Usages of dumu
Baba alijaza dumu la maji asubuhi.
Father filled the jerrycan with water in the morning.
Dumu lile lipo nyuma ya nyumba karibu na tanki.
That jerrycan is behind the house near the tank.
Baba alijaza dumu la maji asubuhi, halafu akaliweka nyuma ya nyumba.
Father filled a jerrycan with water in the morning, then put it behind the house.
Dumu lile likiwa tupu, tutalijaza tena kabla ya jioni.
If that jerrycan is empty, we will fill it again before evening.
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