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A girl next to an orange tree.

ካላይ ከእጽዋት ጋር ትነጋገራለች Khalai talks to plants Khalai parle aux plantes

Ursula Nafula

Jesse Pietersen

Mezemir Girma

Abenezer Chane

Amharic

Level 2

A girl in a field waving.

ይቺ ካላይ ነች። ዕድሜዋ 7 ዓመት ነው። የስሟ ትርጉም በቋንቋዋ በሉቡኩሱ ‹‹ጥሩዋ ልጅ›› ማለት ነው።

This is Khalai. She is seven years old. Her name means ‘the good one’ in her language, Lubukusu.

Voici Khalai. Elle a sept ans. Son nom signifie « celle qui est bonne » dans sa langue, le lubukusu.

A girl talking to an orange tree.

ካላይ ከእንቅልፏ ስትነሣ ከአንድ የብርቱካን ዛፍ ጋር ትነጋገራለች። ‹‹እባክህ አንተ የብርቱካን ዛፍ ትልቅ ሁንና ብዙ የበሳሰሉ ብርቱካኖችን ስጠን›› ትለዋለች።

Khalai wakes up and talks to the orange tree. “Please orange tree, grow big and give us lots of ripe oranges.”

Khalai se réveille et parle à l’oranger. « S’il-te-plait oranger, grandis et donne-nous beaucoup d’oranges mûres. »

A girl kneeling on the ground talking to grass.

ካላይ ወደ ትምህርት ቤት ትሄዳለች። በመንገዷም ላይ ከሳሩ ጋር ታወራለች። ‹‹እባክህ ሳር አረንጓዴነትህን ግፋበት እንጂ እንዳትደርቅ።››

Khalai walks to school. On the way she talks to the grass. “Please grass, grow greener and don’t dry up.”

Khalai marche à l’école. En chemin, elle parle à l’herbe. « S’il-te-plait herbe, deviens plus verte et ne sèche pas. »

A girl looking at wild flowers.

ካላይ የዱር አበቦችን አልፋ ሄደች። ‹‹እባካችሁ አበቦች ለጌጥ ጸጉሬ ላይ እንዳረጋችሁ ማበባችሁን ቀጥሉ።››

Khalai passes wild flowers. “Please flowers, keep blooming so I can put you in my hair.”

Khalai passe vers des fleurs sauvages. « S’il-vous-plait fleurs, continuez à fleurir pour que je puisse vous porter dans mes cheveux. »

A girl next to a tree in a school playground.

በትምህርት ቤት ግቢ ካለው ዛፍ ጋርም ካላይ ትነጋገራለች። ‹‹እባክህ አንተ ዛፍ ከጥላው ስር ቁጭ ብለን እንድናነብ ትላልቅ ቅርንጫፎችን አብቅልልን።››

At school, Khalai talks to the tree in the middle of the compound. “Please tree, put out big branches so we can read under your shade.”

À l’école, Khalai parle à l’arbre au centre du camp. « S’il-te-plait arbre, fais pousser de grandes branches pour que nous puissions lire sous ton ombre. »

A girl talking to a hedge outside a school.

ካላይ በትምህርት ቤቷ ዙሪያ ካለው ቁጥቋጦም ጋር ታወራለች። ‹‹ጠንካራ ሆናችሁ እደጉ፤ መጥፎ ሰዎች እንዳያልፉ አግዷቸው።››

Khalai talks to the hedge around her school. “Please grow strong and stop bad people from coming in.”

Khalai parle à la haie qui entoure son école. « S’il-te-plait, deviens robuste et empêche les personnes méchantes d’entrer. »

A girl next to an orange tree.

ካላይ ከትምህርት ቤት ወደ ቤቷ ስትመለስ የብርቱካኑን ዛፍ አየችው። ‹‹የብርቱካን ፍሬዎችህ ገና አልበሰሉም?›› ስትል ካላይ ጠየቀችው።

When Khalai returns home from school, she visits the orange tree. “Are your oranges ripe yet?” asks Khalai.

Quand Khalai retourne chez elle de l’école, elle visite l’oranger. « Est-ce que tes oranges sont mûres ? » demande Khalai.

A girl next to an orange tree.

‹‹የብርቱካኑ ፍሬዎች ገና አልበሰሉም›› ካላይ አለች። ‹‹ነገ እመለስና አይሃለሁ የብርቱካን ዛፍ›› አለች ካላይ። ‹‹ምናልባት ያኔ የበሰሉ የብርቱካን ፍሬዎች አዘጋጅተህ ትጠብቀኝ ይሆናል!››

“The oranges are still green,” sighs Khalai. “I will see you tomorrow orange tree,” says Khalai. “Perhaps then you will have a ripe orange for me!”

« Les oranges sont encore vertes, » soupire Khalai. « Je te verrai demain oranger, » dit Khalai. « Peut-être que demain tu auras une orange mûre pour moi ! »

Written by: Ursula Nafula

Illustrated by: Jesse Pietersen

Translated by: Mezemir Girma

Read by: Abenezer Chane

Language: Amharic

Level: Level 2

Source: Khalai talks to plants from African Storybook

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