Usages of kuku
Nimeenda dukani kununua nyama na kuku, ili tuandae mlo mzuri jioni.
I have gone to the shop to buy meat and chicken, so that we can prepare a good meal in the evening.
Mimi ninapika kuku nyumbani.
I cook chicken at home.
Mama anapika samaki badala ya kuku.
Mother cooks fish instead of chicken.
Tukifika nyumbani, tutakula chipsi na kuku.
When we get home, we will eat fries and chicken.
Mama anapenda kulea kuku nyuma ya nyumba.
Mother likes to raise chickens behind the house.
Watoto wanasaidia kulisha kuku kila asubuhi.
The children help feed the chickens every morning.
Nimeweka punje za mahindi kwenye bakuli kwa ajili ya kuku.
I have put maize grains in the bowl for the chickens.
Baba anataka kufuga kuku zaidi mwaka huu.
Father wants to keep more chickens this year.
Kufuga kuku wengi kunahitaji banda kubwa.
Keeping many chickens requires a big coop.
Kuku hulala ndani ya banda usiku.
The chickens sleep inside the coop at night.
Jogoo ni kuku dume, na hupiga kelele alfajiri.
A rooster is a male chicken, and it makes noise at dawn.
Kuku wetu huanza kutaga mapema wakati wa asubuhi.
Our chickens begin to lay eggs early in the morning.
Vifaranga vya yule kuku jike vina manyoya laini.
That hen’s chicks have soft feathers.
Manyoya ya kuku yalikuwa na unyevu baada ya mvua.
The chicken’s feathers were damp after the rain.
Kuku jike ambaye yuko karibu na banda ni mpole sana.
The female chicken that is near the coop is very gentle.
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