بكرة — "tomorrow" in Egyptian Arabic

بكرة

bukra

tomorrow

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بكرة in a sentence

Every sentence below is taken from a story on Parallel Arabic, so you can see how the word behaves in real context rather than in isolation.

ليلى نامت وهي بتحلم بألعابها الجديدة اللي هتاخدها بكره.

Layla namet we heya bete7lam be al3abha el gedida elly hatakhodha bokra.

Layla slept while she was dreaming of her new toys that she would get tomorrow.

from Layla's Sweet Day in Egypt

مصطفى: ماشي يا يوسف، أشوفك بكرة!

Mostafa: Mashi ya Youssef, ashoofak bokra!

Mostafa: Okay, Youssef, see you tomorrow!

from Friends Meeting in Cairo

بكرة هنروح أنا وأختي السوق علشان نشتري فاكهة طازة، ممكن نجيب أربع برتقالات كبار.

Bokra hanrooḥ ana we ʾokhty el sooʾ ʾalashan neshtry fakha taza, momken nigeeb ʾarbaʾ bortoqalat kobar.

Tomorrow, my sister and I will go to the market to buy fresh fruit; we might get four big oranges.

from An Egyptian Morning: Coffee, Music, and the Market

في الاخر اتفقنا نشرب شاي مع بعض بكره

fi el akher etafakna neshrab shay maa baad bokra

In the end, we agreed to drink tea together tomorrow.

from A Call With My Friend

دلوقتي احنا هنذاكر عشان الامتحان بكره

delwaety ehna hanezaker ashan el emtehan bokra

Now we will study for the exam tomorrow

from Football Match

فرح اختي بكرة واحنا مبسوطين اوي

farah okhty bokra we ehna mabsoteen awy

My sister's wedding is tomorrow and we are very happy.

from My Sister's Wedding

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