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A girl peeling potatoes.

Nǀoan Cooking

Clare Verbeek, Thembani Dladla, Zanele Buthelezi

Kathy Arbuckle, Ingrid Schechter

Kileni A. Fernando

Cwi Debe

Ju|’hoansi

Level 1

A girl peeling potatoes.

Mi ǂharo nǀoh’in.

I peel the potatoes.

A boy chopping a cabbage.

Mi ǃxai nǃu’ubu.

I chop a cabbage.

A boy grating carrots.

Mi ǃxai nǁaq’in.

I grate the carrots.

A boy washing beans.

Mi ǁkaa caǃhu.

I wash the beans.

A boy cutting a butternut.

Mi ǃxai zare.

I cut the butternut.

A boy chopping spinach.

Mi ǃxai nǃu’ubu.

I chop the spinach.

A woman chopping onions and a boy watching.

Aia ǃxai gǀaqaun.

My mom chops the onions.

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

Gǀaqaun nǂaitchi’in mi ka mi ǃxai ha.

Onions make me cry when they are chopped.

Written by: Clare Verbeek, Thembani Dladla, Zanele Buthelezi

Illustrated by: Kathy Arbuckle, Ingrid Schechter

Translated by: Kileni A. Fernando

Read by: Cwi Debe

Language: Ju|’hoansi

Level: Level 1

Source: Cooking from African Storybook

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