Lo ngutitjhere wami.
Ibizo lakhe nguTitjhere Nkosi.
Ungithanda khulu kwamambala.
This is my teacher.
Her name is Teacher Akinyi.
She loves me a lot.
UTitjhere Nkosi usifundisa
amatjhada nabokamisa.
Sele ngikwazi ukuthi a, e, i, o, u.
Teacher Akinyi teaches us the alphabet and the vowels.
I can say the letters a, e, i, o, u.
UTitjhere Nkosi sele asifundise
umbala obovu, ohlaza
kwesibhakabhaka, ohlaza
satjani, osarulana kanye
nonzima.
Teacher Akinyi has taught us the colours red, blue, green, yellow, and black.
Ngesikhathi sokulala UTitjhere
Nkosi usivumela ingoma ukuze
silale.
Uvuma ingoma edunduzelako.
During nap time Teacher Akinyi sings us to sleep.
She sings a lullaby to us.
Umdunduzelo uvunywa ngalindlela:
Kulala okuqwebezelako nikela ngamehlwakho
Ukumomotheka kukulindele nawuvukako
Lalani nthandwa ezihle, ningalili
Mina ngizonivumela umdunduzelo omnandi.
The lullaby goes like this:
Golden slumber give your eyes
Smiles await you when you rise
Sleep pretty darlings, do not cry
And I’ll sing you a sweet lullaby.
Utitjhere Nkosi wazi iindatjana ezinengi.
Usicocela iindatjana ezahlukahlukeneko ngamalanga woke
weveke.
Teacher Akinyi knows many stories.
She tells us a different story each day of the week.
NgoMvulo usicocela iindatjana
ezikhuluma ngamadoda
alungileko.
On Monday, she tells us stories about great men.
Ngelesibili usicocela iindatjana
ezikhuluma ngabomma
abalungileko.
On Tuesday, she tells us stories about great women.
Ngelesithathu usicocela
iindatjana ezikhuluma
ngemihlobohlobo yeenthuthi.
On Wednesday, she tells us stories about means of transport.
Ngelesine usicocela iindatjana
ezikhuluma ngezokulima.
On Thursday, she tells us stories about farming.
Kuthi ngelesihlanu utitjhere
Nkosi asibawe bonyana sicoce
zethu iindatjana eklasini.
And on Friday, Teacher Akinyi asks us to tell our own stories to the class.
Utitjhere wethu ngutitjhere
olunge khulu ephasinapha.
Nangikhulako ngifuna ukufana
notithere Nkosi.
Our teacher is the best teacher in the world!
When I grow up, I want to be like Teacher Akinyi.
