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Apaya Cooking

Written by Clare Verbeek, Thembani Dladla, Zanele Buthelezi

Illustrated by Kathy Arbuckle, Ingrid Schechter

Translated by Domitilla Naledi Madi

Language Tswana

Level Level 1

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Ke obola makwele.

I peel the potatoes.


Ke kgebetlelela kholo.

I chop a cabbage.


Ke kgebetlelela dimerwane.

I grate the carrots.


Ke phepafatsa dinawa.

I wash the beans.


Ke segelela lephutsi.

I cut the butternut.


Ke kgebetlelela sepinasi.

I chop the spinach.


Mme o kgebetlelela dionione.

My mom chops the 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: Tswana
Level: Level 1
Source: Cooking from African Storybook
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