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Fufod ntonkad ka la ninku', mpad nda Ba
Gwayebit.
A strong wind came through yesterday and wrecked Mr. Gwayebit,s house.
Ndasi bo Dimia ka kong titi bi yoh nu le.
Ndasi and Dimia wept because of this misfortune.
Bo ni nti' ntsi bo kumvi ndi.
they are living outside today.
Nyum bo mbung ni ntobni yab.
the sun and the rain are an inconvenience.
Mfed Ba Gwayebit ka fa kanti ndab i bo bo,nga bo tsi wu tse ni ndib bo kud nda yab i fi a.
Mr. Gwayebit,s brother gave them half of his home that they should stay there until their new house has been built.
Ba Gwayebit lobti mfi' ndab le, mbi'ni ma ni nku'mu bimo' ke
fa.
Mr. Gwayebit has taken the measurements for the new house and is beginning to collect some building
materials.
Yan-yemti ni nto ba'ba
help is coming from both sides.
Sun bi yo ma kob ma wad eucalyptus boa tu mbom ni mbom ma yemti yoh nu le.
his friends have gone to the forest to cut eucalyptus and other types of trees to solve this problem.
Ba bini mu ma kum kwa kum ni mfam.
Ba has started to put the four walls together with nails.
Bun be'ni mu ma bom kum- ndab ni ntsa, ni nnu ntsundab boa ntsu nko'nko' ma
mbendab.
people have started building the outside walls with mud-bricks, putting the door and the windows.
Bo kud tu ndab boa tang.
they have build the roof and the ceiling.
Ba Gwayebit wong vin ma fuh tu ndab
mu.
Mr. Gwayebit has ordered bales of hay to use in roofing the house.
Ndasi bo Dimia fung sun bab yan-nwani , bo to ngyemti ma ku'mu ke ma langndzu.
Ndasi and Dimia have called their school friends to come and help collect things in the compound.
Buwi ni nebti langndab, bi'mo ni ndam ngung ma tad fa
mu.
the women are working on the floor of the house, some of them are cooking corn mill to feed the workers.
Ndab bi mi Ba Gwayebit wong ngan-fu-ndab
before the house is complete, Ba Gwayebit hire the roofers.
Bo to ni mfu' ndab,Ndasi ni mfa vin mbo bo
kutu.
they came and were putting the hay on the roof, Ndasi was handing some of the hay to them up the roof.
Fa' mi,Ba gwayebit boa ngwi bo bun( Ndasi bo Dimia) tso ma nda yab i
fi.
the work was over, Ba Gwayebit , his wife and his children(Ndasi and Dimia) moved into their new house.
Ngong Bun me ka bo ni Ntsangti.
Everyone was very happy.
Vocabulary:
fufod----wind
ntonkad---strong, hot
nyum----sun
mbung----rain
lobti-----measure
mfam----nail
kum-ndab---wall
tang----ceiling
tu-ndab-----roof of the house.
vin---hay use in roofing.
ndan-fu-ndab---roofer
wong---to hire
beti---to ask.
kong---to cry
kumvi----outside
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