Ndrí ‘ɨ, Òcó ‘ɨ àzɨ ́nɨ Tí pɨ
yɨ ndráa ágyí àzɨ ́ àmbó
nɨ. O’dú àlʉ yɨ mu àcìá
tákísɨ ̀sɨ ̀.
Goat, Dog, and Cow
were great friends. One
day they went on a
journey in a taxi.
Ká mu cá pàrí yɨní muzʉ́
rɨ ̀á ‘boó, dèrévà zí dɨ ́ yɨ
‘ɨ ́mà séndè òfèzʉ́.
When they reached the
end of their journey, the
driver asked them to
pay their fares. Cow
paid her fare.
Òcó fè séndè àmbó nɨ ‘ɨ ́
séndè nyɨ ́rɨ ́ nɨ ́ ovʉzʉ́ èrɨ
vʉ́ ‘yo rɨ ̀sɨ ̀
Dog paid a bit extra,
because he did not
have the correct money.
Dèrévà nɨ ́ lèrɨá òcó drí
èrɨ mà séndè jólókó
ògòrɨá, cotí ndrí ce ‘ɨ
óngúá apázʉ́ séndè òfè
kókòrʉ́.
The driver was about to
give Dog his change
when Goat ran away
without paying
anything.
Àwókó nya dɨ ́ dèrévà
mà alé sǎàrʉ́ ànɨ ́ ko drì
nzʉ́ mʉ̀tʉ̀kárɨ ̀ be òcó mà
séndè mà jólókó omvɨ
kókòrʉ́.
The driver was very
annoyed. He drove
away without giving
Dog his change.
E’yó ‘dɨ ̀sɨ ̀, kpere àndrʉ̀
òcó nɨ ̀ nzʉ mʉ̀tʉ̀kárɨ ̀
vʉ́álêrʉ́ lèzʉ́ ti sʉzʉ́
mʉ̀tʉ̀kárɨ ̀ mà alé àlùzʉ́
dèrévà ándráa múpɨ
‘ɨ ́mà séndè be rɨ ̀ ndàzʉ́.
That is why, even
today, Dog runs
towards a car to peep
inside and find the
driver who owes him his
change.
Ndrí nɨ apá mʉ̀tʉ̀kárɨ ̀ cɨ ́
rɨ ̀ mà ó’dúkó sɨ ̀ apáapá.
Èrɨ ‘ye òrìsɨ ̀ à’dɨsɨ ̀kʉnɨ
egá kɨ ́nɨ ̀ ‘bà nga ‘ɨ bɨ ̀
mʉ̀tʉ̀kárɨ ̀ mà àjè ‘ɨ ́ nɨ ́
ndráa awɨ ́ òfě kʉ rɨ ̀ sɨ ̀ rá.
Goat runs away from
the sound of a car. She
is afraid she will be
arrested for not paying
her fare.
Tí asɨ ́ ɨ ́nɨ ̌ ‘ɨ ́mà kʉ
mʉ̀tʉ̀kárɨ ̀ ngòlé nɨ kà tró
emú nɨ ̀ tɨ ́. Èrɨ ‘ɨ ́mà sâ ‘du
nzɨ ̀lá mà drɨ ̀ agazʉ́
à’dʉsɨ ̀kʉnɨ nɨ ̀rá kɨ ́nɨ ̀ ‘ɨ ́ òfè
ndráa ‘ɨ ́ vɨ ́lé mʉ̀tʉ̀kárɨ ̀
ma àjè wóró rá.
And Cow is not
bothered when a car is
coming. Cow takes her
time crossing the road
because she knows she
paid her fare in full.
Fabian Wakholi
Marleen Visser, Ingrid Schechter
Doris Maandebo
Lugbarati (official orthography)
Level 2
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