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Usages of kusimama
Ukisimama kwenye mteremko huu, utahisi upepo mkali usoni.
If you stand on this slope, you will feel a strong wind on your face.
Ni vizuri kujifunza kusimama bila kuumia mgongo.
It is good to learn to stand without hurting the back.
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.
Mhudumu alituambia tusimame kwenye kaunta kwanza.
The waiter told us to stand at the counter first.
Mwalimu alisimama upande mmoja wa ubao na akatoa msisitizo juu ya sarufi mpya ya “-enye”.
The teacher stood on one side of the board and put emphasis on the new grammar of “-enye”.
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