وبعدما

In a sentence

• وبعدما أنهيت عملي، ذهبت لرؤية صديقي.

  After I finished my work, I went to see my friend.

  The word 'وبعدما' is used to introduce a temporal clause indicating an action that occurred after the completion of another action.

• لم أكن واثقًا مما يجب فعله وبعدما فكرت برهة، قررت التحدّث مع معلمي.

  I wasn’t sure what to do, and after thinking for a while, I decided to speak to my teacher.

  Here, 'وبعدما' signifies the act of thinking following the lack of certainty, marking a sequence in logical progression.

• قرأ الكتاب وبعدما انتهى، كتب تقريرًا عنه.

  He read the book, and after he finished, he wrote a report about it.

  In this example, 'وبعدما' introduces the event of finishing the book, which precedes the action of writing the report.