Tom ohahumbata oshihumbatelo shomabanana apya.
Tom carries a tray of ripe bananas.
Tom ohaka landifa omabanana komalandifilo.
Tom goes to the market to sell bananas.
Ovanhu komalandifilo otava lande oyiimati.
People at the market are buying fruit.
Ashike kapali nande oumwe talande omabanana a Tom.
But no one is buying
Tom’s bananas.
They prefer to buy fruit from women.
“Momudingonoko wetu ovakainhu ovo aveke hava landifa oyiimati” ovanhu tavati. “Omulumenhu ou okwatya ngahelipi?” ovanhu tava pula.
“In our community, only women sell fruit,” people say. “What kind of a man is this?” people ask.
Ashike Tom inateka nande omukumo. Taingida, “lilandela omabanana! lilandela omabanana apya nawa omulyo kamana!”
But Tom does not give up.
He calls, “Buy my bananas!
Buy my sweet ripe bananas!”
Omukulukadi umwe okwa yambulamo okapandi komabanana moshuumbatelo. Okwa nongonona nawa omabanana.
One woman picks up a bunch of bananas from the tray.
She looks at the bananas carefully.
Omukulukadi okwa landa omabanana.
The woman buys the bananas.
Ovanhu vahapu ove uya kofitola. Ovalanda omabanana ku Tom ndele tave alipo.
More people come to the stall.
They buy Tom’s bananas and eat them.
Meni lefimbo lixupi oshihumbatelo oshapwa nale nokuli. Tom okwa tameka oku valula oimaliwa yaye ei amonamo.
Soon, the tray is empty.
Tom counts the money he earned.
Konima, Tom okwa landa ofewa, osuuka no mboloto. Okwa tula oinima aishe moshihumbatelo.
Then Tom buys soap, sugar, and bread.
He puts the things in his tray.
Tom okwa ya keumbo ahumbata oshihumbatelo komutwe.
Tom balances the tray on his head and goes home.
Humphreys Odunga
Zablon Alex Nguku
Fritz David
Oshikwanyama
Level 2
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