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A girl peeling potatoes.

Kuapeha Cooking

Clare Verbeek, Thembani Dladla, Zanele Buthelezi

Kathy Arbuckle, Ingrid Schechter

Christabel Songiso, Akombelwa Muyangana

Chrispin Musweu, Margaret Wamuwi Sililo

siLozi

Level 1

A girl peeling potatoes.

Ni yebula makwili.

I peel the potatoes.

A boy chopping a cabbage.

Ni pumaka kabici.

I chop a cabbage.

A boy grating carrots.

Ni pumaka ma kaloti.

I grate the carrots.

A boy washing beans.

Ni tapisa manawa.

I wash the beans.

A boy cutting a butternut.

Na pumaka mupusi.

I cut the butternut.

A boy chopping spinach.

Ni pumaka muloho wa sipinaci.

I chop the spinach.

A woman chopping onions and a boy watching.

Boma bapumaka nyanisi.

My mom chops the onions.

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

Nyanisi yani lilisa haipumiwanga.

Onions make me cry when they are chopped.

Written by: Clare Verbeek, Thembani Dladla, Zanele Buthelezi

Illustrated by: Kathy Arbuckle, Ingrid Schechter

Translated by: Christabel Songiso, Akombelwa Muyangana

Read by: Chrispin Musweu, Margaret Wamuwi Sililo

Language: siLozi

Level: Level 1

Source: Cooking from African Storybook

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