اول ما الاجتماع يخلص، هنروح البنك.

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Breakdown of اول ما الاجتماع يخلص، هنروح البنك.

• يروح: to go
• بنك: bank
• اول ما: as soon as

Questions & Answers about اول ما الاجتماع يخلص، هنروح البنك.

What does اول ما mean here, and how is it used?

اول ما means as soon as or once.

In Egyptian Arabic, it is a very common way to introduce an action that happens immediately after another one.

So:

• اول ما الاجتماع يخلص = as soon as the meeting ends

You can think of اول ما + clause as a fixed pattern:

• اول ما أوصل، هكلمك = As soon as I arrive, I’ll call you
• اول ما يجي، نبدأ = As soon as he comes, we’ll start

Why is there a ما after اول?

In this expression, ما is part of the set phrase اول ما. You should usually learn it as one chunk.

It does not mean what here. Instead, it helps form the time expression as soon as / when.

So:

• اول alone = first / beginning
• اول ما = as soon as

Why does the sentence use يخلص and not a past-tense form?

Because after اول ما, Egyptian Arabic often uses the present tense to talk about a future event in a time clause.

So even though the meaning in English is future:

• As soon as the meeting ends, we’ll go to the bank

Arabic says it with present forms:

• الاجتماع يخلص
• literally: the meeting finishes

This is normal and very common.