A Mpfundla Ni Havu
Mozambican folktale
Reginaldo Vicente Manhice
Changana

A siku rin'wi a Mpfundla ni Havu avali va nganu. Hi nkama wa dlala Mpfundla wu rambi a mu nganu a kuva va tlanga.

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A Mpfundla wuku: A hi tlangi hiku svekana. A Havu yi hlamula yiku: Hinga svi yentsisa aku yini svolesvo?

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A Mpfundla u hlamula wuku: A hi tsiveli ndzilu.

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Hi cela mati ka bota, hi gama hi thlathleka a ndzilweni.

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Mina ni ta ngena a ku sungula. A loko ni gongondza a xi mbonyo xa bota ni pfuleli ni ta huma.

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A Mpfundla yi ngena a ku sungula. A nkama a mati manga sungula a ku kufumela.

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A Mpfundla wu gongondza, a Havu yi pfula.

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A nkama ku nga ngena a Havu, a Mpfundla wu teka a ribzi dza dzikulu u thlanteka a henhla ka xi mbonyo xa bota.

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A nkama a mati manga sungula aku bila, a Havu yi gongondza a Mpfundla a wu pfulanga a xi mbonyo xa bota.

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A Havu yi gama yifa, a Mpfundla yi gama yida a munganu wakwe!

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A Mpfundla Ni Havu
Author - Mozambican folktale
Translation - Pensaivo Faife
Illustration - Reginaldo Vicente Manhice
Language - Changana
Level - First sentences
© Mozambican Writers 2014
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