Go bina
Tessa Welch
Catherine Groenewald
Setswana (Botswana)

Ke bina fa ke itumetse,
Ke bina fa ke utlwile botlhoko,
Ke bina fa ke jewa ke bodutu,
Ke bina fa ke tenegile.

1

Morutabana a re, "Ako o eme! Se bine letsatsi lotlhe."

2

Mme mme ene are,
"Go bina go dira gore o itekanele,
Go bina go go dira moleele,
Nako nngwe o tla nna modiragatsi,
O ba makatsa botlhe!"

3

Ebile kare, "Nako nngwe ke tla bina ebile batho ba tla dulela go tla go mpona ke tlola le ke dikologa ."

4

"O itse go bina tota" ba tla rialo."

5
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Go bina
Author - Tessa Welch
Translation - Kutlwano Pascaline Mosweu
Illustration - Catherine Groenewald
Language - Setswana (Botswana)
Level - First paragraphs
© African Storybook Initiative 2014
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
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