Ndhovu noMangovovo
Mozambican folktale
Amir Bachir António Necas

Pa kare kare fumu ghomuthitu kwa karire Nyime.

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Gha tumine yiyama yendi yi porerithe muyoyo oghu watundire mudikorokoro dyodimbiru mumuthitu.
Yino mbadi ya tombokire.

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Ndhovu gha kudjamberire mu ku tundithapo muyoyo ghuya. Ndhovu gha kara mukungi.

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Pa katji ko ghuthiku muyoyo watangire Ndhovu gha tangire kupagha Mangovovo. Gha yirughanine karo diyuwa dyo kurandako.

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Yivike yo ngandji yapitire po, fumu Nyime gha hafire yoyishi Ndhovu gha konine kushayekitha po muyoyo ghuya.

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Kaghonda kofotji kapitire po, gha monine yimbumburu yoyingi thikuma pa ma farama ghawo.

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Fumu Nyime gha tumine Ndhovu gha kethe Mangovovo nagha dye yimbumburu.

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Ndhovu ghayapire thikuma yoyishi mangovovo
ghomahe ne ha mana kupagha. Gha ghamba eshi, Dishesha, dishesha, Na ma na ku gha pagha.

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Fumu Nyime gha ghamba eshi: Ndhovu, Ame ne kwa kutumine eshi ghu ka shayekithe po muyoyo, mbadi eshi ghu kapaghe mangovovo. Ndhovu ha muturire mudorongo myaka dho dhingi!

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Fumu gha tongwera yiyama yoyihe ya kurughanange yoyi hana yitumu ngenyu.

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Ndhovu noMangovovo
Author - Mozambican folktale
Translation - Gerhalda Ndumba
Illustration - Amir Bachir António Necas
Language - Thimbukushu
Level - First sentences