كَيْso that

Example sentences

• من يُحسِن الصمتَ لا يهرب من الحوار، بل يختار لحظتَه كي لا تُفسِدَ العجلةُ ما يُصلِحه البيان

  He who masters silence does not flee dialogue, but chooses his moment so that haste does not spoil what clarity mends.

  كَيْ — so that. 'so that / in order that' — a purpose-word that forces the following verb into the subjunctive. It opens the aim of choosing the moment: so that haste won't spoil what clarity mends, as the rest says.

  From: On Silence →