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Usages of mwaka jana
Tangu mwaka jana, yaya wetu amekuwa akimfundisha mtoto kuoga na kujipangusa mwenyewe.
Since last year, our nanny has been teaching the child to bathe and dry themself.
Mwaka jana, mimi nilienda baharini.
Last year, I went to the ocean.
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