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Usages of kukaa
Urafiki wetu umeimarika baada ya kukaa pamoja muda mrefu.
Our friendship has strengthened after spending a long time together.
Wanafunzi wanakaa darasani.
The students are staying in class.
Majira ya mchana yalikuwa na joto, kwa hiyo tulikaa kivulini.
The midday period was hot, so we stayed in the shade.
Tulikaa shuleni siku yote.
We stayed at school all day.
Wanafunzi thelathini wanakaa darasani.
Thirty students are staying in the classroom.
Wewe mwenyewe utaamua kama utaenda sherehe au utakaa nyumbani.
You yourself will decide whether you will go to the party or stay at home.
Mimi ninapenda kukaa kwake jioni.
I like to stay at his/her place in the evening.
Ningechagua kukaa kwenu kama nisingekuwa na ndugu katika mji huu.
I would choose to stay at your place if I did not have relatives in this town.
Wakati mwingine, mimi hukaa kwenu jioni ili tusome insha pamoja.
Sometimes, I stay at your place in the evening so that we can study composition together.
Wanafunzi wote huwa wanakaa kimya wakati kengele ya mtihani inalia.
All the students usually stay quiet when the exam bell rings.
Sisi tunafurahi kukaa nyumbani jioni.
We are happy to stay at home in the evening.
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