theophilusowiti/AfriQuAD huggingface dataset:
Mondo kitungu odong' maber, japur nyaka golo modhi (weeds) kod cham mane dong' (residues) e puodho. Inyalo dongo lowo gi manure (oganda mopuo) maromo tanni 1.5 nyaka 2 kuom eka achiel. E nursery, koth kitungu inyalo pido e dhoudi (furrows) manigi bor mar 1 cm; kendo seedlings dongo e seche mar jumbe auchiel (6 weeks) nyaka gichop bor mar 15 cm. Ka itero seedlings e puodho (transplanting), spacing monego obedie en 10 cm e kind kitungu achiel kod machielo, kendo 30 cm e kind lere (rows). Japur monego orwak drip irrigation mondo lowo obed mang'ich kinde duto.

Question: Yo mar dheng-nam mane ondiki kanyo?
Answer: drip irrigation
Jo-Maasai, mong'ere maber gi shuka margi mager, miel margi mar rido, kod timbegi mag lweny, pod rito timbe kweregi ka bende giywayore kod dongo mar Kenya sani. Jo-Maasai kaka elufu mia ochiko (900,000) odak e piny Kenya kod Tanzania, kendo gidhi nyime kod timbe kwayo dhok kaka weg-dala mawuotho, nimar gineno dhok kaka mich maler moa kuom nyasayegi miluongo ni Enkai. Chike margi mag rito dala, pogruok margi mar higni, kod timbe margi mag lamo pod nitiere, gima miyo gibedo achiel kuom dhoudi mong'ere kendo mosekan maber e piny Africa.

Question: Jo-Maasai kaka adi modak e piny Kenya kod Tanzania?
Answer: elufu mia ochiko
Nsoromma akuw a ɛrehyehyɛ wɔn ho mfonini Chandra nsoromma mu ahwɛde no ahu mframa a ɛrehyehyɛ ne ho omununkum akɛse wɔ wim a ɛrekeka abom ma ayɛ nsoromma akuw kɛse bi.

Question: Wane kayan aiki ne aka yi amfani da shi don a kama tarin taurari da suke tasowa?
Answer: Chandra nsoromma mu
Lowe's Report 18 Pct. Hawan riba ATLANTA (Reuters) - Lowe's Cos. &lt;A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=LOW.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"&gt;LOW.N&lt;/A&gt;, dillalin kayan kwalliya na gida na biyu a duniya, a ranar Litinin ya ba da rahoton karuwar kashi 18 cikin dari a ribar da ya samu a kwata na biyu kuma ya ce ribar da za a samu a sauran shekara za ta wuce kimantawar yanzu.

Question: Bushe ni mwisa mwalolele mu fintu ifyo Lowe alebomba mu mwaka walenga bubili?
Answer: kashi 18
The palatial residence was completed in 1991, the same year the military junta of Ibrahim Babangida relocated the national capital from Lagos to Abuja. Aso Villa encompasses the 400 meter monolith Aso Rock, located within the Three Arms Zone of Abuja metropolis. In 1976 the Military Government of Murtala Mohammed took the decision to relocate the Federal Capital from Lagos by a committee under the leadership of Justice Akinola Aguda which recommended the creation of a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the center of the country and its proclamation to this effect was issued on February 3, 1976.

Question: Kedu mgbe arụrụ Aso Rock?
Answer: 1991
Mulungushi University is the youngest of the three public universities of Zambia. Previously known as the National College of Management and Development Studies, it was turned into a university by the Zambian Government in a public-private partnership with Konkola Copper Mines in 2008. The University consists of three campuses: the Main Campus, or Great North Road Campus, located 26 kilometers North of Kabwe on the banks of the Mulungushi River; the Town Campus, located along Mubanga Road, off Munkoyo Street, near the center of Kabwe town; and the Livingstone Campus, located in Livingstone, which is home to the medical school. The university provides bachelor's degrees and master's degrees for full-time and distance education. In 2009, more than 500 distance education students enrolled. They were mainly former diploma students of the National College for Management and Development Studies. The Main (Great North Road) Campus is located near the Mulungushi Rock of Authority, a kopje often called the Birthplace of Zambian Independence, where Kenneth Kaunda and the Zambian African National Congress secretly met for rallies. Today, a more accessible rock is still used for political conventions and meetings as well as graduation ceremonies of the University. A series of chalets were built to house dignitaries and other guests.


