ndefu

long

Usages of ndefu

• Hii ni safari yangu ya pili leo, kwa sababu trafiki ilikuwa ndefu sana.: This is my second trip today, because the traffic was very long.
• Wakati mwingine, ninapenda starehe baada ya kazi ndefu.: Sometimes, I like relaxation after a long job.
• Baada ya kazi ndefu, mimi ninaweza kuchoka sana jioni.: After a long day of work, I can become very tired in the evening.
• Ukuta ni ndefu.: The wall is long.
• Kama handaki lingekamilika, magari yangepita bila foleni ndefu.: If the tunnel were completed, cars would pass without a long queue.
• Juma anachukia foleni ndefu sokoni.: Juma hates long queues at the market.
• Ni Juma ndiye aliyenipa penseli ndefu asubuhi.: It is Juma who gave me a long pencil in the morning.
• Katika hafla leo hatutalipa nauli, wala hatutasimama kwenye foleni ndefu.: At the event today we will pay no fare, nor will we stand in a long queue.
• Leo nimevaa koti la kijivu, na Asha amevaa sketi ndefu.: Today I am wearing a gray jacket, and Asha is wearing a long skirt.
• Kesho dada yangu atavaa sketi ndefu na koti jeupe kwenda kazini.: Tomorrow my sister will wear a long skirt and a white jacket to go to work.
• Mhariri alimshauri mwandishi wa habari aamue kama ataandika makala ndefu au fupi.: The editor advised the journalist to decide whether he will write a long article or a short one.
• Rahma hupiga simu kwa bibi yake mara chache, lakini kila simu huwa ndefu sana.: Rahma calls her grandmother rarely, but each call is very long.
• Mimi na mwenzangu tunakaa upande mmoja wa meza ndefu yenye viti vingi.: My colleague and I sit on one side of a long table that has many chairs.
• Korido hii ni ndefu sana, na mwisho wake kuna bwawa la kuogelea.: This corridor is very long, and at its end there is a swimming pool.
• Jana tulitembea kwenye korido ndefu hadi chumba kipya cha maabara.: Yesterday we walked along a long corridor to the new laboratory room.
• Siyo tu mimi ninapenda kusoma, bali pia dada yangu anafurahia kusoma riwaya ndefu.: Not only do I like reading, but my sister also enjoys reading long novels.
• Tulikuwa tukitembea kwenye korido ndefu tulipomsikia kocha akipiga filimbi uwanjani.: We were walking along the long corridor when we heard the coach blowing a whistle on the field.
• 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.
• Ripoti ninayoisoma leo jioni ni ndefu.: The report that I am reading this evening is long.

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