Back to stories list

Má vɨ́lé búsùá ngùá yǎ? Where is my cat? Wapi paka wangu?

Clare Verbeek, Thembani Dladla, Zanele Buthelezi

Bronwen Heath, Ingrid Schechter

Dorothy Fetaru

Lugbarati (official orthography)

Level 1

The audio for this story is currently not available.

Má vɨ́lé búsùá ngùá yǎ?

Where is my cat?

Yuko wapi paka wangu?

Èrɨ gbóló ètɨ́á yǎ?

Is it under the bed?

Je, yuko chini ya kitanda?

Èrɨ kábàdì mà drìá yǎ?

Is it on top of the cupboard?

Yuko juu ya kabati?

Èrɨ kómé sofa rʉ́ rɨ̀ mà ètɨ́á yǎ?

Is it behind the couch?

Yuko nyuma ya sofa?

Èrɨ gbóló mà àgeyíá yǎ?

Is it next to the bin?

Yuko karibu na pipa la takataka?

Èrɨ ógóyɨ́á mà alɨ́á yǎ?

Is it inside the basket?

Yuko ndani ya kikapu?

Èrɨ jóá rɨ̀sɨ̀ àmvé yǎ?

Is it outside the house?

Yuko nje ya nyumba?

Èrɨ ‘dò ‘ɨ.

Here it is!

Yupo hapa!

Written by: Clare Verbeek, Thembani Dladla, Zanele Buthelezi

Illustrated by: Bronwen Heath, Ingrid Schechter

Translated by: Dorothy Fetaru

Language: Lugbarati (official orthography)

Level: Level 1

Source: Where is my cat? from African Storybook

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License.

Read more level 1 stories:

Nyaká a’dɨ́zà Ma adrigaaovuoruri Àfaamázʉ́ Búkù àngù mile nɨ́ rɨ̀

Options

Back to stories list