Ndzi rhandza mudyondzisi wa mina.
Ngiyamthanda uthisha wami.
Ndiyamthanda utitshala wam.
I love my teacher.
I mudyondzisi lonene. U lulamile, u na mbilu yo leha.
Ubukeka kahle. Ufundisa kahle, unomusa nesineke.
Mhle, ufundisa kakuhle, unobuntu aze abe nomonde.
She is beautiful. She is
a good teacher. She is
kind and patient.
U lukile misisi ya yena kahle.
Namuhla, uzeluke kahle kakhulu izinwele zakhe.
Namhlanje, uziphothe kakuhle kakhulu iinwele zakhe.
She has braided her
hair very nicely today.
U nghenisile vuhlalu bya mihlovohlovo emisisini ya yena.
Futhi ufake nobuhlalu obunemibala emihle kakhulu.
Ufake namaso anemibala emihle kakhulu.
She has decorated her
hair with colourful
beads.
Vuhlalu bya yena i bya rihlaza, byo basa, byo tshwuka na xitshopana.
Buka ubuhlalu bakhe, buluhlaza, bumhlophe, bubomvu, buphuzi.
Khawubuke amaso akhe, aluhlaza, namhlophe, nabomvu, namthubi.
Her beads are green,
white, red, and yellow.
Mhani, a ndzi kombela ku lukiwa misisi ku fana na mudyondzisi wa mina?
Mama, nami ngicela ungeluke ngifane nothisha.
Mama, ndicela uphothe iinwele zam, nam ndifane notitshala.
Mom, please would you
braid my hair like my
teacher’s?
Loko ndzi kurilenyana, ndzi ta nghenisa vuhlalu emisisini ya mina.
Ukuba sengimdala, ngabe ngiyabufaka nami ubuhlalu.
Ukuba bendimdala bendiza kunxiba amaso ezinweleni zam.
When I am older I will
also put beads in my
hair.
Ndzi ta kula ndzi fana na mudyondzisi wa mina!
Nami ngiyafisa ukuba muhle ngifane nothisha wami!
Nam ndiyakurhalela ukuba mhle ndifane notitshala wam!
I will grow up to be just
like my teacher!
