ChiShona
English
Ndina vanaambuya vaviri.
I have two grannies.
Ambuya Dube
Granny Dube
Ambuya Ndoro
Granny Ndoro
Ambuya murimi
Farmer granny
Ambuya venhabvu
Soccer granny
Ambuya vebhasikoro
Bicycle granny
Ambuya vetekisi
Taxi granny
Ambuya vekuimba
Singing granny
Ambuya vekutamba
Dancing granny
Ambuya Dube naAmbuya Ndoro vanouya kutii.
Granny Dube and Granny Ndoro come to tea.
Ndinogara pakati.
I sit in the middle.
Mandiri mune kamedu kaambuya vega vega.
There’s a bit of each granny in me.
‘Vanaambuya vaJoanna’ is a translation by ZimbOriginal of the original story ‘Joanna’s Grannies (English),‘ written by Dawn Garisch, illustrated by Richard Bolland, published by The Asia Foundation (© The Asia Foundation, 2022) under a CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. Modifications to the original work include changes to the names of some of the characters.
