Lihle man Lwandle shie u fam
Tebogo Matshana
Tebogo Matshana

Lihle man Lwandle mba shin Northern Cape vea Lina.

Lina za á ve vé za nenge á uimyondon shin vegher u Namaqualand.

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"Uimyondon mba engem cir inya hanma ijiir!" Lwandle ember sha ikyenge.

Lina se, "Sha mhii u fam yô, imyondon kpishi ka ve mende."

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Lina za hemen er, "Wura ka u á taan inya je, mtsee kpa a va.

Shien kpuee je, inya i ombor ne cii i hingir agirigi u imyondon."

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"Wura ka u á ta inya yô, ungô asev ve lôô iyiav ken ityev. Man imyondon mban yô ka an nan lee?" Lwandle pine un.

Lina kaa er, "Ve mende á ishima ve."

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"Ijiir ne ngi á imyondon man inyon kua inyam man akaa'purugh kposo kposo," Lina pase ve.

"Ishemberkwagh i tesen mzough ne ka i yila ér 'biodiversity'," Lina za hemen.

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"Een, 'biodiversity' ka shie u akaa a uma kposo kposo á lu hen iniir ve lú a iwasen ayolave yô," Lina pass ve.

"Mzough ne ka á ná ijiir i doo," Lihle rumun.

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Ônkasev mban kar a pe orkuranilev lu yô..

Iyôngu vaa ér, "Baaaa!" Ve kpa ve kimbir ér imio imiom ér. "Baaaa!"

"Iyôngu kpishi ka i mar fam," Lihle kaa nahan.

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"Fam ka u á gba yô annyamev ve mar kpishi, inyon kpaa i ta aji kpaa," Lina na ikyar.

"M soo ônov mba akaav! Is hanma shie jim fam ka u hii?" Lwandle pine ve.

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"Taver u ôron jighlii..

Kpa akav a fam ka hii u tesen heen Sha Wurahe," Lina ta ve iwyanger.

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Lina kaa ér, "Ka a hiin u tseen riyol kpishi yô, wura ú ta inyà."

"Shien kpehee yô, taaikyôngu ne cii a hingir á uimyondon kpuung," kwagh ne doo Lihle.

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Mbampin
Lihle vea Lwandle mba hana?
Kwaghngeren ka hanma iaven a?
Fam ú hen ijiir you kaha á ú heene?
Ka nyi ka i na iyiav mbi vese?
Ka hanma iaven i hembe doon we?

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Lihle man Lwandle shie u fam
Author - Tebogo Matshana
Translation - Terkule Aorabee
Illustration - Tebogo Matshana
Language - Tiv
Level - First sentences