Typically اما/ لما means "when"; however, as you can see below, when paired with تعالي / تعالى / تعالوا it means something approaching "so that". The idea "come so that" can also be expressed using تعالي عشان; however, this latter phrase appears with far less frequency in the corpus CALM.
Example 1
تعالى يا بودي. تعالى اما أوريك أنا جايب لك ايه |
| Come, Budi. Come so that I can show you what I've brought for you.
(بين السرايات) |
Example 2
تعالى. تعالى اما أعلمك الرقصة دي |
| Come, come so I can teach you this dance.
(احنا بتوع الاتوبيس) |
Example 3
تعالى اما اوصلك |
| Come so I can take you.
(صعيدي في الجامعة الامريكية) |
Example 4
تعالى اما أعرّفك عليه |
| Come so I can introduce you to him.
(الكبير أوي) |
Example 5
تعالي اما اقول لك تعالي |
| Come so I can tell you (something). Come!
(كيد النسا) |
Example 6
تجنن؟! انتي لسة شفتي حاجة تعالي اما تشوفي الفيو مش هتصدقي نفسك |
| Amazing?! You haven't seen anything yet! Come so you can see the view. You won't believe your eyes!
(اسم مؤقت) |
Example 7
تعالى يا راجل تعالى تعالى اما اعمل لك واحد شاي |
| Come on man. Come, come so I can make you a cup of tea.
(النمر والأنثى) |