Question: Bushe ni lilali Mulungushi University yapangilwe?
Answer: 2008
A mobile phone, cellular phone, cell phone, cellphone, handphone, hand phone or pocket phone, sometimes shortened to simply mobile, cell, or just phone, is a portable telephone that can make and receive calls over a radio frequency link while the user is moving within a telephone service area. The radio frequency link establishes a connection to the switching systems of a mobile phone operator, which provides access to the public switched telephone network (PSTN). Modern mobile telephone services use a cellular network architecture and, therefore, mobile telephones are called "cellular telephones" or "cell phones" in North America. In addition to telephony, digital mobile phones (2G) support a variety of other services, such as text messaging, MMS, email, Internet access, short-range wireless communications (infrared, Bluetooth), business applications, video games and digital photography. Mobile phones offering only those capabilities are known as feature phones; mobile phones which offer greatly advanced computing capabilities are referred to as smartphones. The development of metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) large-scale integration (LSI) technology, information theory and cellular networking led to the development of affordable mobile communications. The first handheld mobile phone was demonstrated by John F. Mitchell and Martin Cooper of Motorola in New York City in 1973, using a handset weighing c. 2 kilograms (4.4 lbs). In 1979, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) launched the world's first cellular network in Japan. In 1983, the DynaTAC 8000x was the first commercially available handheld mobile phone. From 1983 to 2014, worldwide mobile phone subscriptions grew to over seven billion; enough to provide one for every person on Earth. In the first quarter of 2016, the top smartphone developers worldwide were Samsung, Apple and Huawei; smartphone sales represented 78 percent of total mobile phone sales. For feature phones (slang: "dumbphones") , the top-selling brands were Samsung, Nokia and Alcatel.

Question: Yakhiwa ngamuphi unyaka iselula yokuqala ngqa emhlabeni wonke?
Answer: 1973
ï»¿Rangi ya  chungwa  

Siku moja, mimi na  babangu tulisafiri katika  gari letu kwenda mjini.  Tulisimama kwenye  mzunguko tukisubiri taa  zigeuke kijani.  
Nilimwona mwanamke  akitembea pembeni mwa  barabara.  Alivaa nguo ya kuvutia ya  rangi ya chungwa.  
Alikuwa amefunga kiunoni  mshipi mkubwa  mwekundu.  Alipita katikati ya mvulana  na mama aliyembeba  mtoto mgongoni.  
Alikipakata kibeti cha  rangi ya chungwa.  Alipita karibu na  machungwa mengi  yaliyokuwa yakiuzwa.  
Miguuni, alivivaa viatu vya  rangi ya chungwa vyenye  visigino virefu.  Nilitamani kuwa na viatu  kama vyake.  
Alikutana na msichana  mdogo aliyekuwa  akimtembeza mbwa wake.  Alishtuka na kuzigusa  nywele zake. zilikuwa  zimefungwa kwa kibano  cha rangi ya chungwa.  
Alipokuwa akirekebisha  kibano cha nywele, kibeti  chake kilimponyoka.  "Uuu," nilimhurumia.  
Mwanamke huyo aliinama  kukiokota kibeti chake.  
Alipokuwa akikifuta kibeti  chake vumbi, niliviona  vipuli virefu vikubwa  vyenye rangi ya chungwa.  Sikuwa nimeviona vipuli  maridadi kama hivyo!  
Wakati huo, taa ziligeuka  kijani nasi tuliendelea na  safari yetu.  Hata hivyo, mimi nilizidi  kutazama nyuma.  
Baba alipogundua,  alitabasamu akaniuliza,  "Ni nini unachotazama?"  
Nilimjibu, "Mwanamke wa  rangi ya chungwa."  Nilikumbuka kwamba  nguo yangu vilevile ilikuwa  ya rangi ya chungwa.  

You are free to download, copy, translate or adapt this story and use the illustrations as long as you attribute in the following way:  Rangi ya chungwa  Author - Ursula Nafula  Illustration - Catherine Groenewald  Language - Kiswahili  Level - First paragraphs  Â© African Storybook Initiative 2015  Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0  Source www.africanstorybook.org 

Question: Msimulizi na babake walikuwa wanasafiri kwenda wapi
Answer: Mjini
Croatia (/kroʊˈeɪʃə/ (listen), kroh-AY-shə; Croatian: Hrvatska, pronounced [xř̩ʋaːtskaː]), officially the Republic of Croatia (Croatian: Republika Hrvatska, (listen)),[lower-alpha 5] is a country at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe. It shares a coastline along the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro to the southeast, and shares a maritime border with Italy to the west and southwest. Croatia's capital and largest city, Zagreb, forms one of the country's primary subdivisions, with twenty counties. The country spans an area of 56,594 square kilometres (21,851 square miles), hosting a population of nearly 3.9 million.

