بعد ما خلص الاجتماع، رديت عالايميل.

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Breakdown of بعد ما خلص الاجتماع، رديت عالايميل.

• على: to
• بعد ما: after
• ايميل: email

Questions & Answers about بعد ما خلص الاجتماع، رديت عالايميل.

What does بعد ما mean here?

Here بعد ما means after in the sense of after something happened.

So:

بعد ما خلص الاجتماع = after the meeting ended

In Levantine, بعد ما + past verb is a very common pattern.

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Why is there a ما after بعد?

In this sentence, ما is not a separate not. It is part of the common expression بعد ما.

A good way to learn it is as one chunk:

• بعد
  • noun = after
• بعد ما
  • verb/clause = after

For example:

• بعد الاجتماع = after the meeting
• بعد ما خلص الاجتماع = after the meeting ended

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What does خلص الاجتماع literally mean?

Literally, it is the meeting finished or the meeting ended.

Here:

• خلص = finished / ended / was over
• الاجتماع = the meeting

So the meeting is the thing that ended.

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Why is the verb before the noun in خلص الاجتماع?