I interviewed two fifth-graders, Nandinjargal “Nandia” and Tsetsenbileg “Yanjka.” They are both 11 years old and gave great accounts of what their daily life looks like.
Breakfast - Yanjka: “For breakfast, I eat two eggs with bread, and usually I have water or milk to drink.”
Lunch - Nandia: “For lunch, there’s almost always soup, potato and flour and mutton soup. Sometimes I eat it with bread.”
Dinner – Nandia: “My family has all sorts of things for dinner!”
Yanjka: “Yeah, like tsuivan (stirfry noodles, meat and vegetables), rice soup, spaghetti, pizza, buuz (meat dumplings) and fried rice. But my favorite is mini-dumpling soup.”
Nandia and Yanjka both live in apartments near the center of town with their families. While they have plenty of room, even in Mongolia, kids have to share a room with their siblings sometimes! Nandia’s family has seven people: her mom, dad, two older sisters and two younger sisters. Yanjka’s family has six people: her mom, dad, one older sister, one older brother and one younger brother.
