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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, Gǂkao J. B. Kxao, Kaqece Khallie N!ani, Kileni A. Fernando, Sylvia Fernandu, Tsemkxao Cwi

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, Gǂkao J. B. Kxao, Kaqece Khallie N!ani, Kileni A. Fernando, Sylvia Fernandu, Tsemkxao Cwi

Language: Ju|’hoansi

Level: Level 1

Source: Cooking from African Storybook

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