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A girl peeling potatoes.

Okutereka Cooking

Clare Verbeek, Thembani Dladla, Zanele Buthelezi

Kathy Arbuckle, Ingrid Schechter

Angelika Tjoutuku, Asnath Mundjindjiri

Otjiherero

Level 1

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A girl peeling potatoes.

Ami me tatura ovihakautu.

I peel the potatoes.

A boy chopping a cabbage.

Ami me kondo otjikora.

I chop a cabbage.

A boy grating carrots.

Ami me pere ozombaruru.

I grate the carrots.

A boy washing beans.

Ami me koho omakunde.

I wash the beans.

A boy cutting a butternut.

Ami me kondo okambakuna.

I cut the butternut.

A boy chopping spinach.

Ami me kondo ombowa.

I chop the spinach.

A woman chopping onions and a boy watching.

Mama ma kondo ozonyanga.

My mom chops the onions.

A boy wiping his tears in front of a plate of chopped onions.

Omeva wozonyanga ye ndji ririsa tji maze kondwa.

Onions make me cry when they are chopped.

Written by: Clare Verbeek, Thembani Dladla, Zanele Buthelezi

Illustrated by: Kathy Arbuckle, Ingrid Schechter

Translated by: Angelika Tjoutuku, Asnath Mundjindjiri

Language: Otjiherero

Level: Level 1

Source: Cooking from African Storybook

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