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Na Khalai be dis. She be seven years. D meaning of her name na ‘good one’ for dem dialect, wen be Lubukusu.
Khalai ni msichana mwenye umri wa miaka saba. Jina lake lina maana ya ‘aliye mzuri’ katika lugha yake ya Lubukusu.
Khalai wake up begin yan with orange tree. “Abeg orange tree, dey grow oo make we for dey lick plenty orange wen ripe.”
Khalai anaamka na kuongea na mmea mchanga wa Mchungwa, “Tafadhali mti wa Mchungwa, kua mkubwa uzae machungwa mengi mabivu.”
Khalai dey tricke go school. For road na so she go dey yan with grass. “Abeg oo grass, grow make u dey fresh and make u no die oo.”
Khalai anaenda shuleni na njiani anaongea na Nyasi, “Tafadhali Nyasi, kua kijani zaidi na zaidi na wala usikauke.”
Khalai waka pass bush flower. “Abeg oo flower, make u grow fine fine oo make I for dey put you for hair.”
Khalai anayapita Maua ya mwituni na kusema, “Tafadhali Maua, endelea kunawiri ili niweze kukuweka kwenye nywele zangu.”
For school, Khalai go talk to tree wen dey center of compound. “Abeg oo tree, make ur branches dey spreed oo make we for fit dey siddon read under your shade oo.”
Akiwa shuleni, Khalai anazunguumza na Mti ulioko katikati ya shule, “Tafadhali Mti, toa matawi makubwa ili tusome chini ya kivuli chako.”
Khalai dey yan to flower wen surround her school. “Abeg oo flower, make grow strong oo so yeye person no go fit enter our school.”
Khalai anazunguumza na ua unaoizingira shule yake, “Tafadhali ua, kuwa mwenye nguvu ili uzuie shule yetu kutokana na watu wabaya.”
Wen Khalai come back for school, she go look d orange tree come ask am, Your orange dem never ripe?”
Anaporudi nyumbani alasiri, Khalai anautembelea mti wa Mchungwa kuangalia kama machungwa yameiva.
“D orange dem still never ripe oo” hmmmn. “I go see you tomorrow oo orange tree,” “maybe tomorrow go beta and I fit get ripe orange for mysef!”
“Machungwa bado mabichi,” Khalai anashusha pumzi. “Nitakuona kesho, we mti wa machungwa. Labda utanipa chungwa bivu wakati huo.”
Ursula Nafula
Jesse Pietersen
Anthonia Ujene
Nigerian Pidgin
Level 2
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