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Five people with different hairstyles.

ጸጕሪ Hair Cheveux

Written by Clare Verbeek, Thembani Dladla, Zanele Buthelezi

Illustrated by Bronwen Heath, Ingrid Schechter

Translated by Daniel Berhane Habte

Language Tigrinya

Level Level 1

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A woman with short hair.

ቱሊ ሓጺር ጸጕሪ ኣለዋ።

Thuli has short hair.

Thuli a des cheveux courts.


A woman with long hair.

ኣና ነዊሕ ጸጕሪ ኣለዋ።

Anna has long hair.

Anna a des cheveux longs.


A woman with very long hair tied back.

ካቲ ዝነውሐ ጸጕሪ ኣለዋ።

Cathy has the longest hair.

Cathy a les cheveux les plus longs.


A woman with plaited hair.

ዛማ ጸጕራ ተቘኒናቶ ኣላ።

Zama has plaited her hair.

Zama a tressé ses cheveux.


A man with a beard.

ባባ ጭሕሚ ኣለዎ።

Baba has a beard.

Baba a une barbe.


A woman with neatly combed hair.

ዛነለ ጸጕራ መሺጣቶ ኣላ።

Zanele has combed her hair.

Zanele s’est peignée.


A man with a fresh haircut.

ታቦ ጸጕሩ ተቐምቂምዎ ኣሎ።

Thabo has cut his hair.

Thabo s’est coupé les cheveux.


A man with a shaved head.

ተምባ ጸጕሩ ተላጽይዎ ኣሎ።

Themba has shaved his hair.

Themba s’est rasé les cheveux.


Written by: Clare Verbeek, Thembani Dladla, Zanele Buthelezi
Illustrated by: Bronwen Heath, Ingrid Schechter
Translated by: Daniel Berhane Habte
Language: Tigrinya
Level: Level 1
Source: Hair from African Storybook
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