wiehan de Jager
Setswana

Lelapa le kopana bosigo go bua. Basadi ba tla apaya dijo.

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Dinaledi tsa Gauteng bosigo di dintle. Ke rata dinaledi.

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Abuti o robale sentle. Kgaitsedi, le wena o robale sentle. Bana ba rata go bala beibele pele ba robala.

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Ntate Modise o rapela bosigo pele a robala. O rapelela bana ba gagwe. Kgogo e lebelela ntate. Lebone le a tuka.

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Mosimane o ja dijo tsa phakela le ntate mogolo. Dijo di fa maatla.

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lelapa = family; basadi = women; dinaledi = stars; rata = love or like; bala = read; rapela = pray; lebone = light; tuka = shine; fa = give; lebelela = watch

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Author - Thapelo Marota, Thato Ntlatleng
Illustration - Wiehan de Jager, Leo Daly, Magriet Brink, Audrey Anderson, Catherine Groenewald
Language - Setswana
Level - First sentences
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