ChiShona
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Sowetho ane makore masere.
Sowetho is eight years old.
Sowetho ane chidhori.
Chidhori chake chinonzi Donadhori.
Sowetho has a doll.
Her doll is called Donadhori.
Sowetho anofarira chidhori chake.
Sowetho likes her doll.
Rimwe zuva anoshaya Donadhori.
One day she cannot find Donadhori.
Sowetho anopinda mumba.
Anoda kutsvaga Donadhori.
Sowetho gets into the house.
She wants to look for Donadhori.
Anotarisa pasi petafura.
She looks under the table.
Anotarisa pasi pesofa.
She looks under the sofa.
Sowetho anotarisa pamubhedha.
Sowetho looks on the bed.
Anotarisa mumaruva.
She looks in the flowers.
Anobvunza katsi Kumala.
She asks Kumala the cat.
Katsi Kumala inotarisa Sowetho.
Kumala the cat looks at Sowetho.
Sowetho anobvunza huku Chiki.
Sowetho asks Chiki the chicken.
Huku Chiki inotarisa pasi.
Chiki the chicken looks at the ground.
Sowetho anobvunza imbwa Imbwayashe.
Sowetho asks Imbwayashe the dog.
Sowetho anowana Donadhori.
Sowetho finds Donadhori.
‘Chidhori chaSowetho’ is a story by Aneni Matenheyi, with guidance from Shungu C. Chidovi under the ZimbOriginal 1-on-1 Shona for Kids Program, with illustrations by Melvyn Naidoo, published by Room to Read (© Room to Read, 2015) under a CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver.
