kalamu

the pen

Usages of kalamu

• Kabla ya kuingia darasani, hakikisha umebeba kitabu na kalamu.: Before entering the classroom, make sure you have brought a book and a pen.
• Mimi ninaandika barua kwa kalamu.: I am writing a letter with a pen.
• Mimi ninasahau kalamu yangu.: I forget my pen.
• Mimi nina kalamu kwenye meza.: I have a pen on the table.
• Kalamu ni rahisi kutumika.: The pen is easy to use.
• Ninatafuta kalamu unayoitumia, kwa sababu nahitaji kuandika kidogo.: I am looking for the pen that you are using, because I need to write a bit.
• Mimi naomba kalamu mpya.: I ask for a new pen.
• Niliweka kalamu katika sanduku dogo la mbao mezani.: I put the pen in a small wooden box on the table.
• Kalamu yangu iko hapo mezani.: My pen is there on the table.
• Kalamu ya shaba iko mezani.: The copper pen is on the table.
• Yeye hana kalamu darasani.: He/She does not have a pen in class.
• Kalamu yangu iko juu ya kitabu.: My pen is on top of the book.
• Sijawahi kutumia kalamu ya wino; kawaida ninaandika kwa penseli.: I have never used an ink pen; I usually write with a pencil.
• Kalamu yako ina rangi ya njano, na daftari langu ni la kahawia.: Your pen is yellow, and my notebook is brown.
• Mimi nilikuwa nikijaribu kuandika sentensi ndefu, lakini kalamu yangu ilikosa wino.: I was trying to write a long sentence, but my pen ran out of ink.

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