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Zana dey great!
Zama ni mkubwa!
Michael Oguttu
Vusi Malindi
Anthonia Ujene
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My small brother sabi sleep well well. I dey quick get up as bigger boy!
Mdogo wangu anachelewa kuamka. Mimi naamka mapema kwa sababu mimi ni mkubwa!
Na me dey let sun enter inside.
Mimi ndiye ninayeruhusu jua kuingia ndani.
You be my shine shine bobo mama go say.
“Wewe ni nyota wangu wa asubuhi,” anasema mama.
I sabi bath mysef nobody dey help me.
Naoga mwenyewe, sihitaji msaada.
I no dey fear cold water and blue soap wen dey smell
Naweza kustahimili maji ya baridi na sabuni ya bluu inayonukia.
Mama go say no forget your teeth o! I go tell am say no shaking.
Mama ananikumbusha, “Usisahau kupiga mswaki.” Namjibu, “Kamwe, sio mimi!”
Wen I don bath finish, I go salute grandpapa and aunty, and tell dem say make today beta oo.
Baada ya kuoga, nawasalimu babu na shangazi, na kuwatakia siku njema.
Den I go wear my cloth by myself, “I tell mama say I be bigger boy.
Najivisha nguo mwenyewe. “Mimi ni mkubwa sasa mama,” ninamwambia.
I fit do my buttons and tie my shoe.
Ninaweza kufunga vishikizo na kurekebisha viatu vyangu.
I dey tell my small brother all the gist from school.
Na ninahakikisha mdogo wangu anapata taarifa zote za shule.
For school, I dey try as my power gree me
Darasani najitahidi sana katika kila kitu.
I dey do plenty things everyday. But na play I like pass.
Ninafanya hivi vitu vyote vizuri kila siku. Ila kitu ninachokipenda sana ni kucheza na kucheza.
Written by: Michael Oguttu
Illustrated by: Vusi Malindi
Translated by: Anthonia Ujene
Nigerian Pidgin
Level 2
