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A girl peeling potatoes.

Apaya Cooking

Clare Verbeek, Thembani Dladla, Zanele Buthelezi

Kathy Arbuckle, Ingrid Schechter

Domitilla Naledi Madi

Setswana

Level 1

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A girl peeling potatoes.

Ke obola makwele.

I peel the potatoes.

A boy chopping a cabbage.

Ke kgebetlelela kholo.

I chop a cabbage.

A boy grating carrots.

Ke kgebetlelela dimerwane.

I grate the carrots.

A boy washing beans.

Ke phepafatsa dinawa.

I wash the beans.

A boy cutting a butternut.

Ke segelela lephutsi.

I cut the butternut.

A boy chopping spinach.

Ke kgebetlelela sepinasi.

I chop the spinach.

A woman chopping onions and a boy watching.

Mme o kgebetlelela dionione.

My mom chops the onions.

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

Dionione di dira gore ke lele fa di kgebetlelelwa.

Onions make me cry when they are chopped.

Written by: Clare Verbeek, Thembani Dladla, Zanele Buthelezi

Illustrated by: Kathy Arbuckle, Ingrid Schechter

Translated by: Domitilla Naledi Madi

Language: Setswana

Level: Level 1

Source: Cooking from African Storybook

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