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Ukwipika Cooking Cuisiner

Clare Verbeek, Thembani Dladla, Zanele Buthelezi

Kathy Arbuckle, Ingrid Schechter

Joseph Mwansa

IciBemba

Level 1

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Mpala imfyumbu.

I peel the potatoes.

Je pèle les pommes de terre.

Mputaula kabeci.

I chop a cabbage.

J’émince un chou.

Nsesa kalota.

I grate the carrots.

Je râpe les carottes.

Nsamba cilemba.

I wash the beans.

Je lave les fèves.

Mputula utupushi.

I cut the butternut.

Je coupe la courge musquée.

Mputula bashipinaci.

I chop the spinach.

Je hache les épinards.

Bamaayo baputula onyoni.

My mom chops the onions.

Ma mère hache les oignons.

Onyono ilenga ukuti nalila nga ileeputulwa.

Onions make me cry when they are chopped.

Les oignons me font pleurer quand ils sont hachés.

Written by: Clare Verbeek, Thembani Dladla, Zanele Buthelezi

Illustrated by: Kathy Arbuckle, Ingrid Schechter

Translated by: Joseph Mwansa

Language: IciBemba

Level: Level 1

Source: Cooking from African Storybook

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