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Usages of bafuni
Wakati ulikuwa ukifua nguo bafuni, mtoto alikuwa akicheza sebuleni.
While you were washing clothes in the bathroom, the child was playing in the living room.
Mtoto anaoga bafuni sasa.
The child is bathing in the bathroom now.
Mama atakuwa akifua nguo bafuni, na mimi nitakuwa nikiandika insha mezani.
Mother will be washing clothes in the bathroom, and I will be writing a composition at the table.
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