Mpaka jwa Subo
Khothatso Ranoosi
Marleen Visser
Pokomo

Subo katsaka mpaka.

Kuna mpaka wenji humu nyumbani mwakwe.

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Subo ana mpaka mmodza mweusi.

Huyu mpaka anadya nyama nyinji.

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Subo ana mpaka munono mmodza.

Huyu mpaka anadya kila kintu.

3

Huyu mpaka jwahahu, anaḍarama akipfaa muhini.

4

Subo kapfaa dzuu ya muhi. Kat̯uruma huko dzu jeje na huyu mpaka jwa hahu.

Iḅid̯i mamajwe Subo awasaiḍie kusuka.

5

Subo ana mpaka wawii ambao ni malafa.

Wanat̯ambaara dzuani nsiku nzima.

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Subo ana mpaka wahahu wewo nahiḍu.

Wanagija mpanya dzikoni nanasiku.

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Subo ana chunghe mmodza. Hiḍi saridye ni Lirafi.

Lirafi nkaḅamu hat̯a mmodza.

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Hawa mpaka wa Subo wamut̯ukia Lirafi. Wanamfukuza nzee ya hii nyumba.

Lirafi naye anaḍarama akayawa.

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Subo anamulacha Lirafi nakumugalicha nyumbani.

Hawa mpaka ntawakutsekezwa. Ntawakutsaka kumuona Lirafi kawii.

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Ayu Subo ana mpaka wengaa?

Ana mpaka wanane.

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Ayu Subo ana chughe nyengaa?

Ana chughe mmodza.

Ayu Lirafi kakuu sasa?

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Una mpaka wengaa ako nyumbani?

Una chughe nyengaa ako nyumbani?

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Mpaka jwa Subo
Author - Khothatso Ranoosi, Marion Drew
Translation - Granton Idyema
Illustration - Marleen Visser, Wiehan de Jager
Language - Pokomo
Level - First sentences
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