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Learn Hardcore Swahili: mrefu - long

Hardcore Swahili
/Lesson 13
/mrefu

mrefu

Word

mrefu

Meaning

long

Part of speech

adjective

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Swahili

Lesson

Usages of mrefu

Urafiki wetu umeimarika baada ya kukaa pamoja muda mrefu.

Our friendship has strengthened after spending a long time together.

Tafuta kitabu chenye kurasa nyingi, ili uweze kusoma kwa muda mrefu.

Look for a book that has many pages, so that you can read for a long time.

Kwenye kituo cha basi kulikuwa na msururu mrefu wa abiria.

At the bus station there was a long queue of passengers.

Foleni barabarani inachukua muda mrefu kila asubuhi.

The queue on the road takes a long time every morning.

Tulifuata ajenda hiyo ili tusipoteze muda katika mazungumzo marefu.

We followed that agenda so that we would not waste time in long discussions.

Tunatumia mwiko huu kuchanganya wali; mwiko huu ni mrefu.

We use this cooking stick to stir the rice; this cooking stick is long.

Dada anapika wali kama unavyofahamu, kwa kutumia mwiko mrefu.

Sister cooks rice as you know, using a long cooking stick.

Huenda wikendi ijayo tukafanya matembezi marefu kando ya mto.

Perhaps next weekend we will take long walks by the river.

Hata kama tumekuwa tukijifunza kwa muda mrefu, bado tunahitaji kurudia maneno mapya.

Even if we have been learning for a long time, we still need to repeat new words.

Shati la mikono mirefu linanilinda dhidi ya baridi usiku.

The long-sleeved shirt protects me against the cold at night.

Baba anavaa shati la mikono mirefu kazini kila siku kwa sababu ya kanuni za ofisi.

Father wears a long-sleeved shirt at work every day because of the office rules.

Kaka huvaa shati la mikono mirefu kazini, lakini nyumbani huvaa fulana tu.

Brother wears a long-sleeved shirt at work, but at home he wears only a T-shirt.

Baada ya kutembea kwa muda mrefu, kisigino cha Rahma kiliuma kuliko kiuno chake.

After walking for a long time, Rahma’s heel hurt more than her waist.

Baada ya kutembea kwa muda mrefu, kifundo cha mguu wangu kiliuma kidogo.

After walking for a long time, my ankle hurt a little.

Baada ya kukaa kwa muda mrefu, kisogo changu kinauma kidogo leo.

After sitting for a long time, the back of my neck hurts a little today.

Kukaa peke yako kwa muda mrefu kunaweza kuleta upweke.

Staying by yourself for a long time can bring loneliness.

Mkia wa paka wetu ni mrefu kuliko wa mbwa mdogo.

Our cat’s tail is longer than that of the small dog.

Mchuzi wa dengu unaonekana mzito kana kwamba umeachwa juu ya jiko kwa muda mrefu.

The lentil sauce looks thick as if it has been left on the stove for a long time.

Ngamia wanaweza kutembea kwa muda mrefu katika jangwa.

Camels can walk for a long time in the desert.

Tulipumzika katika bonde baada ya kutembea kwa muda mrefu.

We rested in the valley after walking for a long time.

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