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Usages of jana usiku
Jana usiku, niliona mama.
Last night, I saw mother.
Jana usiku, tuliandika barua.
Last night, we wrote a letter.
Jana usiku, niliandika barua tano kwa mwalimu.
Last night, I wrote five letters to the teacher.
Jana usiku, niliandika barua sita.
Last night, I wrote six letters.
Meneja yule yule alituma barua ile ile jana usiku.
The same manager sent the same letter last night.
Ndimo nilimoweka vitabu vyako jana usiku.
That is where I put your books last night.
Sanduku hili ndimo tulimoweka barua jana usiku.
This box is where we put the letter last night.
Jana usiku, niliota ndoto ambayo bado sijaielewa vizuri.
Last night, I dreamed a dream that I still haven’t understood well.
Nilimtumia bibi ujumbe wa sauti jana usiku kupitia simu janja.
I sent grandmother a voice message last night via smartphone.
Ujumbe wa sauti uliomfikia jana usiku ni mfupi.
The voice message that reached her last night is short.
Jana usiku, simu yangu iliibiwa sokoni.
Last night, my phone was stolen at the market.
Jana usiku, mwizi alikamatwa sokoni na polisi.
Last night, a thief was arrested at the market by the police.
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