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Usages of tu

• Ni vizuri kukabiliana na utawala kandamizi kwa umoja, badala ya kuuruhusu utudhibiti.: It is good to confront oppressive administration with unity, rather than allowing it to control us.
• Mwalimu anatufundisha Kiswahili darasani.: The teacher teaches us Swahili in the classroom.
• Mwalimu alituuliza kisawe cha neno “furaha”.: The teacher asked us for a synonym of the word “happiness.”
• Bibi hupenda kutuambia methali jioni.: Grandmother likes to tell us proverbs in the evening.
• Mwalimu alitukumbusha akifishaji mzuri: koma mahali pake, nukta mwishoni, na alama ya kuuliza mwishoni mwa swali.: The teacher reminded us about good punctuation: a comma in its place, a period at the end, and a question mark at the end of a question.
• Mwalimu alituonyesha herufi “t” kwenye ubao.: The teacher showed us the letter “t” on the board.
• Mwalimu alituambia tuhesabu silabi za neno hili kwa sauti.: The teacher told us to count the syllables of this word aloud.
• Mkutubi wa shule alituletea kamusi mpya na kutuonyesha jinsi rejesta ya maktaba inavyotumika.: The school librarian brought us a new dictionary and showed us how the library register is used.
• Baadaye alituonyesha jinsi kivumishi na kiwakilishi vinavyobadilika katika sentensi.: Later, she/he showed us how an adjective and a pronoun change in a sentence.
• Laiti kondakta asingetuacha stesheni jana, tungefika kwenye warsha mapema.: If only the conductor had not left us at the station yesterday, we would have arrived at the workshop early.
• Mwalimu wa uraia alitufundisha kwamba katiba na sera nzuri hulinda haki za wananchi.: The civics teacher taught us that a good constitution and good policy protect the rights of citizens.
• Waziri alisema sera mpya itatusaidia kuboresha elimu katika wilaya yetu.: The minister said the new policy will help us improve education in our district.
• Mwalimu alituonyesha herufi “m” na akasema ni konsonanti, lakini “a” ni irabu.: The teacher showed us the letter “m” and said it is a consonant, but “a” is a vowel.
• Mwalimu alituuliza kisawe cha neno “furaha” na kinyume cha neno “baridi”.: The teacher asked us for a synonym of the word “happiness” and the opposite of the word “cold”.
• Bibi hupenda kutuambia methali jioni, lakini leo tulijifunza nahau mpya darasani.: Grandmother likes to tell us proverbs in the evening, but today we learned a new idiom in class.
• Mwalimu alitukumbusha kutumia koma mahali pake, nukta mwishoni, na alama ya kuuliza mwishoni mwa swali.: The teacher reminded us to use a comma in the right place, a full stop at the end, and a question mark at the end of a question.
• Mwalimu alituonyesha tena kwamba herufi “m” ni konsonanti, lakini “o” ni irabu.: The teacher showed us again that the letter “m” is a consonant, but “o” is a vowel.
• Wema wa bibi hutufanya tujisikie salama.: Grandmother’s kindness makes us feel safe.
• Subira ya mwalimu inatusaidia kujibu maswali magumu.: The teacher’s patience helps us answer difficult questions.
• Mwalimu alituonyesha jinsi ya kupata wastani wa namba tano.: The teacher showed us how to find the average of five numbers.
• Mwalimu alituonyesha jinsi ya kupata wastani wa namba tano kwa kutumia kikokotoo.: The teacher showed us how to get the average of five numbers by using a calculator.
• Akiwa amechora mstari kwa chaki, mwalimu aliweka globu mezani na kutuuliza tuonyeshe Tanzania.: After drawing a line with chalk, the teacher put the globe on the table and asked us to show Tanzania.
• Bibi alipenda kutuambia methali, lakini leo mwalimu alitufundisha nahau mpya.: Grandmother liked to tell us proverbs, but today the teacher taught us a new idiom.
• Mkutubi wa shule alituonyesha rejesta na kusema kila kitabu kinapaswa kuandikwa humo.: The school librarian showed us the register and said every book should be recorded there.
• Mwalimu wetu anatufundisha kusoma kwa sauti.: Our teacher teaches us to read aloud.
• Darasani leo, mwalimu alitufundisha kishazi na kielezi.: Today in class, the teacher taught us a clause and an adverb.
• Mwalimu alituonyesha tofauti kati ya umoja na wingi kwenye jedwali.: The teacher showed us the difference between singular and plural in a table.
• Kule darasani, mwalimu atatuonyesha tofauti kati ya umoja na wingi.: Over there in the classroom, the teacher will show us the difference between singular and plural.
• Si kwamba keshia alikataa kutusaidia, bali troli yetu ilikuwa imejaa na tulihitaji muda wa kupanga vitu vizuri.: It’s not that the cashier refused to help us, but our trolley was full and we needed time to arrange the things properly.

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