Usages of kumi
Tutakupigia simu baada ya dakika kumi.
We will call you after ten minutes.
Mimi nina marafiki kumi.
I have ten friends.
Maandalizi ya sherehe yanaanza saa kumi alasiri.
Preparations for the celebration start at four in the afternoon.
Shule yetu ina kompyuta mpakato kumi ambazo wanafunzi wanaweza kukopa.
Our school has ten laptops that students can borrow.
Weka kipaumbele kwa kazi za nyumbani angalau dakika kumi kila siku.
Give priority to homework for at least ten minutes each day.
Tunapanga kusafiri takriban saa kumi, ilimradi mvua isinyeshe.
We plan to travel at around four o’clock, as long as it doesn’t rain.
Mpokezi aliwaomba wangoje dakika kumi kabla ya kuingia.
The receptionist asked them to wait ten minutes before entering.
Wao wana vitabu zaidi ya kumi darasani.
They have more than ten books in the classroom.
Kulingana na ratiba mpya, mapumziko ni dakika kumi.
According to the new schedule, the break is ten minutes.
Yaya wetu atamchukua mtoto saa kumi; afadhali tumalize mapema.
Our nanny will pick up the child at four; better we finish early.
Mama huamka saa kumi na moja alfajiri kila siku.
Mother wakes up at five in the morning every day.
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