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A girl peeling potatoes.

Okuteleka Cooking

Clare Verbeek, Thembani Dladla, Zanele Buthelezi

Kathy Arbuckle, Ingrid Schechter

Rachel Nandjembo

Rachel Nandjembo

Oshindonga

Level 1

A girl peeling potatoes.

Onda yuguna iihakautu.

I peel the potatoes.

A boy chopping a cabbage.

Onda tete omboga yomutse.

I chop a cabbage.

A boy grating carrots.

Onda kweya uunawamundesha.

I grate the carrots.

A boy washing beans.

Onda yogo omakunde.

I wash the beans.

A boy cutting a butternut.

Onda tete uunyangwa.

I cut the butternut.

A boy chopping spinach.

Onda tete omboga yomafo.

I chop the spinach.

A woman chopping onions and a boy watching.

Meme okwa tete oonyanga.

My mom chops the onions.

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

Oonyanga ohadhi zitha ndje omahodhi uuna tadhi tetwa.

Onions make me cry when they are chopped.

Written by: Clare Verbeek, Thembani Dladla, Zanele Buthelezi

Illustrated by: Kathy Arbuckle, Ingrid Schechter

Translated by: Rachel Nandjembo

Read by: Rachel Nandjembo

Language: Oshindonga

Level: Level 1

Source: Cooking from African Storybook

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