Nal'ibali: Listen to stories
Read the stories as you listen - a project in partnership with Nal'ibali
Ingonyama kunye nenkawu
Ngenye imini uTatomkhulu wayefuna ukusifundisa isifundo sokuthembeka nokuba nombulelo, ngoko ke wasibalisela ibali lengonyama nenkawu …
The lion and the monkey
One day Grandpa wanted to teach us a lesson about trust and gratitude, so he told us a story about the lion and the monkey …
Konke kwaqala ngenjana
“Ibali, ibali, khawuncede kaloku Gogo usibalisele ibali,” wacenga watsho uNeo.
It started with a puppy
“Let me tell you the story of how you became friends. Did you know that it all started with a puppy?”
UKuyini
Lalina, liyidliva ngempela, kanti u-Amina wayesecikekile ngalokhu, futhi enesizungu.
Yin’a le
Kwakusina, idyudyuza nyhani, kwaye u-Amina yena wayekruqukile kwaye enesithukuthezi.
Whatzit
It was raining, really bucketing down, and Amina was fed up and lonely.
Isiwula esinguThukile
Kwasukasukela, kwakukhona umfana ogama lakhe linguThukile owayehlala nomama wakhe endlini encane.
Isihiba esinguThukile
Kudaladala kwakukho indodana egama linguThukile.
Silly Thukile
Once upon a time a young man named Thukile lived with his mother in a tiny house.
Umthungi oyinkom’ edla yodwa
UDell, umthungi, wayehlala edolobhaneni elincane eliseduze nolwandle.
Umthungi owayelilolo
UDell, umthungi weempahla wayehlala kwidolophana encinane ekufutshane nolwandle.
The lonely tailor
Dell the tailor lived in a little town near the sea.
UThembela udlala emoyeni
“Hhayi, Thembela!” kumemeza uMama. “Kunomoya omkhulu, akufanele ukuba ube phandle. Ngena endlini, uzongenwa umkhuhlane.”
UThembela emoyeni
“Heyi, Thembela!” wakhwaza uMama. “Kuvuthuza umoya ombi phandle. Ngena endlwini okanye uza kungenwa yingqele.”
Thembela in the wind
“Haai, Thembela!” calls Mama. “It’s too windy to be outside. Come in or you’ll catch a cold.”
Umvundla kunye neNcanda
Kudala-dala kwakukho umvundla owawubaleka kakhulu, usogqitha zonke ezinye izilwanyana zasefama.
UNogwaja neNhloli
Eminyakeni eminingi edlule kwakukhona unogwaja owawugijima kunazo zonke ezinye izilwane epulazini.
The birthday wish
“Oh dear,” thought Lethabo’s mama as she sat at the kitchen table. “What shall I do? Tomorrow is Lethabo’s birthday and there’s very little money to buy a present.”
UBubhibhi uMancane uthola umngani
UBubhibhi uMancane wamisa amadletshana akhe acijile.