الفني هيعيد تشغيل المودم الا لو العطل يخلص.

The technician will restart the modem unless the outage ends.

Breakdown of الفني هيعيد تشغيل المودم الا لو العطل يخلص.

• يخلص: to end
• الفني: the technician
• الا لو: unless
• العطل: the service outage

Questions & Answers about الفني هيعيد تشغيل المودم الا لو العطل يخلص.

What does إلا لو mean here?

In Egyptian Arabic, إلا لو means unless.

Literally, it is close to except if:

• هيعيد تشغيل المودم = he will restart the modem
• إلا لو العطل يخلص = unless the problem goes away

So the pattern is:

• X إلا لو Y = X, unless Y

A more formal version in Standard Arabic would often be إلا إذا.

Why is it written الا لو here instead of إلا لو?

That is very common in informal Arabic writing.

The more careful spelling is إلا لو, with a hamza under the alif at the start of إلا. But in texting, chats, and casual writing, many people just write الا.

So:

• إلا لو = more standard spelling
• الا لو = very common informal spelling

They mean the same thing here.

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