Zwipuka zwi shavha mahayani
Cissy Kiwanuka Luyiga
Magriet Brink
Tshivenḓa

Vhaṅwe mukegulu vho vha vhe na khuhu dza phambo na gukulume ḽa kale.

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Muḓuhulu wavho a vha dalela. Vha humbula u ṱhavha iḽi gukulume.

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Gukulume ḽa mbo ḓi shavhela ḓoroboni khulu.

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Gukulume ḽa ṱangana na tshimange tshe tsha shavha muṋe watsho.

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Gukulume na tshimange vha ṱangana na mmbwa i no khou shavha.

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Ha ḓa bere ye na yone ya vha yo shavha hayani.

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Zwipuka izwi zwa swika muṅwe muḓini. Zwa vhona ngomu nḓuni hu na mbava!

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Zwipuka zwa thoma u imba uri mbava dzi shavhe.

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Zwa dzhena nḓuni zwa ḽa zwiḽiwa zwe zwa zwi wana henefho.

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Mbava dza dovha dza vhuya. Zwipuka zwa lwa nadzo.

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Mbava dzo ri u shavha dzi si tsha vhuya.

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Zwipuka zwa tshila zwoṱhe afho nḓuni ḽi ḽa maladze.

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Zwipuka zwi shavha mahayani
Author - Cissy Kiwanuka Luyiga
Translation - Ndivhuho Mutsila
Illustration - Magriet Brink
Language - Tshivenḓa
Level - First words
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