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Usages of basi
Nataka tukodishe basi dogo ili kusafiri pamoja na marafiki zetu.
I want us to rent a small bus so that we can travel with our friends.
Basi kubwa linaenda mjini.
The big bus is going to town.
Miguu yangu ina maumivu kidogo, lakini bado ninaweza kupumua vizuri ninaposhikilia reli ya basi.
My legs have a bit of pain, but I can still breathe well when I hold onto the bus railing.
Dereva wa basi atatusafirisha hadi sinema leo usiku, tukimaliza kazi zetu.
The bus driver will transport us to the cinema tonight, after we finish our work.
Maskini wanapenda kusafiri kwa basi.
The poor like to travel by bus.
Alikuja na bodaboda, kwa sababu basi lilikuwa limejaa abiria.
He/She came by motorcycle taxi, because the bus was full of passengers.
Kwenye kituo cha basi kulikuwa na msururu mrefu wa abiria.
At the bus station there was a long queue of passengers.
Kama kivuko kingeharibika, tungeenda bandari kwa basi.
If the ferry broke down, we would go to the port by bus.
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