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Tungowe twa Selemeng
Doreen Matengu and Virginia Gwaba
Marleen Visser and Wiehan de Jager
ChiNambya
Unotushantila kasa Selemeng tungowe. Mungumba iye tunji kasa.
Selemeng unaka ngowe katema.

Yaka kangowe kanolya inyama inji.
Pakati potungowe kamwe kalokola, kelya zose.
Kangowe kechitatu, kanolabukila munti.

Kova kekonwa kubheluka.
Selemeng unotanha bo eda kubhuluja kangowe kechitatu, naye akava abhatwa munti.

Amayi ba Selemeng bakabhancha kubadeluja munti.
Selemeng unatungowe tubili tusinotubula kuta chinu, tunowha tulilele muzhuba izhuba lose.
Selemeng unatungowe tutatu tulochenjela.

Tunobhancha kubhata mabeba busiku.
Selemeng una nembwa imwempela.

Inowhi Lirafi, ayina bakwayina, ilonyema.
Tungowe twa Selemeng atuto shantila Lirafi.

Tuno tatamila Lirafi mumba etiko tizha.
Selemeng unokwenda epyanga Lirafi etukombuza kusha.

Tungowe tusiko nyema. Atudi kubona Lirafi kabili.
Tungana tungowe twa Selemeng?

Una tungowe tushanu tuna tutatu.
Ingana imbwa ja Selemeng?

Una nembwa imwempela. Ukokupi Lirafi feno?
Tungana tungowe twawuna nato kusha kwenu?

Ingana imbwa jawuna najo kusha kwenu?
You are free to download, copy, translate or adapt this story and use the illustrations as long as you attribute in the following way:
Tungowe twa Selemeng
Author - Khothatso Ranoosi and Marion Drew
Translation - Doreen Matengu and Virginia Gwaba
Illustration - Marleen Visser and Wiehan de Jager
Language - ChiNambya
Level - First sentences
© African Storybook Initiative 2015
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
Source www.africanstorybook.org
Original source http://paleng.weebly.com/.
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  • Translations and adaptations
    • Adurroota Caalaa
      Afaan Oromo (Translation)
    • Sulemaanʊ abʊnyaʊ
      Anii (Adaptation)
    • Kiti dza Selemeng
      ChiShona (Translation)
    • Bakaaze ba Selemengi
      ChiTonga (Adaptation)
    • Bakaaze ba Selemengi
      ChiTonga (Translation)
    • Acona a Selemeng
      CiNyanja (Adaptation)
    • Ma cona a Selemeng
      CiNyanja (Translation)
    • Ebibusi bia Selemeng'
      Ekegusii (Translation)
    • Selemeng's cats
      English (Translation)
    • Les chats de Selemeng
      French (Translation)
    • Baapuushi bakwa Mpundu
      IciBemba (Adaptation)
    • Baapuushi bakwa Selemeng
      IciBemba (Translation)
    • Amakati kaZamo
      isiZulu (Translation)
    • P'aka a Charo
      KiGiryama (Translation)
    • Mbaka sya Selemeng'e
      Kikamba (Translation)
    • Injangwe za Sano
      Kinyarwanda (Adaptation)
    • Paka wa Sigei
      Kiswahili (Translation)
    • Selemenge na niawu
      Lingala (Translation)
    • Chipuusi cha Silali
      Lubukusu (Translation)
    • Puusi dha Kelementi
      Lusoga (Translation)
    • Ng'ipakae Selina
      Ng’aturkana (Translation)
    • Tsipusi tsia Selemeng
      Oluwanga (Translation)
    • Selemeng cats dem
      Pidgin English (Nigeria) (Translation)
    • Mpaka jwa Subo
      Pokomo (Translation)
    • Dikatse tša Selemeng
      Sepedi (Translation)
    • Dikatse tša Selemeng
      Sepedi (Translation)
    • Likatse tsa Selemeng
      Sesotho (Lesotho) (Original)
    • Dikatse tsa Selemeng
      Sesotho (South Africa) (Translation)
    • Dikatse tsa ga Selemeng
      Setswana (Translation)
    • Emakati a-Bakhona
      Siswati (Translation)
    • Zwimange zwa Tshilima
      Tshivenḓa (Translation)
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