Zwimange zwa Tshilima
Khothatso Ranoosi
Marleen Visser
Tshivenḓa

Tshilima zwimange u a zwi funa. Muḓini wa hawe hu na zwimange zwinzhi.

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Tshilima u na tshimange tshitswu tshithihi. Tshimange itshi a tshi ḽi zwone ṋama.

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Tshilima u na tshimange tshithihi tsha u nona. Itshi tshimange tshi ḽa tshiṅwe na tshiṅwe.

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Tshimange tsha vhuraru, tsha mbo gonya muri. A tshi tsha kona u tsa!

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Tshilima a mbo gonya uyu muri. Murini a hanganea. Mme a Tshilima vha tea u tsitsa avha vhavhili murini.

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Tshilima u na zwiṅwe zwimange zwivhili zwa vhubva. Zwi ṱwa zwo lala ḓuvhani ḓuvha ḽoṱhe.

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Tshilima u dovha a vha na zwimange zwiraru zwi sa dzuli fhasi. Zwi bata mbevha khishini vhusiku.

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Tshilima u na mmbwa nthihi. I pfi Tshamaṱo. Tshamaṱo a i na khonani. Zwi a i ṱungufhadza.

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Zwimange zwa Tshilima a zwi pfani na Tshamaṱo. Zwi a i pandela nḓuni. Tshamaṱo ya mbo paṱa muḓini.

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Tshilima a wana he Tshamaṱo ya shavhela hone a vhuya nayo hayani. Zwimange zwi si takale na luthihi. A zwi tsha ṱoḓou vhona Tshamaṱo.

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Tshilima u na zwimange zwingana? U na zwimange zwa malo.

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Tshilima u na mmbwa nngana? U na mmbwa nthihi. Tshamaṱo i ngafhi zwino?

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Ni na zwimange zwingana hayani? Ni na mmbwa nngana hayani?

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Zwimange zwa Tshilima
Author - Khothatso Ranoosi, Marion Drew
Translation - Ndivhuho Mutsila
Illustration - Marleen Visser, Wiehan de Jager
Language - Tshivenḓa
Level - First sentences
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