ورشة الفخار فيها فرشة واسفنجة.

A natural Egyptian pronunciation would be:

warshit il-fakhkhaar fiiha farsha wisfinga

A few pronunciation notes:

• ورشة on its own is usually warsha
• but in ورشة الفخار, it becomes warshit il-fakhkhaar
• الفخار is pronounced with Egyptian il-, not MSA-style al-
• خ is the throaty sound like ch in Scottish loch or German Bach
• ج in Egyptian is usually a hard g, so اسفنجة sounds like isfinga

Because this is an idafa structure, often called a noun + noun possession/of-phrase.

So:

• ورشة الفخار = the pottery workshop / pottery workshop
• literally something like workshop of pottery

In an idafa:

• the first noun usually does not take ال
• the second noun can take ال if the whole phrase is definite

So ورشة الفخار is correct, but الورشة الفخار is not.

Because ورشة ends in ة (taa marbuuta).

When a word ending in ة stands alone, it is usually pronounced as -a:

• ورشة → warsha

But when it is followed by another word in an idafa phrase, the t sound appears:

• ورشة الفخار → warshit il-fakhkhaar

This is very common in Arabic.

فيها literally means in it or in her, depending on context.

It is made of:

• في = in
• ها = it/her

So in this sentence, فيها فرشة واسفنجة literally means:

• in it, there is a brush and a sponge

In smoother English, this often becomes:

• It has a brush and a sponge
• or There is a brush and a sponge in it

Because ورشة is a grammatically feminine noun in Arabic.

So when you refer back to ورشة, you use the feminine suffix:

• فيها = in it referring to a feminine noun

If the noun were masculine, you would normally use فيه instead.

So:

• ورشة → فيها
• a masculine noun would more likely take فيه

Because Arabic does not have a separate word like English a or an.

A noun without ال is usually understood as indefinite.

So:

• فرشة = a brush
• اسفنجة = a sponge

If the nouns were definite, you would expect ال:

• الفرشة = the brush
• الاسفنجة / الإسفنجة = the sponge

That is normal in Arabic, especially in the present tense.

Arabic often does not use a present-tense copula the way English uses is/are.

In this sentence, فيها carries the idea of location/existence:

• فيها فرشة = there is a brush in it
• or more naturally in English, it has a brush

So even though English needs is or has, Arabic can express the idea without a separate present-tense verb here.

Yes. فرشة can have different meanings depending on context.

In this sentence, because the setting is a pottery workshop, فرشة most likely means:

• a brush

But in other contexts, فرشة can refer to things like:

• bedding
• a mat
• a spread-out covering

So this is a good example of how context helps you choose the right meaning.

Because و means and, and in Arabic it is written as a prefix attached directly to the next word.

So:

• و + اسفنجة → واسفنجة

This is completely normal in Arabic writing.

You will see this all the time:

• ولد وبنت = a boy and a girl
• ماء وشاي = water and tea

Both spellings may be seen, especially in less formal writing.

More careful spelling often uses:

• إسفنجة

But in everyday writing, many people write:

• اسفنجة

In Egyptian Arabic, it is pronounced something like isfinga, with a hard g sound for ج.

So for a learner, the key thing is to recognize the word, even if the hamza is not always written consistently.