Tom agega ahasuniya h’amalafu.
Tom carries a tray of ripe bananas.
Tom atiina mu hatale ohutunda amalafu.
Tom goes to the market to sell bananas.
Abaatu mu hatale bali hugula ebibala.
People at the market are buying fruit.
Naye eŋuma ali hugula amalafu ga Tom.
Benda hugula bibala hu bahaasi.
But no one is buying
Tom’s bananas.
They prefer to buy fruit from women.
“Mu hitehere hyeefe, abahasi nja batunda ebibala. Musinde hi ono?” bawuusa.
“In our community, only women sell fruit,” people say. “What kind of a man is this?” people ask.
Aye Tomu sigesonia.
Alangirira, “Mugule amalafu gange! Mugule amalafu gange!”
But Tom does not give up.
He calls, “Buy my bananas!
Buy my sweet ripe bananas!”
Omuhasi nabugula amalafu hu sununiya, getegeresa bugali bweene.
One woman picks up a bunch of bananas from the tray.
She looks at the bananas carefully.
Omuhasi agula amalafu.
The woman buys the bananas.
Abaatu abandi baalya.
Bagula amalafu ga Tom baalya.
More people come to the stall.
They buy Tom’s bananas and eat them.
Amalafu nigaŋwa.
Tom nga abala epiiya ejasunire.
Soon, the tray is empty.
Tom counts the money he earned.
Tom gagula sabbuni, sukaali n’omugatigabiita hu suniya.
Then Tom buys soap, sugar, and bread.
He puts the things in his tray.
Tom gagega esuniya hu mutwe gatiina engo.
Tom balances the tray on his head and goes home.
