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Usages of kupima
Tulipima umbali kutoka nyumbani hadi bandari, ni kilomita tano tu.
We measured the distance from home to the port; it is only five kilometres.
Kesho, mimi nitapima umbali kutoka nyumbani hadi shule.
Tomorrow I will measure the distance from home to the school.
Leo tutapima urefu wa daraja hili.
Today we will measure the length of this bridge.
Tunapima uzito wa maembe kwa mizani hii ndogo.
We measure the weight of mangoes with this small scale.
Daktari alipima urefu wa binti na uzito wake kwa mizani ya kliniki.
The doctor measured the girl’s height and her weight with the clinic’s scale.
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