فورا (fawran) — "immediately" in Modern Standard 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.
قال لموظف الصرافة بصوت متقطع يفتقر إلى هدوئه المعتاد عذرا هل يمكنني سحب خمسة آلاف جنيه مصري فورا من حسابي؟
qala li-muwazzafi as-sirafati bi-sawtin mutaqatti'in yaftaqiru ila hudu'ihi al-mu'tadi udhran hal yumkinuni sahbu khamsati alafi junayhin misriyyin fawran min hisabi?
He said to the teller with a broken voice lacking his usual calmness, excuse me, can I withdraw five thousand Egyptian pounds immediately from my account?
فقفز القط على السرير فورا
Fa-qafaza al-qitt ala as-sariri fawran
So the cat immediately jumped on the bed.
ابتسم البائع وقال: تفضلي، سأساعدك فوراً.
Ibtasama al-ba'i' wa qala: "Tafaddali, sa'usa'iduki fawran."
The seller smiled and said: "Please, I will help you immediately."
from Greetings in Cairo
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