Question: umurwa mukuru wa Korowatiya ni uwuhe?
Answer: Zagreb
ASIYESIKIA LA MKUU HUVUNJIKA GUU

Methali hii inamaanisha kuwa siku zote usiposikia wasia wa wakubwa wako mabaya yatakukumba. Methali hii inatumika kukanya watu dhidhi ya kutosikia mawaidha, wasikuje kujuta baadae maishani. 

Katika kitongoji cha Bima, palishi mwanamwali mmoja aliyeitwa Kipusa. Ama kweli Kipusa alifanana na jina lake kwani alikuwa mrembo mno. Urembo wake haungeweza kufananishwa. Watu wengi walimsifia Kipusa kwa uzuri wake na bidii yake katika kazi zake za nyumbani. Lakini siku zote, hakukosa kasoro kwani Kipusa alikuwa na tabia ya kupenda wanaume hasa waume waliooa. Wenziwe walijaribu kumkanya mwanamwali huyo lakini juhudi zao ziliambulia patupu kwani hakusikia la mwadhini wala la mteka maji msikitini.

Tabia hii aliendeleza kwa miaka mingi mpaka watu wakachoka kuongea nae na wakaamua kumuachia  dunia imfunze na kumpa kichapo cha haki. Kipusa alianza kuwa na vidonda mwilini na akakonda kama ng'onda. 

Baada ya mwezi mmoja Kipusa, alikata kamba kwa sababu alikuwa mbishi. Kila alipoambiwa aende hospitali kutibiwa, alidai kuwa si ugonjwa bali ni maadui zake wameamua kumkandamiza. Tunaweza kupata funzo kubwa katika kisa hiki kuwa kila unapoambiwa kuwa kitu si kizuri usiendeleze. Unafaa utilie maanani mawaidha unayopewa. 

Question: Ni nini jina la Kitongoji
Answer: Bima
ï»¿Urithi kutoka  kwa baba

Eba na mkewe Lelisa  walifanya kazi zao kwa  bidii sana.  Walikuwa na watoto  wawili wa kiume.  
Walitimiza mahitaji yao  kutokana na juhudi zao.  Eba alitaka wanawe  wastarehe. Hawakufanya  kazi zozote.  
Baada ya muda, Lelisa  alifariki.  
Hata baada ya kifo cha  mkewe, Eba hakutaka  wanawe wamsaidie.  Alizifanya kazi zote za  shambani na za  nyumbani.  
Eba alizeeka na  kudhoofika. Alihofia  maisha ya wanawe.  Alijiuliza, "Wanangu  wataishi namna gani  nitakapofariki?"  Alijua kuwa hawangeweza  kujitegemea.  
Eba aliwaita wanawe  akawaambia, "Urithi  mtakaopata kutoka  kwangu ni dhahabu nyingi  iliyofichwa shambani. Ni  juu yenu kuyalima  mashamba ili muipate  dhahabu hiyo."  
Eba pia aliwaambia  majirani, "Nadhani niko  karibu kufariki. Wanangu  hawajui kujitegemea.  Nawasihi mwasaidie hadi  watakapoweza kujikimu  wenyewe."  
Baada ya Eba kufariki,  majirani waliwapa  wanawe chakula kwa  muda.  
Ndugu hao hawakutaka  kuporwa dhahabu  iliyofichwa na baba yao.  Waliamua kuyalima  mashamba wenyewe ili  waipate dhahabu hiyo.  
Waliyalima mashamba  moja baada ya jingine.  Ila, hawakupata dhahabu  yoyote.  
Mmoja alimwuliza  mwingine, "Je, unadhani  baba alitudanganya?"  Yule akajibu, "La,  ninadhani baba alikuwa  na maana kuwa ukulima  ni dhahabu."  
Kwa hivyo, kama  wakulima wengine, wana  hao waliyalima  mashamba yao.  Walipanda mimea  wakawa matajiri sana.  

