No. 2,956 in Arabic
ولذا
"And therefore" or "hence."
In a sentence
أنا جديد في المدينة، ولذا أسأل الناس عن الأماكن الجيدة للأكل.
I am new to the city, and thus I ask people about good places to eat.
ولذا in this sentence is used as a conjunction to show the cause and effect relationship between being new to the city and asking people for recommendations.
لم يجهز العرض بشكل جيد، ولذا لم يعجب الجمهور.
The presentation was not well-prepared, and therefore the audience was not impressed.
Here, ولذا functions to express a reason or result, connecting the lack of preparation to the audience's reaction.
الطقس كان رائعاً، ولذا قررنا الذهاب للنزهة.
The weather was wonderful, so we decided to go for a picnic.
In this case, ولذا is used to explain the reasoning for the decision to go for a picnic as a consequence of the good weather.
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