SAMA BO LANGMBI


Sama kong ma longni ntsa ma du,ti nwani.
sama likes to lazy around instead of studying his books.

Na i ni nka'ni i nkanka .
His mother always scolls himbecause of this behaviour.
Bun ni fung i ni yuyun bi nu le.
People call him a fool because of his laziness.
Tsu le ni ndze nga ntu i ni ntso.
all that criticism makes him upset.
a ka boni ni mo'ntsu , i bati madzi tu i nga "mu to na'ti mo'nu mbo bin ndio.
one day he told him, " i am going to demonstrate something to you all today.
mu ma mbo ba ndong bo.
I am not a lazy person
Bi to yo ndzo mu ni mfung nwa'ni a"
you will see how i read my book.
I lo nwa'ni ntsi masi kumvi mandun wo,mbi ni mah fabli nga i ni fung nwa'ni
He took his book, sat on a rock and deceiving himself that he was studying.
La miya- miya, li ntung i,i mi'tui meh
very soon he fell asleep and swung his head.
Mo'langmbi ni nding sisa bo ntsi mngkong i.
A he goat was sitting next to him.
Mbi yo sama,ntsini,ni mbati nga sama fung i nga i to mbo i wanni o.
And saw sama swing his head, thought to himself that may be sama is signalling him that they should have a fight.
Langmbi sung nga"U bo ntsi'ntum ma ye mo' nu, mbo mu to to  ti u ni tun".
The he goat said " if you have the courage to cause trouble then i am going to come  towards you with full force.
Bi tsu bub , nto'ti nku mi masi , mboli yi masi , nkwe ndzanndzam.
while saying that he balanced on his hind legs,lowered itself,and pulled back.
Sama nka ni ntung li ni tun.
sama was still there sound asleep.
Langmbi nku sung mbo i nga
the he goat said
Dzi'ti ! m'ba ni to ti u ni tun."
Be careful ! i am coming at you with force.
I tsun bub ntsini ni nku mi mandzam, ndog sama, i vu dzandzan
he said that , stood on his hind legs, knock sama with his horns and he fell backwards.
I bi vu yi mma' nwa'ni le kutu, ndzi'kong ni tun.
while falling he threw his book up in the air and started crying.
Bun bi yo i , ngu titi.
the onlookers upon seeing that laughed alot.
Langmbi le ka wu'ni mbeb mo munku i ni mfabli a.
The he goat was there waiting for another school kid who tells lies.


VOCABULARY


longni---------------laziness
du'ti------------------to study
yuyun---------------fool
na'ti------------------to show , demonstrate
mfung--------------- to read
nwa'ni---------------book
kumvi- --------------outside
fabli-------------------to tell lies
wangni------------- to fight
ma si------------------on the ground


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