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A woman sitting against a tree and a boy petting a cow.

Tingi nozongombe Tingi and the cows

Written by Ingrid Schechter

Illustrated by Ingrid Schechter

Translated by Angelika Tjouṱuku, Asnath Mundjindjiri

Language Otjiherero

Level Level 2

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A woman with her arm around a boy.

Tingi wa turire pu na ina omukurukaze.

Tingi lived with his grandmother.

A woman sitting against a tree and a boy petting a cow.

Ovo aave tjevere ozongombe zavo.

He used to look after the cows with her.

A woman with her arm around a boy and soldiers marching.

Eyuva rimwe pe ya ovasorondate.

One day the soldiers came.

A soldier pointing and two cows walking away.

Ovo ve veyeka ozongombe zavo.

They took the cows away.

A woman and a boy running through a forest.

Tingi na tjikukae va tupuka nave kaṱara.

Tingi and his grandmother ran away and hid.

A woman with her arm around a boy sitting in a dark forest.

Ovo va kaṱara motjihwa nga ngurova.

They hid in the bush until night.

A woman and a boy hiding in a forest and soldiers walking around.

Nu vvasorondate arire tji va kotoka rukwao.

Then the soldiers came back.

A woman hiding a boy under leaves in a dark forest.

Tjikukae wa horeka Tingi kehi yoviyao.

Grandmother hid Tingi under the leaves.

A soldier stepping on a boy hiding under leaves in a dark forest.

Umwe wovasorondate we mu yata nombaze, neye wa mwina kumwi.

One of the soldiers put his foot right on him, but he kept quiet.

A woman and a boy walking out of the forest.

Tji va muna kutja kwa mwina, Tingi na Tjikukae va pita.

When it was safe, Tingi and his grandmother came out.

A woman and a boy walking to a house.

Ovo va honena konganda kumwi.

They crept home very quietly.

Written by: Ingrid Schechter
Illustrated by: Ingrid Schechter
Translated by: Angelika Tjouṱuku, Asnath Mundjindjiri
Language: Otjiherero
Level: Level 2
Source: Tingi and the Cows from African Storybook
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