Paɗe ɗe mi arti marugo
Ursula Nafula
Rob Owen

Mi meeɗaayi faɗɗaago paɗe.

To mi yi'i ɓiɓɓe e paɗɗii paɗe boɗɗe, mi raaraɓe bee suuno.

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Daada am sey wi'iyam, "Munyu, a maroyay paɗe ɗuɗɗe yeeso."

Bannye mi jaɓataa ko mo wi'ata. Nyalaande feere sey mi ƴamimo, "Yeeso ɗum maa ndeye?"

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Ka neeɓi, haa Julde Seyo ɓadii. Koo moye e cukli yahugo luumo e wartida bee boorooje kuuje kese.

Mi ƴami, "Daada, enen, en njahataa luumo na?"

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Nyalnde Jaaju-Beeri, daada am umminiyam diga bimmbi, wakkati ɗum min ɗuuɗaa ummaago.

Mo wi'iyam, mi yaha mi hoosa booroore luumo maako.

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Nder luumo, e woodi himɓe ɗuɗɓe bee ɓiɓɓe maɓɓe, e ɓe cooda limse kese bee nyamdu.

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Min ndillani to ɗum soorata paɗe. Mi yi'i paɗe feere-feere ɗe mi meeɗaayi yi'ugo.

Mi tokki dankiije to ɓe njerni paɗe. Mi hayɗini, mi nani belɗum.

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Ɓaawo mi foondii paɗe feere-feere, sey paɗe ɗe ɓoggi ɓaleeji pottaniyam. Jemma, ɗoyɗi caloriyam, mi fotaayi ɗaanaago.

Mi nani belɗum, e mi numa no mi faɗɗorto paɗe am, mi hollaɗe ɓiɓɓe wuro amin fuu.

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Yeeso seɗɗa, mi ummii mi foondi paɗe am. Mi yaaɓi hakkiilo-hakkiilo nden mi ittiɗe mi resiɗe.

Mi waali fahin, ammaa ɗoyɗi caliiyam.

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Sey mi ummii mi foondi paɗe am fahin ɗiɗaɓre.

Mi yaaɓi, mi tartii saɓɓo am, nden mi itti paɗe am mi resiɗe.

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Mi waali fahin, mi haɓdi ɗaanaago. Ammaa sey mi ummii tataɓre.

Mi faɗɗii paɗe ɗen fahin, mi wami, mi diwi nder suudu.

Sey nde mi somi, mi waali nden mi ɗaani.

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Nde weeti, daada am umminiyam.

Mo ƴamiyam, "Ɗume mi yi'ata ɗo'o?"

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Assee, mi ɗaanodakeno bee paɗe am kese!

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Paɗe ɗe mi arti marugo
Author - Ursula Nafula
Translation - Yunuusa Yaakubu, Yusufa Hammadu
Illustration - Rob Owen
Language - Fulfulde Mbororoore
Level - First paragraphs