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A girl peeling potatoes.

Okutereka Cooking

Written by Clare Verbeek, Thembani Dladla, Zanele Buthelezi

Illustrated by Kathy Arbuckle, Ingrid Schechter

Translated by Angelika Tjoutuku, Asnath Mundjindjiri

Read by Angelika Tjoutuku

Language Otjiherero

Level 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
Read by: Angelika Tjoutuku
Language: Otjiherero
Level: Level 1
Source: Cooking from African Storybook
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