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Zama ependafule! Zama is great!

Written by Michael Oguttu

Illustrated by Vusi Malindi

Translated by Hamukoto Efraim, Rachel Nandjembo

Read by Rachel Nandjembo

Language Ndonga

Level Level 2

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Okamwamememati ohaka kotha kwa toka noonkondo. Ngame ohandi meneka ongula onene oshoka ngame ependafule.

My little brother sleeps very late. I wake early, because I am great!


Ongame handi egululile mo oonte dhetango.

I am the one who lets in the sun.


“Ongoye onyothi yandje yongula,” Meme osho a ti.

“You’re my morning star,” says Ma.


Ohandi iyogo ngame mwene esiku kehe, inandi pumbwa okukwathelwa.

I wash myself, I don’t need any help.


Ihandi tila omeya omatalala nenge wo tuu ezimba lyothewa yolwaala lwegulu.

I can cope with cold water and blue smelly soap.


“Ino dhimbwa omayego goye.” Meme osho a dhimbulutha ndje. “Aawe, nando nando!” Osho nda yamukula.

Ma reminds, “Don’t forget teeth.” I reply, “Never, not me!”


Sho nda mana okwiiyoga onda ka popitha kuku omusamane namemegona nonde ya halele esiku ewanawa.

After washing, I greet Grandpa and Auntie, and wish them a good day.


Ohandi izaleke ngame mwene. “Ngame onda koka ngashingeyi meme,” osho nda ti.

Then I dress myself, “I’m big now Ma,” I say.


Ohandi vulu okupata oombandi dhohema yandje nokumanga omiya dhoongaku dhandje.

I can close my buttons and buckle my shoes.


Ohandi kundaneke aluhe okamwamememati kushoka sha ningwa kosikola.

And I make sure little brother knows all the school news.


Ohandi ningi aluhe nawa miinyangadhalwa yandje yosikola.

In class I do my best in every way.


Ohandi ningi iinima mbika ayihe iiwanawa esiku kehe, ihe shoka ndi hole unene osho okudhana nokudhana!

I do all these good things every day. But the thing I like most, is to play and play!


Written by: Michael Oguttu
Illustrated by: Vusi Malindi
Translated by: Hamukoto Efraim, Rachel Nandjembo
Read by: Rachel Nandjembo
Language: Ndonga
Level: Level 2
Source: Zama is great! from African Storybook
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