You are free to download, copy, translate or adapt this story and use the illustrations as long as you attribute in the following way:  Urithi kutoka kwa baba  Author - Lemu Wachile and Elizabeth Laird  Translation - Ursula Nafula  Illustration - Jacob Kono  Language - Kiswahili  Level - First paragraphs  Â© African Storybook Initiative 2016  Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0  Source www.africanstorybook.org  Original source www.ethiopianfolktales.com 

Question: Eba aliwaambia wanawe watarithi nini kutoka kwake
Answer: dhahabu nyingi
From 334 BC to 331 BC, Alexander the Great defeated Darius III in the battles of Granicus, Issus and Gaugamela, swiftly conquering the Persian Empire by 331 BC. Alexander's empire broke up shortly after his death, and Alexander's general, Seleucus I Nicator, tried to take control of Iran, Mesopotamia, and later Syria and Anatolia. His empire was the Seleucid Empire. He was killed in 281 BC by Ptolemy Keraunos.

Question: Buteko nshi bwa cimfishe nokonaula umusumba wa persia?
Answer: Alexander the Great
The Parliament of Canada consists of the monarch, the Senate and the House of Commons. Only members of the House of Commons are referred to as Members of Parliament (); members of the Senate are called Senators (). There are currently 105 seats in the Senate and 338 in the House of Commons. Members of Parliament are elected, while senators are appointed by the governor general on behalf of the sovereign at the direction of the prime minister. Retirement is mandatory for senators upon reaching the age of 75 years.

Question: Bushe ing`anda yama funde ku England bayita shani ishani?
Answer: House of Commons
Having started the opening month of the 2014-15 season making six of his seven appearances for Sutton from the substitutes' bench, Williams was loaned out to Isthmian League Premier Division club Tonbridge Angels on a one-month deal in October 2014.[42] The loan agreement was aimed to assist Williams in his recovery from long-term injury.[42] He made his debut for Tonbridge in a 1-0 home defeat to Billericay Town on 8 November 2014, coming on as a 68th-minute substitute in the match.[43][44] The loan deal was later extended for the remainder of the 2014-15 season,[45] as he went on to make 25 appearances during his time at the club, scoring three times.[43] This included a goal in a 2-2 draw with Dulwich Hamlet on 25 April 2015.[46] It proved to be his final appearance as a persistent achilles problem that was present for the final two seasons of his career forced him to retire from playing.

Question: Ọjọ wo ni Marvin Williams fẹyinti gẹgẹ bi agbabọọlu alapẹrẹ ara Amẹrica
Answer: 2015
Béhanzin (Gbêhanzin, Gbèhanzin) ou Gbèhin azi bô ayidjlè Ahossou Gbowelé, né en 1845 et mort en 1906 est un roi d'Abomey. Fils du roi Glèlè, il est d’abord connu sous le nom d'Ahokponu puis de prince Kondo à partir de 1875. Il est traditionnellement (sans compter Adandozan) le onzième roi d'Abomey. Durant son règne, le royaume du Dahomey est défait, pour constituer la colonie du Dahomey, avec le rattachement de Porto-Novo du roi Toffa, son cousin et son ennemi. Roi du Dahomey du 6 janvier 1890 au 15 janvier 1894, date de sa reddition, déchu de son trône dès 1892, il décède en exil à Alger le 10 décembre 1906. Behanzin est considéré comme un héros par nombre de Béninois : c'est un personnage incontournable et populaire de la mémoire collective nationale.

Question: Hwe tɛ nu yovo lɛ wlí Gbéhanzin ?
Answer: 1892
Kwa nini Yayeri  ni mashuhuri?  

Yayeri anaamka  mapema.  Tunajiuliza, "Kwa  nini Yayeri ni  mashuhuri?"  
Anashukuru kwa  usiku uliopita.  Tunauliza, "Kwa  nini Yayeri ni  mashuhuri?"  
Anatandika godoro  vizuri.  Tunajiuliza, "Kwa  nini Yayeri ni  mashuhuri?" 
Anawasalimu babu  na bibi.  Tunajiuliza, "Kwa  nini Yayeri ni  mashuhuri?"  
Anaosha uso wake.  Tunajiuliza, "Kwa  nini Yayeri ni  mashuhuri?"  
Anapiga meno  yake mswaki.  Tunajiuliza, "Kwa  nini Yayeri ni  mashuhuri?"  
Anaoga.  Tunajiuliza, "Kwa  nini Yayeri ni  mashuhuri?" 
Anavaa sare ya  shule.  Tunajiuliza, "Kwa  nini Yayeri ni  mashuhuri?"  
Anavaa viatu vyake  vyeusi.  Tunajiuliza, "Kwa  nini Yayeri ni  mashuhuri?"  
Anafika shuleni  mapema.  Tunajiuliza, "Kwa  nini Yayeri ni  mashuhuri?"  
Anasoma kwa bidii.  Tunajiuliza, "Kwa  nini Yayeri ni  mashuhuri?"  
Anacheza na  wenzake.  Unaelewa kwa nini  Yayeri ni  mashuhuri?  

