Ingane kaKumbana
Ingrid Schechter
Razaque Lázaro Quive
isiZulu

Kwakukhona insizwa eyayibizwa ngokuthiwa nguKumbana.

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Wathi eseneminyaka engama- 25, wathandana nentombi eyayibizwa ngoZangane.

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Bathandana iminyaka emithathu kodwa uKumbana wayengenayo imali yokumshada uZangane.

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Kwathi ngelinye ilanga uZangane wathola ukuthi usekhulelwe ngoba babengayisebenzisile into yokuvikela ukukhulelwa.

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Bathola umntwana wentombazane, bamqamba ngokuthi uKheri.

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UKumbana wayesafunda, uZangane esebenza edolobheni elikude, lokhu okwenza ukuthi bahlale ngokuhlukana.

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Emva kwesikhashana, uZangane wathola isoka elisha. Leza lazohlala naye nentombazanyana yakhe encane.

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UKhumbana waphatheka kabuhlungu. Wakhala, wakhala ngoba wayesehlukaniswe nendodakazi yakhe.

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Sahamba isikhathi, noKumbana naye wathola intombi entsha. Bahlala ndawonye kodwa abazitholanga izingane.

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UKheri akazange amthande ubaba wakhe omusha. Wayengajabule neze futhi wayejwayele ukumshaya.

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Kwathi eseneminyaka  eyi-12, umama wakhe wathatha isinqumo sokumbuyisela kubaba wakhe omzalayo ukuze ahlale naye.

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UKumbana noKheri bakujabulela futhi ukuba ndawonye.

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Ingane kaKumbana
Author - Ingrid Schechter
Translation - Umlazi Intermediate Teachers
Illustration - Razaque Lázaro Quive
Language - isiZulu
Level - First sentences
© Mozambican Writers 2014
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
Source www.africanstorybook.org
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