امتى اختبار تحديد المستوى؟

A natural pronunciation is:

imta ikhtibār taḥdīd el-mustawa?

A rough breakdown:

• امتى = imta = when
• اختبار = ikhtibār = test
• تحديد = taḥdīd = determining / placement
• المستوى = el-mustawa = the level

In fast Egyptian speech, the whole sentence may sound something like:

imta-khtibār taḥdīd el-mustawa?

because the words run together smoothly.

Yes. امتى means when? and it is very common in Egyptian Arabic.

A native English speaker should know that:

• امتى is the everyday Egyptian way to say when
• In Modern Standard Arabic, you often see متى

So:

• امتى اختبار تحديد المستوى؟ = natural Egyptian Arabic
• متى اختبار تحديد المستوى؟ = more formal / MSA-style

Because in Arabic, the verb to be in the present tense is usually omitted.

So English says:

• When is the placement test?

But Arabic literally says something closer to:

• When the placement test?

This is completely normal.

The same pattern appears in many simple questions:

• فين الحمّام؟ = Where is the bathroom?
• مين المدرّس؟ = Who is the teacher?
• امتى الدرس؟ = When is the lesson?

Because question words often come at the beginning of the sentence in Egyptian Arabic.

So:

• امتى = when
• then comes the thing you are asking about: اختبار تحديد المستوى

This is similar to English:

• When is the placement test?

Putting امتى first is the most natural and common order.

اختبار means test.

It is close in meaning to امتحان, which usually means exam or test too. In everyday speech, the two can overlap, but there can be a slight difference:

• اختبار often feels like test / assessment
• امتحان often feels like exam

For a placement test, اختبار تحديد المستوى is a very common and natural phrase.

Literally, تحديد المستوى means:

• تحديد = determining
• المستوى = the level

So the phrase means:

• determining the level
• or more naturally in English: placement

That is why اختبار تحديد المستوى means:

• placement test
• literally: test of determining the level

This is because Arabic often uses a noun-linking structure called iḍāfa.

In اختبار تحديد المستوى:

• اختبار = test
• تحديد المستوى = determining the level

And inside تحديد المستوى:

• تحديد is linked to المستوى
• only the last noun takes الـ
• the whole phrase becomes definite because the final noun is definite

So even though اختبار does not have الـ, the whole expression can still mean the placement test, depending on context.

This is very different from English, where each noun phrase is built differently.

Yes, that is a good idea.

It works as a fixed useful phrase meaning:

• placement test

Even though you can analyze it word by word, learners often benefit from memorizing it as one unit:

• اختبار تحديد المستوى

That way you can quickly use it in sentences like:

• امتى اختبار تحديد المستوى؟ = When is the placement test?
• فين اختبار تحديد المستوى؟ = Where is the placement test?
• عندي اختبار تحديد المستوى بكرة = I have the placement test tomorrow

Yes, you may hear that too, and people would understand it.

But اختبار تحديد المستوى is especially common for placement test.
Using امتحان instead of اختبار may sound a bit more like exam.

So:

• امتى اختبار تحديد المستوى؟ = very natural
• امتى امتحان تحديد المستوى؟ = also understandable and possible

A natural rhythm is:

IM-ta ikhti-BAAR taḥ-DEED el-MUS-ta-wa?

The strongest stresses often fall roughly on:

• IM in imta
• BAAR in ikhtibār
• DEED in taḥdīd
• MUS in el-mustawa

You do not need perfect stress right away, but it helps to say it as one smooth question rather than pausing after every word.

In Modern Standard Arabic, a common version would be:

متى اختبار تحديد المستوى؟

or more fully:

• متى يكون اختبار تحديد المستوى؟ = When will the placement test be?

Compared with Egyptian:

• امتى اختبار تحديد المستوى؟ = everyday Egyptian
• متى اختبار تحديد المستوى؟ = formal / MSA-like

So if your goal is spoken Egyptian, امتى is the form to remember.

You can reuse the same structure very easily:

امتى + thing/event?

Examples:

• امتى الدرس؟ = When is the lesson?
• امتى الاجتماع؟ = When is the meeting?
• امتى الامتحان؟ = When is the exam?
• امتى ميعادنا؟ = When is our appointment?

So امتى اختبار تحديد المستوى؟ follows a very useful everyday pattern.