لازم اروح البنك قبل الشغل عشان عندي مشكلة في الحساب.

لازم means must / have to / need to.

In Egyptian Arabic, it is very common to put لازم before a verb to express necessity:

• لازم اروح = I have to go
• لازم نذاكر = we have to study
• لازم تيجي بدري = you have to come early

A useful thing to notice: after لازم, Egyptian Arabic usually uses the verb without the بـ prefix.

So:

• بروح = I go / I am going / I usually go
• اروح = go in a form often used after words like لازم

That is why the sentence says لازم اروح and not لازم بروح.

This is one of the most important grammar points in the sentence.

In Egyptian Arabic:

• بروح usually expresses the regular present or habitual sense: I go / I’m going
• اروح is the bare present form, and it often appears after words like:
  • لازم = must
  • ممكن = possible / may
  • عايز = want
  • لازم = need to

So:

• بروح البنك = I go to the bank / I’m going to the bank
• لازم اروح البنك = I have to go to the bank

After لازم, dropping بـ is normal Egyptian usage.

In Arabic, the verb already shows who the subject is, so pronouns are often omitted.

Here:

• اروح already means I go
• so أنا is not necessary

Both are possible:

• لازم اروح البنك = I have to go to the bank
• أنا لازم اروح البنك = I have to go to the bank

Adding أنا can give extra emphasis, but leaving it out is more natural in many everyday situations.

Yes, بنك means bank, and it is a borrowed word. In Egyptian Arabic, you will usually hear:

• بنك = bank
• البنك = the bank

The الـ is the definite article, meaning the.

So:

• بنك = a bank
• البنك = the bank

Pronunciation note:

• It is commonly pronounced something like el-bank
• Since ب is not a sun letter, the ل in الـ stays pronounced clearly

So not abbank, but el-bank.

It means before work.

Literally, قبل الشغل is before the work, but in Arabic it is very common to use the definite article in places where English would not.

So:

• الشغل = the work / work
• قبل الشغل = before work

In everyday Egyptian Arabic, الشغل often means:

• work
• one’s job
• the workplace context in general

So this phrase sounds natural and idiomatic.

الشغل comes from شغل, which can mean work, job, or business depending on context.

In this sentence, قبل الشغل most naturally means:

• before work
• or before I go to work

It does not necessarily refer to a specific task. It usually refers to your job or workday in general.

Examples:

• أنا في الشغل = I’m at work
• بعد الشغل = after work
• عندي شغل كتير = I have a lot of work

So here, الشغل is best understood as work in the everyday sense.

Yes. عشان is a very common Egyptian Arabic word, and it can mean different things depending on context, especially:

• because
• for
• so that / in order to

In this sentence:

• عشان عندي مشكلة في الحساب
• means because I have a problem with the account

So here عشان means because.

Other examples:

• بذاكر عشان الامتحان = I’m studying for the exam
• جيت عشان أشوفك = I came to see you
• ما رحتش عشان كنت تعبان = I didn’t go because I was tired

So learners should remember that عشان is very flexible in Egyptian Arabic.

عندي literally means at me.

It is made of:

• عند = at / with
• ـي = my / me

So:

• عندي = with me / at me

Arabic often expresses possession this way. Instead of saying I have, Egyptian Arabic often says something like there is, at me.

Examples:

• عندي عربية = I have a car
• عندها وقت = she has time
• عندهم مشكلة = they have a problem

So:

• عندي مشكلة literally = At me, a problem
• natural English meaning = I have a problem

The phrase مشكلة في الحساب means a problem with the account.

Literally, في usually means in, so word-for-word this is something like:

• a problem in the account

But in Arabic, في is often used in places where English uses with.

So this expression is natural Arabic:

• عندي مشكلة في الحساب = I have a problem with the account
• في العربية مشكلة = There’s a problem with the car
• عندي مشكلة في النت = I have a problem with the internet

So although في often means in, in many real-life expressions it works more broadly.

الحساب here means the account, most likely a bank account.

The root idea of حساب is connected with counting, calculation, and accounts. Depending on context, it can mean:

• account
• calculation
• bill/check in some contexts
• reckoning

But because the sentence mentions البنك, the meaning here is clearly:

• bank account

So:

• مشكلة في الحساب = a problem with the account
• in context: a problem with my bank account

If the speaker wanted to be even more specific, they could say something like حسابي = my account, but in this sentence the meaning is already clear from context.

A natural Egyptian-style pronunciation would be something like:

lāzem arūḥ el-bank abl ish-shoghl ʿashān ʿandī moshkila fil-ḥisāb

A few pronunciation notes:

• لازم → lāzem
• اروح → arūḥ
• البنك → el-bank
• قبل → often sounds like abl
• الشغل → often ish-shoghl or esh-shoghl
• عشان → ʿashān
• عندي → ʿandī
• مشكلة → moshkila
• في الحساب → often flows together as fil-ḥisāb

In fast speech, words connect smoothly, so في الحساب often sounds like fil-ḥisāb.

In Modern Standard Arabic, a more formal version might be:

يجب أن أذهب إلى البنك قبل العمل لأن لدي مشكلة في الحساب.

Compared with the Egyptian sentence:

لازم اروح البنك قبل الشغل عشان عندي مشكلة في الحساب.

Main differences:

• لازم in Egyptian vs يجب أن in MSA
• اروح in Egyptian vs أذهب in MSA
• البنك stays the same
• الشغل in Egyptian vs العمل in MSA
• عشان in Egyptian vs لأن in MSA
• عندي in Egyptian vs لدي in MSA

So the original sentence is clearly everyday Egyptian Arabic, not formal written Arabic.

In normal Egyptian Arabic writing, especially informal writing, people often write:

• اروح

Even though in more careful spelling you may also see:

• أروح

Both are understood. In casual Egyptian writing, hamzas are often simplified or omitted.

So for a learner:

• أروح may look more familiar if you know standard spelling
• اروح is very common in informal Egyptian writing

The important thing is to recognize both as the same word: I go / to go in this context.

By itself, it is mostly a neutral statement of necessity:

• لازم اروح البنك قبل الشغل عشان عندي مشكلة في الحساب
• I have to go to the bank before work because I have a problem with the account

But depending on tone, it can also sound somewhat urgent, because:

• لازم already expresses necessity
• the speaker has a problem
• there is a time limit: before work

So even though the grammar is neutral, the overall meaning can easily suggest that this is something the speaker needs to handle soon.