Aḽilali ha funi zwone vhaeni
Rasheedat Sadiq
African Storybook
Tshivenḓa

Khokhokho!

Hu pfala u khokhonya vothini ḽa phanḓa.

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Aḽilali o takala nga maanḓa.

"Ndi nnyi?" u a vhudzisa.

"Mma, ndi na mueni!"

2

"Ndi zwone," hu fhindula mme awe. "Ndi Vho Hassan. Vha vuleleni."

3

Aḽilali a vula muṋango a tshi khou ṅwethuwa.

"Aa, Vho Hassan, kha vha dzhene. Mma vha khou ḓa."

Vho Hassan vha mwemwela-vho na vhone musi vha tshi vhona Aḽilali.

4

"Ndi vha ḓisele mini tsha u nwa?" hu vhudzisa Aḽilali.

"A songo ḓidina, Aḽilali, ndo livhuha," hu fhindula Vho Hassan.

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"Ri a vusa, Vho Hassan," hu amba mme a Aḽilali. "Vha mpfarele ndo lenga."

"A hu na dinani khonani yanga, Aḽilali o ntswielela."

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Mme a Aḽilali vha ṅwethuwa vhukuma.

"Na zwino Aḽilali ndi musidzana wa mafunda nahone ndi pfa ndi tshi ḓihudza ngae," vha vhudza Vho Hassan.

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Aḽilali ha funi zwone vhaeni
Author - Rasheedat Sadiq
Translation - Ndivhuho Mutsila
Illustration - African Storybook, Rasheedat Sadiq, Wiehan de Jager
Language - Tshivenḓa
Level - First paragraphs
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