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Usages of kitanda
Ninapenda paka wangu, lakini paka huyo anapenda kulala katikati ya kitanda.
I like my cat, but that cat likes to sleep in the middle of the bed.
Kitanda hicho ni kizuri kwa kulala.
That bed is good for sleeping.
Nataka unisaidie kutundika chandarua juu ya kitanda ili nisiumwe na mbu usiku.
I want you to help me hang the mosquito net over the bed so that I do not get bitten by mosquitoes at night.
Baada ya kuoga, yeye hutandika shuka hilo kitandani na kufunga pazia kabla ya kulala.
After bathing, she spreads that bedsheet on the bed and closes the curtain before sleeping.
Weka blanketi juu ya kitanda kwa sababu usiku unakuwa baridi.
Put a blanket on the bed because the night gets cold.
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