You are free to download, copy, translate or adapt this story and use the illustrations as long as you attribute in the following way:  Kwa nini Yayeri ni mashuhuri?  Author - Michael Oguttu  Translation - Kiondo Wilkins  Illustration - Vusi Malindi  Language - Kiswahili  Level - First words  Ã‚Â© Text: Uganda Community Libraries Association (Ugcla) Artwork: African Storybook Initiative 2014  Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0  Source www.africanstorybook.org  Original source http://ugcla.org 

Question: Anafika shuleni saa ngapi
Answer: mapema
Chakruok mar Shirati Jazz kod Victoria Jazz
E higa mar 1967, jolwedo maduong' mar thum mar benga miluongo ni Shirati Jazz ne ochak gi Daniel Owino Misiani (22 dwe mar ariyo 1940 – 17 dwe mar abich 2006). Jolwedoni ne ogoyo wer mang'eny mong'ere ahinya e piny East Africa duto e kinde mag higini mag 1970 kod 1980. Jasiko maduong' mar Shirati Jazz ne en Victoria Jazz, mane ochak e higa mar 1972 gi Ochieng Nelly Mengo kod Collela Mazee. Kata ka ne nitie lokruok mang'eny kuom joma goyo thum, Victoria Jazz ne pod dhi nyime bedo mong'ere ahinya e higini mag 1970, kinde ma od redio mar Voice of Kenya ne lando thumbe mag East Africa matek. Victoria C Band mar Awino Lawi ne en achiel kuom joma ne owuok e Victoria Jazz.

Question: Jasiko (rival) maduong' mar Shirati Jazz ne en jolwedo mane?
Answer: Victoria Jazz
The Premier League, also known as the English Premier League or the EPL (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited), is the top level of the English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football League (EFL). Seasons run from August to May with each team playing 38 matches (playing all 19 other teams both home and away). Most games are played on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. The competition was founded as the FA Premier League on 20 February 1992 following the decision of clubs in the Football League First Division to break away from the Football League, founded in 1888, and take advantage of a lucrative television rights sale to Sky. From 2019 to 2020, the league's accumulated television rights deals were worth around £3.1 billion a year, with Sky and BT Group securing the domestic rights to broadcast 128 and 32 games respectively. The Premier League is a corporation where chief executive Richard Masters is responsible for its management, whilst the member clubs act as shareholders. Clubs were apportioned central payment revenues of £2.4 billion in 2016-17, with a further £343 million in solidarity payments to English Football League (EFL) clubs.

Question: Iqale ngamuphi unyaka iPremier League?
Answer: 1992
Huey Aondoka mapema Huey, mchezaji bora wa mwaka wa All-Met mara mbili, alipata hasara ya 6-2, 6-0 kwa mshindi wa miaka 29 Mashiska Washington, kaka mdogo wa Malivai aliyekuwa mchezaji wa mwisho wa Wimbledon wa 1996.

Question: Kí ni ìjábá tí Huey fi pàdánù Mashiska Washington?
Answer: 6-2, 6-0
FAIDA NA MADHARA YA TEKNOLOJIA KATIKA SHULE ZA SEKONDARI
Katika sekta hii ya teknolojia, imesaidia pakubwa kwa kufanya kazi haraka. Imesaidia kwa kurahisha kazi za kutumia umeme. Faida za teknolojia ni kwamba unapotaka hesabu au kuandika au kupanga majina kulingana na herufi, basi teknolojia hiyo huwa haraka. 
Sana sana teknolojia hutumika shuleni kwa kurahisha kuandika majina ya wanafunzi au kuandika alama za mitihani na pia mengineyo. Pia teknolojia hutumika hospitali kwa kuwaandika wagonjwa majina yao pia na kurekodi pesa za wagonjwa waliye hospitali. 
Teknolojia hizi hutumika mahali mbalimbali kama vile benki, maduka makubwa na kwengineko. Teknolojia imeongoza katika nchini humu hadi wananchi walio na na kazi za hali ya juu hawawezi fanya kitu bila teknolojia. 
Vilevile teknolojia imeleta madhara kwa wananchi wamezoea teknolojia hadi hawawezi shinda bila teknolojia. Pia teknolojia wakati mtu anapoandika na kurekodi majina na mengineyo 
wakati mwingine hufutika yote yaliyokuwemo ndani ya teknolojia. Wakati mwingine hukuta teknolojia zingine hazifanyi kazi kwa sababu vibatoni vyake havifanyi kazi. 
Pia teknolojia wakati mwingine hazifanyi kazi kwasababu ya umeme kukataa ilhali huku utakuwa uko kwa harakati ya kutumia teknolojia. Vile vile teknolojia huungua na umeme na kumfanya mtu anunue nyingine.
Wakati mtu anapotumia teknolojia bila mwelekeo ila kugusa waya za teknolojia basi hupigwa shoti kupitia teknolojia na husababisha madhara. 

