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Nyaka a`diza Cooking Cuisiner

Clare Verbeek, Thembani Dladla, Zanele Buthelezi

Kathy Arbuckle, Ingrid Schechter

Doris Maandebo

Lugbarati

Level 1

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Ma maku kpo.

I peel the potatoes.

Je pèle les pommes de terre.

Ma kabeji re.

I chop a cabbage.

J’émince un chou.

Ma karoti fa.

I grate the carrots.

Je râpe les carottes.

Ma kaiko oji.

I wash the beans.

Je lave les fèves.

Ma ulujo oli.

I cut the butternut.

Je coupe la courge musquée.

Ma sukuma wiki oli.

I chop the spinach.

Je hache les épinards.

Ma andri ni mbasala oli

My mom chops the onions.

Ma mère hache les oignons.

Mbasala oliza ni fe ma mindre ni ra ra.

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: Doris Maandebo

Language: Lugbarati

Level: Level 1

Source: Cooking from African Storybook

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