mabweni

How to say it

Meaning

Sleeping quarters shared by unmarried young people, especially boarding-school dormitories.

Good to know

Plural of bweni (ji-/ma class, class 5/6).

Examples

• Wanafunzi wanaishi kwenye mabweni ya shule.The students live in the school dormitories.
• Je, mabweni haya yana umeme wa kutosha?Do these dormitories have enough electricity?
• Mabweni hayo hayakuwa na maji usiku ule.Those dormitories did not have water that night.
• Shule itajenga mabweni mapya mwakani.The school will build new dormitories next year.

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