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A kuk Cooking

Clare Verbeek, Thembani Dladla, Zanele Buthelezi

Kathy Arbuckle, Ingrid Schechter

Georgette McGlashen

Jamaican Creole

Level 1

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Mi piil di pitieta dem.

I peel the potatoes.

Mi chap a kyabij.

I chop a cabbage.

Mi grieta di kyarat dem.

I grate the carrots.

Mi wash di biin dem.

I wash the beans.

Mi kot op di botanot.

I cut the butternut.

Mi chap op di spinij.

I chop the spinach.

Mi mada chap op di oniyan.

My mom chops the onions.

Oniyan mek mi baal wen dem chap op.

Onions make me cry when they are chopped.

Written by: Clare Verbeek, Thembani Dladla, Zanele Buthelezi

Illustrated by: Kathy Arbuckle, Ingrid Schechter

Translated by: Georgette McGlashen

Language: Jamaican Creole

Level: Level 1

Source: Cooking from African Storybook

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