ChiShona
English
Sowetho ane makore masere.
Sowetho is eight years old.
Sowetho anofarira chidhori chake.
Sowetho likes her doll.
Chidhori chaSowetho chinonzi Donadhori.
Sowetho’s doll is called Donadhori.
Rimwe zuva Sowetho anoshaya Donadhori.
One day Sowetho cannot find Donadhori.
Sowetho anotsvaga Donadhori mumba.
Sowetho looks for Donadhori in the house.
Anotsvaga pasi petafura.
She looks under the table.
Anotsvaga pasi pesofa.
She looks under the sofa.
Sowetho anotsvaga pamubhedha.
Sowetho looks on the bed.
Anotsvaga 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.
