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Usages of wali
Mama anapenda kupika ugali na wali katika jiko letu jipya.
Mother likes to cook ugali and rice in our new kitchen.
Nitachukua kijiko kikubwa ili niweze kutenga wali kwa urahisi.
I will take a big spoon so that I can separate the rice easily.
Vijana wengine wanaona ugali ni bora zaidi kuliko wali kwenye chakula cha mchana.
Some young people think ugali is better than rice for lunch.
Mimi ninapenda kutenga wali kabla ya kula.
I like to separate the rice before eating.
Asha anapenda kupika wali na karanga ili kupata ladha ya kipekee.
Asha likes to cook rice with peanuts to get a unique taste.
Mama anapasha wali uliobaki ili tuweze kula tena.
Mother is warming up the leftover rice so that we can eat again.
Mama alipika maharagwe na wali kwa chakula cha mchana.
Mother cooked beans and rice for lunch.
Sufuria hii inatumika kupika wali.
This pot is used to cook rice.
Tunatumia mwiko huu kuchanganya wali; mwiko huu ni mrefu.
We use this cooking stick to stir the rice; this cooking stick is long.
Ukipika wali, tumia mwiko kuchanganya taratibu.
When you cook rice, use a cooking stick to stir slowly.
Dada anapika wali kama unavyofahamu, kwa kutumia mwiko mrefu.
Sister cooks rice as you know, using a long cooking stick.
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