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Usages of kupenda
Mama yangu, anayependa kupika, atafurahi tukimtembelea jikoni leo.
My mother, who loves to cook, will be happy if we visit her in the kitchen today.
Wao wanapenda kwenda shule.
They love to go to school.
Ninapenda rangi za samawati na kijani kwenye nguo zangu za likizo.
I love the colors blue and green on my holiday clothes.
Mimi ninapenda kujaribu mapishi.
I love to try recipes.
Dada yangu anapenda urembo, hasa kuvaa nguo zenye rangi angavu.
My sister loves beauty, especially wearing brightly colored clothes.
Wanafunzi wanapenda usafi darasani.
The students love cleanliness in the classroom.
Watoto wanapenda wazazi wao.
Children love their parents.
Watoto wanapenda hadithi zinazosimuliwa na bibi jioni.
Children love the stories that are told by grandmother in the evening.
Wajukuu wake hupenda hadithi hizo, na hucheka kwa furaha wanapomsikia.
His grandchildren love those stories, and they usually laugh with joy when they hear him.
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