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P'aka a Charo
Titus Kazungu
Marleen Visser and Wiehan de Jager
KiGiryama
Charo anahendza p'aka.

Ko nyumbani kwakwe kuna p'aka anji.
Charo ana p'aka mwiru.

P'aka yuyu anarya nyama nyinji zhomu.
Charo ana p'aka wa kitumbotumbo.

P'aka yuyu anarya kila kit'u.
P'aka wa hahu, anakwera dzulu za muhi.

P'aka yuyu anashindwa kuthima.
Charo anakwera dzulu za muhi. Anakwama kuko na p'aka wa hahu.

Mameye Charo ana aviza kuthima kula ko dzulu za muhi.
Charo ana p'aka airi akaha.

P'aka aa manaoha dzuwa siku yosi.
Charo ana p'aka ahahu mario mana chadi.

P'aka aa managwira panya jikoni kila usiku.
Charo ana k'uro mumwenga. K'uro yuyu anaifwa Ndokolani.

Ndokolani k'ana asena. K'ana raha bule.
P'aka a Charo k'amamwendzi Ndokolani.

Manamuinga kula ko nyumbani.

Ndokolani anavura malo.
Charo anamupata Ndokolani na kumudzya mudzini.

P'aka osi kamana raha.

K'amendzi kumona Ndokolani kaheri.
Yuno Charo ana p'aka angahi?

Ana p'aka anane.
Yuno Charo ana k'uro angahi?

Ana k'uro mumwenga.

Yuno Ndokolani a hiko vino?
We una p'aka angahi ko mudzini kwenu?

Una k'uro angahi ko mudzini 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:
P'aka a Charo
Author - Khothatso Ranoosi and Marion Drew
Translation - Titus Kazungu
Illustration - Marleen Visser and Wiehan de Jager
Language - KiGiryama
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
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      Afaan Oromo (Translation)
    • Sulemaanʊ abʊnyaʊ
      Anii (Adaptation)
    • Tungowe twa Selemeng
      ChiNambya (Translation)
    • 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)
    • 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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