Metswako ya Lonwabo

Puku ye ke ya

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Metswako ya Lonwabo
(Lonwabo’s Recipes)
Illustrated by Sarah Rose de Villiers
Written by Mihlali Kumalo
Designed by Zandile Maxet Makina
Translated by Mpho Masipa
with the help of the Book Dash participants in Grahamstown on 12 November 2016.
ISBN: 978-1-77632-568-9
Typeset in Quicksand, Josefin Sans
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Mihlali Kumalo
Sarah Rose de Villiers
Zandile Maxet Makina

Lonwabo e be e le mošemane  wa mengwaga ye lesome.

O be a dula le mmagwe le koko wa gagwe.

Koko wa Lonwabo o be a  na le tšhengwana ya merogo ye botse kudu ya go huma.

O ipshinne ka go thuša  koko wa gagwe go kumula  sekoro le go nošetša merogo.

O be a ekga meetse nokeng. E be e se mošemane wa go tšwafa. O be a sepela  a theoga le go namela mmoto gape.

O be a feta bagwera ba gagwe ba  bapala kgwele ya dinao gomme ba mo sega  ba hlabile lešata ba re, “Lonwabo ke ka lebaka  la eng o dira seo? Ke mošomo wa basetsana, rena re ka se tsoge re dirile seo.”

Lonwabo o be a itshegela gomme a tšwele pele ka leeto la gagwe.
O be a nagana ka dinako tšeo a ipshinnego ka tšona le koko wa gagwe ka tšhengwaneng.

Dikgopolo tše di be  di mo lebatša leeto le letelele  le ditshwayotshwayo tša  bagwera ba gagwe.
O be a rata go akanya  gore go tla ba le dikherote tše kae ngataneng ye nngwe le ye nngwe pele koko wa gagwe  a di kumula mobung.

Koko wa Lonwabo o be a mo direla  matena ka mehla, ge a le sekolong  le mmagwe a le mošomong.
Letšatši le lengwe le le lengwe ge a fihla  gae o be a hwetša dijo di šetše di lokile  gomme a mmeetše tšona tafoleng.

Ge a fetša go apola yunifomo ya sekolo  ya gagwe, o be a dula tafoleng, a rapela thapelo ye nnyane gomme a thoma goja.

Koko wa gagwe o dirile mehuta ka moka  ya dijo mateneng a bona.

O be a rata dijo tša koko wa gagwe  tša go ba le tatso.

Ge a fetša goja, o be a hlatswa sebjana  sa gagwe, a tšea puku le phensele a ya  go dula kgauswi le koko wa gagwe.
O be a mmotšiša ka metswako ya dijo tše  a sa tšwago go di ja gomme a ngwala  dintlha ka moka ka tlhokomelo.

O ipoditše gore ge a gola, o tlile go  bula lebenkele la go jela la gagwe.

O tla lefa leina la koko wa gagwe  gomme a dira dijo ka moka tšeo koko wa  gagwe a bego a mo direla tšona.