M'manyisi Akinyi
Jane Mulenga and Mary Ng'ambi
Vusi Malindi
Uyu yom'manyisi wangu.
Ingamu yake yo Akinyi.
Atuganile fiyo.
M'manyisi Akinyi otumanyisha filembo.
Otumanyisha mavawelo.
M'menye poyoba ifilembo a, e, i, o, u.
M'manyisi Akinyi otumanyisha imitundu.
M'menyepo bukesefu, bulu, gilini, yelo nu butitu.
Linga kafwana akabalilo kotusha, m'manyisi Akinyi otwimbila ulwimbo logonela.
Lwimbo lwake lukuti:
Tulo tununu mphako maso gako.
Lusekelo lukulindilila linga wanyamuka.
Gona kanunu, utankhalila.
Mphokwimbila lwimbo lununu.
M'manyisi Akinyi amenye nongwa nyingi.
Akutubula nongwa shopambana pambana sabata aliyosa.
Pa Mande, akutubula nongwa sha banyambala bakifu.
Pa Cibili akutubula nongwa sha balindwana bakifu.
Pa Citatu, akutubula nongwa sha mendelo.
Pa Cinayi, akutubula nongwa sha bulimi.
Pa Cihano, tuyoba nongwa situ mukalasi.
M'manyisi witu mununu fiyo pacisu cosa capasi!
Linga nakula nkhulonda kwisa kuya bo m'manyisi Akinyi.
You are free to download, copy, translate or adapt this story and use the illustrations as long as you attribute in the following way:
M'manyisi Akinyi
Author - Lawrence A. Konjuro
Translation - Jane Mulenga and Mary Ng'ambi
Illustration - Vusi Malindi
Language - Chinkhonde
Level - First sentences
© African Storybook Initiative 2015
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
Source www.africanstorybook.org
