No. 2,487 in Arabic

هكذا

"Thus" or "like this/that."

In a sentence

قال المعلم للطلاب: هكذا يتم حل المسائل الرياضية.
The teacher told the students: This is how mathematical problems are solved.
The word "هكذا" is used to indicate the procedure or way in which something is done.
كانت السماء صافية وهكذا قررت الذهاب في رحلة.
The sky was clear, so I decided to go on a trip.
Here, "هكذا" is used to express a consequence or resulting action following a situation.
هكذا تبدأ القصة وتنتهي بنفس الطريقة.
This is how the story begins and ends in the same way.
In this sentence, "هكذا" is used to describe the manner in which events occur or proceed.

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