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A girl peeling potatoes.

Kupika Cooking Cuisiner

Clare Verbeek, Thembani Dladla, Zanele Buthelezi

Kathy Arbuckle, Ingrid Schechter

Matteo E. Mwita

Lauwo George

Kiswahili

Level 1

A girl peeling potatoes.

Ninamenya viazi.

I peel the potatoes.

Je pèle les pommes de terre.

A boy chopping a cabbage.

Ninakatakata kabichi.

I chop a cabbage.

J’émince un chou.

A boy grating carrots.

Ninasaga karoti.

I grate the carrots.

Je râpe les carottes.

A boy washing beans.

Ninaosha maharagwe.

I wash the beans.

Je lave les fèves.

A boy cutting a butternut.

Ninakata maboga.

I cut the butternut.

Je coupe la courge musquée.

A boy chopping spinach.

Ninakatakata sukuma-wiki.

I chop the spinach.

Je hache les épinards.

A woman chopping onions and a boy watching.

Mama yangu anakatakata vitunguu.

My mom chops the onions.

Ma mère hache les oignons.

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

Vitunguu hunifanya nilie vikiwa vinakatwakatwa.

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: Matteo E. Mwita

Read by: Lauwo George

Language: Kiswahili

Level: Level 1

Source: Cooking from African Storybook

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