Iyough
Martha Kekana
Tammi Mbambo

Kopano vea Lereko ve lu yan keeki i yange ngô ve kaa yô.

Keeki la lu a iyough sha min.

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Lereko pine ngô ve er, "Ka i zua a iyough hana?"

"Wan wam, ior mba iyougho ka ve er zar iyougho," ngô na kaa un nahan.

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"Ior mba iyough u ka ve suse zar iyough u ken uimiondon mba ikyon," ka ape ngôm kaa la.

Iyough shi ka i tôô ihyundu i sha uimiondon la ve samber a min sha uimiondon.

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"Ior man iyough u ka ve tôô ihyundu i sha uimiondon ve samber a min. Ka ve na imendenev mbi mondo," ngôm kaa nahan.

"Shi ka se zua a akaa a dedoo ken iyough."

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"M fa! Ior man iyoughov ka ve er zar iyough is ken mnyohom ma imiondon," Kopano kaa nahan.

Lereko seer er, "Iyough nyoho shi i doo u yan."

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"Ka i er icigh a iyough," ngôm kaa nahan.

"Icigh ki ityôô yô, asange a cighi man vue-ici mbagenev mba a iyough ker."

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"Iyough ka i bee ikyer i agher, hough man mndôhôl."

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"Iyough ka i wase u been avav man usu hian kpaa."

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"Zar iyough doo sha ci u anmbayev ga. Ka i na ve angev," Myôm to cin.

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"Hegen, u ngu ungwan ga? Er nan ve iyough i lu a inja?" ngôm pine nahan.

"Ka i haa ihyundu i sha uimiondon sha ishule yase!" Lereko kaa nahan.

"Ka ve er zar iyough," Kopano shi seer

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Hii yange la je, Kopano man Lereko nenge iyough a civir.

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Iyough
Author - Martha Kekana
Translation - Joyce Terumbur Dankaro
Illustration - Tammi Mbambo
Language - Tiv
Level - First sentences