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A girl peeling potatoes.

Bilcheessu Cooking Cuisiner

Clare Verbeek, Thembani Dladla, Zanele Buthelezi

Kathy Arbuckle, Ingrid Schechter

Demoze Degefa

Oromo

Level 1

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A girl peeling potatoes.

Ani Dinchaa boca.

I peel the potatoes.

Je pèle les pommes de terre.

A boy chopping a cabbage.

Ani gomaanan mura.

I chop a cabbage.

J’émince un chou.

A boy grating carrots.

Ani Karootrin boca.

I grate the carrots.

Je râpe les carottes.

A boy washing beans.

Ani Bekalaan dhiqa.

I wash the beans.

Je lave les fèves.

A boy cutting a butternut.

ani fuduraan cira.

I cut the butternut.

Je coupe la courge musquée.

A boy chopping spinach.

Ani espanachin cira.

I chop the spinach.

Je hache les épinards.

A woman chopping onions and a boy watching.

Harmeen koo qullubbbi cirit.

My mom chops the onions.

Ma mère hache les oignons.

A boy wiping his tears in front of a plate of chopped onions.

Yeroon qullubbii ciruu ijii nihimimaan buusa.

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: Demoze Degefa

Language: Oromo

Level: Level 1

Source: Cooking from African Storybook

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