Cooking & Markets

1. Ke nyaka go ithuta go apea bogobe

   I want to learn how to cook bogobe porridge

   Usage

   Used to ask to learn how to cook the local porridge

   Grammar Note

   "bogobe" is porridge. "apea" means cook (a regularly composed sentence)

2. Ke apea bogobe bja lehea

   I cook porridge from maize

   Usage

   Used to say you cook the maize porridge

   Grammar Note

   "bogobe bja lehea" is maize porridge. A regularly composed sentence

3. Ke kgopela o se bee letswai

   Please do not add salt

   Usage

   Used to ask for no salt in a dish

   Grammar Note

   "se bee" is the negative command of "bea" (put). "letswai" means salt (a regularly composed sentence)

4. Apea gabotse, hle

   Please cook it thoroughly

   Usage

   Used to ask for food to be cooked through

   Grammar Note

   "gabotse" means well. For several people: "Apeang gabotse" (a regularly composed sentence)

5. Ke kgopela o nthuše go sega merogo

   Please help me cut the vegetables

   Usage

   Used to ask for help preparing food

   Grammar Note

   "merogo" means vegetables or greens. "sega" means cut (a regularly composed sentence)

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