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Cooking Kupika

Clare Verbeek, Thembani Dladla, Zanele Buthelezi

Kathy Arbuckle, Ingrid Schechter

Darshan Soni

English

Level 1

I peel the potatoes.

Ninamenya viazi.

I chop a cabbage.

Ninakatakata kabichi.

I grate the carrots.

Ninasaga karoti.

I wash the beans.

Ninaosha maharagwe.

I cut the butternut.

Ninakata maboga.

I chop the spinach.

Ninakatakata sukuma-wiki.

My mom chops the onions.

Mama yangu anakatakata vitunguu.

Onions make me cry when they are chopped.

Vitunguu hunifanya nilie vikiwa vinakatwakatwa.

Written by: Clare Verbeek, Thembani Dladla, Zanele Buthelezi

Illustrated by: Kathy Arbuckle, Ingrid Schechter

Read by: Darshan Soni

Language: English

Level: Level 1

Source: Cooking from African Storybook

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