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Usages of foleni
Kama handaki lingekamilika, magari yangepita bila foleni ndefu.
If the tunnel were completed, cars would pass without a long queue.
Foleni barabarani inachukua muda mrefu kila asubuhi.
The queue on the road takes a long time every morning.
Abiria wakifika mapema, foleni haitakuwa kero.
When passengers arrive early, the queue will not be a nuisance.
Juma anachukia foleni ndefu sokoni.
Juma hates long queues at the market.
Kwa ujumla, safari ilikuwa nzuri, ingawa tulikumbana na foleni fupi.
In general, the trip was good, although we encountered a short queue.
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.
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