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Ukupheka Cooking

Clare Verbeek, Thembani Dladla, Zanele Buthelezi

Kathy Arbuckle, Ingrid Schechter

Bukiwe Tiyane

Xhosa

Level 1

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Ndichuba amazambane.

I peel the potatoes.

Ndinqunqa ikhaphetshu.

I chop a cabbage.

Ndigreyitha iminqathe.

I grate the carrots.

Ndihlamba iimbotyi.

I wash the beans.

Ndisika ibhathanathi.

I cut the butternut.

Ndinqunqa isipinatshi.

I chop the spinach.

Umama wam unqunqa amatswele.

My mom chops the onions.

Amatswele andenza ndilile xa enqunqwa.

Onions make me cry when they are chopped.

Written by: Clare Verbeek, Thembani Dladla, Zanele Buthelezi

Illustrated by: Kathy Arbuckle, Ingrid Schechter

Translated by: Bukiwe Tiyane

Language: Xhosa

Level: Level 1

Source: Cooking from African Storybook

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