انا بقرا الدرس اللي في الكتاب دلوقتي.

A natural pronunciation is something like ana baʔra ed-dars elli fil-kitaab dilwaʔti.

A few things are happening there:

• بقرا is pronounced baʔra
• الدرس sounds like ed-dars, not el-dars
• في الكتاب is often said smoothly as fil-kitaab
• دلوقتي is commonly pronounced dilwaʔti or delwaʔti

Because أنا is optional but common. The verb already shows first person singular, so you can say:

• أنا بقرا الدرس...
• بقرا الدرس...

Both are fine. Including أنا can add clarity, contrast, or just sound more natural in conversation.

In Egyptian Arabic, بـ is the usual marker for the present / non-past form of the verb.

So:

• قرا = he read
• بقرأ / بقرا = I read / I’m reading

In Egyptian, this b- form is very common for present-time actions, including things happening right now when the context makes that clear.

It can mean either one, depending on context.

• أنا بقرا كل يوم = I read every day
• أنا بقرا دلوقتي = I’m reading now

So in your sentence, دلوقتي makes it clearly mean I’m reading now.

Because everyday Egyptian spelling is often less strict than Standard Arabic spelling.

You may see:

• بقرأ = a more careful spelling
• بقرا = a very common colloquial spelling

In speech, the important thing is the pronunciation. In Cairene Egyptian, the ق is usually pronounced as a glottal stop ʔ, so بقرا sounds like baʔra.

This is because of sun letters and moon letters.

• د is a sun letter, so the ل in الـ assimilates:
  الدرس → ed-dars
• ك is a moon letter, so the ل stays:
  الكتاب → el-kitaab

The spelling does not change, only the pronunciation.

اللي is the Egyptian Arabic relative word meaning that, which, or who.

So:

• الدرس اللي في الكتاب = the lesson that is in the book
• more naturally in English: the lesson in the book

It links الدرس to the description في الكتاب.

Functionally, yes. But in Egyptian Arabic, اللي is much simpler.

In Standard Arabic, you change the relative pronoun depending on gender and number:

• الذي
• التي
• الذين
• etc.

In Egyptian Arabic, اللي is used for basically all of them.

Usually, اللي is the clearer and more natural choice here.

• الدرس اللي في الكتاب = the lesson that is in the book
• الدرس في الكتاب can sound more like a full statement: the lesson is in the book

So اللي helps show that في الكتاب is describing الدرس, not making a separate sentence.

Because in fast natural speech, في + الكتاب flows together.

So:

• written: في الكتاب
• often pronounced: fil-kitaab

This is just a normal pronunciation shortcut. The spelling stays the same.

دلوقتي means now / right now. It makes the sentence clearly about what is happening at this moment.

Yes, it can move:

• أنا بقرا الدرس اللي في الكتاب دلوقتي
• أنا دلوقتي بقرا الدرس اللي في الكتاب
• دلوقتي أنا بقرا الدرس اللي في الكتاب

All are possible. Putting دلوقتي at the end is very natural.

A Standard Arabic version would be:

أنا أقرأ الدرس الذي في الكتاب الآن

Compared with the Egyptian sentence:

• بقرأ / بقرا instead of أقرأ
• اللي instead of الذي
• دلوقتي instead of الآن
• no case endings in normal Egyptian speech

So the Egyptian sentence is fully colloquial and natural for everyday conversation.