Ngiyathanda
Patience M
Patience M
isiNdebele

Ngithanda ukudlala ibholo.

Ngithanda ukudlala ibholo noThando, uNhlanhla noBen.

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Lo ngumma wami.

Ngiyamthanda umma.

Uyangihlekisa.

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Ngithanda uZimu, ngombana uZimu ungidalile.

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Ngithanda isikolo, ngombana abotitjhere bangifundisa lokho engitlhoga ukukwazi.

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Ngithanda ukudlala nezinja, ngombana kumnandi.

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Ngithanda amalanga wamabeletho, ngombana ngithanda ukugidinga.

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Begodu ngiyazithanda ngombana …

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… ngombana … ngiyazithanda!

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Ngiyathanda
Author - Patience M
Translation - Richard Vusi Mahlangu
Illustration - Patience M
Language - isiNdebele
Level - First sentences
© African Storybook Initiative 2019
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
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