South Africa

Hallo my name is Kelsey.
I call my gran granny. I love my granny because she always lets me what I want to do. She taught me how to knit and we play Scrabble and Monopoly together.

in Xhosa: [translation kindness of Henriettë]

Molo. Igama lam nguKelsey.

Umakhulu wam nguGranny. Ndiyamthanda umakhulu wam kakhulu. uMakhulu undifundise ukudlala Scrabble noMonopoly. Siyathanda ukunita.

Kelsey

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Hollo ! My name is Kelsey .
I call my granny gran.One thing I like about my gran is she always lets me do anything I want to and when I come home from holidays she always brings me presents and when she leaves she hides tiny presents in my drawers like once she gave me a magnet. She teaches me how to knit.

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I call my nana nana and my Gran Granny. My nana and I go to the shops and when we go to the sweety place she always gets me a chocolate. My Nana taught me to cook and knit. And my nana and granny are very special.

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Hi my name is Gabriela.
I call my granny by her first name that is Viri. I love my granny because she loves me and because she teaches me many things.

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My name is Jessica G. I call her ma. I like her when she takes me to the park and she always lets me stay up at night.

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Springfield Convent Junior school
SOUTH AFRICA
http://www.computers4kids.co.za/sfcj.htm

The way of saying grandmother in Afrikaans is Ouma (Ou as in obe, Ma as in Margaret)

The word for "grandmother" in Xhosa is umakhulu - pronounced "ooo maa koo lu"

The Zulu for GrandMom is Gogo, not as in "go for a walk" but as in the "o" in order.

Carolynn B
South Africa

Grandmother and Me - a Kidlink book in many languages
Project moderators: Carolynn Bruton, Rubem Paulo and Patti Weeg
Webpage maintained by Patti Weeg
May 2000