Mbone man Akinyi
Esther Mutheu
Catherine Groenewald

Mbone man Akinyi lu anngbyanev mba kasev.

Ve lu hen ya u dedoo vea mbamaren vev hen kpentar u Utafiti.

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Iyange kuma shie u nan memyol ken imiakeranta, nahan lu kwagh u doon mbayevkasev mbala kpishi.

Sha ciu gba u ve a za memyol ken ter ve u vesen.

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Iyange la kom yô, ter ve tôô ve shin mato.

Er ve lu yemen sha gbenda la, ve lu nengen a inyamtoho man umiondon mba ikyonov mba dedoo.

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Ve yem zanzan ve za nyôr hen ya u ter ve u vesen, ve za nyôr lu atetan.

Ngô ve u vesen due a atsaka sha cinkafa, ve ya doo ve.

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Iyange been yô, ve yem ken sule u ken kungur u ngô ve u vesen.

Lu Akinyi, Mbone man ônov mba anngbyan u ter ve, ve yem iniumbe a umiondon mba ikyonov.

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Kpernan yô, ve due a ilev mbi ter ve u vesen er mbi za ya toho ken tsa.

Shie u ilev mbila lu yan toho la, ve di ve lu numben kera.

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Ka va kom u hiden a ilev ken ya yô, bua ugenegh gba zendan ve.

Lu ter ve va yima ve ye.

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Uma u ken ya u ter ve u vese iyange doo ve kpeng kpeng.

Mbone man Akinyi ve lu zua a ian ve numbe kpishi. Lu u ve a hide ve a yem zum u a hide ken imiakeranta yô.

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Mbone man Akinyi
Author - Esther Mutheu
Translation - Msughter Chekwa
Illustration - Catherine Groenewald, José Jochicala, Marleen Visser, Melany Pietersen, Salim Kasamba, Silva Afonso, Vusi Malindi
Language - Tiv
Level - First paragraphs