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Te’in Cooking

Clare Verbeek, Thembani Dladla, Zanele Buthelezi

Kathy Arbuckle, Ingrid Schechter

Vitalina dos Santos

Aurelio da Costa, Vitalina dos Santos, Criscencia R. Da Costa Viana

Tetum

Level 1

Ha’u loke fehuk-ropa nia kulit.

I peel the potatoes.

Ha’u ko’a repollu.

I chop a cabbage.

Ha’u koi senoura sira.

I grate the carrots.

Ha’u fase koto sira.

I wash the beans.

Ha’u ko’a lakeru.

I cut the butternut.

Ha’u ko’a bayaun

I chop the spinach.

Ha’u nia mama ko’a liis.

My mom chops the onions.

Liis halo ha’u tanis bainhira ha’u tetak sira.

Onions make me cry when they are chopped.

Written by: Clare Verbeek, Thembani Dladla, Zanele Buthelezi

Illustrated by: Kathy Arbuckle, Ingrid Schechter

Translated by: Vitalina dos Santos

Read by: Aurelio da Costa, Vitalina dos Santos, Criscencia R. Da Costa Viana

Language: Tetum

Level: Level 1

Source: Cooking from African Storybook

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