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ቶም እቲ ሸያጢ ባናና
Tom the banana seller
Tom le vendeur de bananes
Humphreys Odunga
Zablon Alex Nguku
Daniel Berhane Habte
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ቶም ዝበሰለ ባናና ብካሴታ ይስከም።
Tom carries a tray of ripe bananas.
Tom transporte un plateau de bananes mûres.
ቶም ባናና ክሸይጥ ናብ’ቲ ዕዳጋ ይኸይድ።
Tom goes to the market to sell bananas.
Tom va au marché pour vendre des bananes.
ሰባት ኣብ’ቲ ዕዳጋ ፍረታት ይገዝኡ ኣለዉ።
People at the market are buying fruit.
Les gens au marché achètent des fruits.
ካብ ናይ ቶም ባናና ግን ዋላሓደ ሰብ ዝገዝእ የለን። ካብ ደቀንስትዮ እዮም ፍረታት ክገዝኡ ዝመርጹ።
But no one is buying
Tom’s bananas.
They prefer to buy fruit from women.
Mais personne n’achète les bananes de Tom. Ils préfèrent acheter leurs fruits des femmes.
“ኣብ ሕብረተሰብና፡ ደቀንስትዮ ጥራይ እየን ፍረታት ዝሸጣ።” ይብሉ ሰባት። ንሓድሕዶም “እንታይ ዓይነት ሰብኣይ’ዩ ኣታ’ዚ?” ይባሃሃሉ።
“In our community, only women sell fruit,” people say. “What kind of a man is this?” people ask.
« Dans notre communauté, seulement les femmes vendent des fruits, » disent les gens. « Quelle sorte d’homme est celui-ci ? » demandent les gens.
ቶም ግን ተስፋ ኣይቆርጽን። ከም’ዚ ድማ ይብል፡ “ካብ ባናናይ ግዝኡ! ካብ’ዚ ዝበሰለ ምቁር ባናናይ ግዝኡ!”
But Tom does not give up.
He calls, “Buy my bananas!
Buy my sweet ripe bananas!”
Mais Tom ne démissionne pas. Il crie, « Achetez mes bananes ! Achetez mes bananes mûres et sucrées ! »
ሓንቲ ሰበይቲ ካብ’ቲ ካሴታ ጥማር ባናና ተልዕል። ነቲ ባናና ብጥንቃቐ ትርእዮ።
One woman picks up a bunch of bananas from the tray.
She looks at the bananas carefully.
Une femme choisit un régime de bananes du plateau. Elle inspecte les bananes soigneusement.
እታ ሰበይቲ ነቲ ባናና ገዚኣቶ።
The woman buys the bananas.
La femme achète les bananes.
ካልኦት ሰባት ናብ’ቲ ባንኮ ይመጹ። ናይ ቶም ባናና ገዚኦሞ፡ በሊዖሞ ድማ።
More people come to the stall.
They buy Tom’s bananas and eat them.
D’autres personnes viennent au stand. Elles achètent les bananes de Tom et les mangent.
ብቕልጡፍ፡ እቲ ካሴታ ጥራዩ ተሪፉ። ቶም ነቲ ዘእተዎ ገንዘብ ፈቒድዎ።
Soon, the tray is empty.
Tom counts the money he earned.
Bientôt, le plateau est vide. Tom compte l’argent qu’il a gagné.
ሽዑ ቶም ሳሙና፡ ሽኮርን ሕብስትን ይገዝእ። ነቲ ንብረት ኣብ’ቲ ካሴታኡ የእትዎ።
Then Tom buys soap, sugar, and bread.
He puts the things in his tray.
Ensuite, Tom achète du savon, du sucre et du pain. Il met les choses sur son plateau.
ቶም ነቲ ካሴታ ኣብ ርእሱ ኣጣጢሑ ብምስካም ናብ ቤቱ ይኸይድ።
Tom balances the tray on his head and goes home.
Tom balance le plateau sur sa tête et rentre chez lui.
Written by: Humphreys Odunga
Illustrated by: Zablon Alex Nguku
Translated by: Daniel Berhane Habte
