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.
