Bóòlù mi tí ó Púpa

My Ball That's Red

My Red Ball


By Marion Drew

Illustrated by Marion Drew

Translated by
Victor & Blessing Williamson
Victor Williamson
Marion Drew



From source www.africanstorybook.org, paleng.weebly.com

Available under Creative Commons-Attribution 4.0

In Language

Bóòlù.
This ball.
A ball.
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Bóòlù mi.
It's my ball.
My ball.
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2
Bóòlù mi tí ó púpa.
It's my big ball.
My big ball.
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Bóòlù mi tí ó púpa àti tí ó tóbi.
It's my big red ball.
My big red ball.
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4
Mo ń fi ẹsẹ̀ gbá.
I kick it.
I kick.
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Mo ń fi ẹsẹ̀ gbá bóòlù mi.
I kick my ball.
I kick my ball.
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Mo ń fi ẹsẹ̀ gbá bóòlù mi tí ó púpa.
I kick my red ball.
I kick my red ball.
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Mo ń fi agbára fi ẹsẹ̀ gbá bóòlù mi tí ó púpa!
I kick my big red ball.
I kick my big red ball.
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Níbo lo wà?
Where it go?
Where is it?
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9
Níbo ni bóòlù mi wà?
Where my ball go?
Where's my ball?
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Níbo ni bóòlù mi wà nísínsinyìí?
Where my ball at now?
Where's my ball now?
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Níbo ni bóòlù mi tí ó púpa wà nísínsinyìí?
Where my red ball at now?
Where's my red ball now?
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O wà lókè.
It went up.
It's up.
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13
O wà lókè lókè.
It's way up.
It's high up.
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O wà lókè ní ọ̀run.
There it go up high in the sky.
It's high up in the sky.
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Ó wà lókè lókè ní ọ̀run.

Ó wà sórí òṣùpá.

Ó ti lọ!
It done gone way up high in the sky.

It be on the moon.

It done left.
It's very high up in the sky.

It's over the moon.

It's gone.
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The end.
My Ball That's Red