فورا — "immediately" in Egyptian Arabic

فورا

fawran

immediately

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فورا 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.

هي قررت تشتريه فورًا وترجّعُه ليه في الجامعة بكرة.

Heya qarraret teshtareeh fawran we teragga'o leeh fel gam'a bokra.

She decided to buy it immediately and return it to him at the university tomorrow.

from The Lost Book on El Moez Street

علي شرح له مشكلته، وعمو محمود رد: "بالظبط! أنا معايا كتاب الدرس اللي أنت عايزه ده، خده. أنا بروح الشغل كل يوم بعد القهوة. أنت لازم تدرس للامتحان كويس جداً." علي رد: "ألف شكر يا عمو! مع السلامة دلوقتي، أنا لازم أروح أذاكر بيه فوراً!"

Aly sharah lu mushkeltu, w ammo Mahmoud radd: "Bel-zabt! Ana ma'aya ketab el-dars elli enta ayezuh da, khoduh. Ana baruh el-shoghl kull yom ba'd el-ahwa. Enta lazim tedrus lel-emtihan kwayyes geddan." Aly radd: "Alf shokr ya ammo! Ma'a el-salama delwa'ty, ana lazim aruh azaker beih fawran!"

Aly explained his problem to him, and Uncle Mahmoud replied: "Exactly! I have the lesson book you want, take it. I go to work every day after the coffeehouse. You must study very well for the exam." Aly responded: "A thousand thanks, Uncle! Goodbye for now, I must go study with it immediately!"

from A Book's Journey in Khan el-Khalili

قررت اني اشتريه فورا لاني حبيته جدا

Qarrart inni ashtareeh fawran le'inni habbetu giddan

I decided to buy it immediately because I loved it very much

from A Happy Shopping Day

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