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Inyungu yafwa
Catherine Were
Emily Berg
Oluwanga
Biantaka yali ne ing'ombe.

Khandi yali nende akhayungu akhatiti khamatsi.
Yatsia womumenyanwa we okhusaba inyungu ikhongo.
Biantaka yara akhayungu, munyungu ikhongo ilia.
Yachinga tsinyungu tsilia tsiosi nailila omumenyanwa we.
Biantaka yamubolera omumenyanwa we, "Inyungu yiyo yebula."
Biantaka yakalukha womumenyanwa we, okhusaba inyungu khandi.
Shiyaikalusiayo tawe.

Omumenyanwa we yalola mbu atsie amureebe.
Biantaka yamuboolera mbu, "Yafwa. Embele nindenya okhwitsa okhukhuboolera."
Omumenyanwa yakhupa obuyoka, "Eshili okhuhulira mbu inyungu ifwile!"
Biantaka yakalusia ari, "Buli eshindu shibulanga okhula shifwe."
Omumenyanwa yatsia mushiina okhusitaka Biantaka.
Omuyaali yaboola mbu, "Buli eshindu shibulanga okhuula shifwe."
Biantaka yanyoola inyungu ikhoongo.

Omumenyanwa we nakosia inyungu yiye.
You are free to download, copy, translate or adapt this story and use the illustrations as long as you attribute in the following way:
Inyungu yafwa
Author - Peter Kisakye
Translation - Catherine Were
Illustration - Emily Berg
Language - Oluwanga
Level - First sentences
© Text: Uganda Community Libraries Association (Ugcla) Artwork: African Storybook Initiative 2015
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
Source www.africanstorybook.org
Original source http://ugcla.org
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  • Translations and adaptations
    • Byantaka anongo ifwiide
      ChiTonga (Translation)
    • Byantaka anongo ifwiide
      ChiTonga (Adaptation)
    • Byantaka na Poto Yakufa
      CiNyanja (Translation)
    • Ganizani ndi Poto Wakufa
      CiNyanja (Adaptation)
    • Byantaka and the dead pot
      English (Translation)
    • The pot that died
      English (Adaptation)
    • Dambu Kashe Mai Zari
      Hausa (Nigeria) (Translation)
    • Byantaka noomutondo waafwa
      IciBemba (Translation)
    • Malumo na umutondo waafwa
      IciBemba (Adaptation)
    • Ntampaka n'intango yapfuye
      Kinyarwanda (Translation)
    • Chungu kilichokufa
      Kiswahili (Translation)
    • Biantaka na chungu kilichokufa
      Kiswahili (Translation)
    • Byantaka ne Entamu Eyafa
      Lusoga (Original)
    • Ensugha eyafa
      Lusoga (Translation)
    • Agulu Na Atoani
      Ng’aturkana (Translation)
    • Ensoha Eyafire
      Runyoro (Translation)
    • እታ ዝሞተት ዕትሮ
      Tigrigna (Translation)
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