Question: Teknolojia hutumika hospitalini kwa kurekodi nini
Answer: Pesa
University of Mpumalanga is based in Mbombela, South Africa. It was established in 2014, initially accommodating a modest intake of one hundred and forty students. It incorporates the infrastructure of three existing institutions - the Lowveld College of Agriculture, the hospitality school at KaNyamazane and the Siyabuswa Education Campus. It currently offers the Bachelor of Education and Bachelor of Agriculture degrees, as well as a Diploma in Hospitality Management. The interim Council Head is Dr. Ramaranka A Mogotlane, FRCPS(Glas), FRCS(Edin), previously Head of the Department of Anatomy at both the University of Natal and MEDUNSA.

Question: Lithini igama lenyuvesi etholakala eMpumalanga?
Answer: University of Mpumalanga
The next major innovation was by James W. Gibb, a British enthusiast of table tennis, who discovered novelty celluloid balls on a trip to the US in 1901 and found them to be ideal for the game. This was followed by E.C. Goode who, in 1901, invented the modern version of the racket by fixing a sheet of pimpled, or stippled, rubber to the wooden blade. Table tennis was growing in popularity by 1901 to the extent that tournaments were being organized, books being written on the subject, and an unofficial world championship was held in 1902. In those early days, the scoring system was the same as in lawn tennis.

Question: Yaya sunan mutumin daya kirkiri kwallon tebur?
Answer: James W. Gibb
Laana au  Baraka?         
Geraldine Nanjala   &   Marleen Visser
Kiswahili

Kwa miezi mingi anga lilikuwa kavu. Lomongin, mbuni mvua maarufu, alizungumza na miungu. Watu walikusanyika nje ya boma lake. Walingoja kwa hamu na ghamu ujumbe wa matumaini.

Aliwahakikishia watu kwamba muumba angewapa mvua hivi karibuni. Wangepanda mimea yao.

Watoto walicheza nje tulipokuwa tukingoja mvua. Baadaye siku hiyo, tuliyaona mawingu meupe mbali mashariki. Nilijua ni mawingu ya mvua.

Watu walikuwa bado wanawaza kuhusu kile mbuni mvua alisema. Mama alipiga yowe kwa sauti, "Pale! Sasa mawingu ni meusi. Njooni ndani."

Mvua ilinyesha. Ikanyesha! Tulikuwa tumeingoja mvua kwa siku nyingi! Mwanzo, tulifurahi.

Maji yalizidi kuwa kila mahali. Daraja la kuunganisha kijiji chetu na sehemu nyingine, lilisombwa na maji.

Nyumba zilisombwa na gharika. Kile kilikuwa baraka, kilikuwa sasa ni mauti kwetu.

Tulikuwa tumejitayarisha kwa upanzi, lakini sasa hatungepanda. Tulikuwa tumeitamani mvua, lakini sasa hatukuitaka tena. Hatukuwa na daraja la kuvukia. Wengi hawakuwa na makazi wala miji.

Na tulikuwa na shida nyingine! Tuliona mamba wakiogelea kila mahali. Hili halikuwa limewahi kutokea tena. Tulichanganyikiwa!

Hatungeenda manunuzi kwa sababu maduka yote yalikuwa ng'ambo ya mto. Watoto hawangeenda shuleni kwa sababu shule zilikuwa ng'ambo ya mto.

Kile kingekuwa baraka, kiligeuka kuwa laana kwetu. Lomongin, mbuni mvua, akakata tamaa vilevile. Aliyekuwa na furaha pekee ni Kapuus na paka wake wanane!


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Laana au Baraka?
Author - Alfred Esinyen
Translation - Geraldine Nanjala
Illustration - Marleen Visser, Natalie Propa, Silva Afonso and Vusi Malindi
Language - Kiswahili
Level - First paragraphs
(c) Lolupe Pilot Site 2015
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
Source www.africanstorybook.org








Question: Nyumba zilifanyika nini
Answer: Zilisombwa na gharika