صحيت بدري النهارده عشان كان عندي مشوار.

صحيت means I woke up.

Its base verb in Egyptian Arabic is صحي / يصحى meaning to wake up.

• صحيت = I woke up
• the -ت ending marks I in the past tense

So the first word already tells you the subject is I, even though أنا is not stated.

Because in Arabic, the verb often already shows who did the action.

In صحيت, the ending -ت tells you the speaker is I. So أنا is unnecessary unless you want emphasis.

• صحيت بدري = I woke up early
• أنا صحيت بدري = I woke up early / I woke up early (with extra emphasis)

This is very normal in Egyptian Arabic.

بدري means early.

In this sentence:

• صحيت بدري = I woke up early

You’ll hear بدري a lot in Egyptian Arabic for early, whether talking about waking up, arriving, leaving, etc.

Examples:

• جيت بدري = I came early
• نمت بدري = I slept early / went to bed early

النهارده means today in Egyptian Arabic.

It is the everyday Egyptian equivalent of MSA اليوم.

So:

• بدري النهارده = early today

This is very common colloquial Egyptian.

Egyptian Arabic word order is flexible, but صحيت بدري النهارده sounds very natural.

It is basically:

• صحيت = I woke up
• بدري = early
• النهارده = today

So the sentence flows as: I woke up early today.

You could also hear:

• النهارده صحيت بدري = Today I woke up early

That version puts more focus on today.

Here عشان means because.

So:

• عشان كان عندي مشوار = because I had an errand / because I had somewhere to go

In Egyptian Arabic, عشان can also mean so that / in order to, depending on context.

Examples:

• جيت عشان أشوفك = I came to see you / so that I could see you
• صحيت بدري عشان كان عندي مشوار = I woke up early because I had an errand

So it is a very common and useful word.

Because the whole sentence is talking about a past situation.

• عندي مشوار = I have an errand / I have somewhere to go
• كان عندي مشوار = I had an errand / I had somewhere to go

The word كان is the past form of to be, and here it shifts the expression into the past.

So:

• صحيت بدري عشان عندي مشوار would sound more like I woke up early because I have an errand
• صحيت بدري عشان كان عندي مشوار means I woke up early because I had an errand

عندي literally means at me.

It is made of:

• عند = at / with
• -ي = my / me

In Arabic, possession is often expressed this way:

• عندي عربية = I have a car
• عندي شغل = I have work
• عندي مشوار = I have an errand / I have somewhere to go

So instead of a verb like to have, Egyptian Arabic often uses this structure.

مشوار is a very common Egyptian word. Its meaning depends on context, but it often means:

• an errand
• a trip
• somewhere to go
• an outing
• sometimes even a commute/journey

In this sentence, كان عندي مشوار most naturally means:

• I had an errand
• or I had somewhere I needed to go

It does not necessarily mean a long trip. Very often it just means some task or appointment outside the house.

Examples:

• عندي مشوار بكرة = I have an errand tomorrow
• رايح مشوار وجاي = I’m going out for a quick errand and coming back

This is clearly Egyptian Arabic.

Some clues:

• النهارده is Egyptian for today
• عشان is very common in spoken Egyptian
• صحيت from صحي is natural in speech
• مشوار is extremely common in Egyptian everyday language

A more Modern Standard Arabic style sentence would be something like:

• استيقظتُ مبكرًا اليوم لأن كان لديّ مشوار / لأن لديّ أمرٌ أقوم به

But that would sound much less casual and natural in everyday Egyptian conversation.

A simple pronunciation guide would be:

Saḥeet badri en-naharda ʿashaan kaan ʿandi mashwaar.

A few notes:

• صحيت = sa-ḥeet
• بدري = badri
• النهارده = en-naharda or in-naharda in natural speech
• عشان = ʿashaan
• عندي = ʿandi
• مشوار = mashwaar

The letter ع in عشان and عندي is a consonant English doesn’t have, so learners usually need extra practice with it.

Usually صحيت is closer to I woke up.

If you specifically want I got up / got out of bed, Egyptians often use something like:

• قمت من النوم
• قمت من السرير

But in everyday speech, people may still use صحيت in contexts where English might say either woke up or got up, depending on the situation.

So for learners:

• safest meaning of صحيت = I woke up

Yes. A few natural alternatives are:

• النهارده صحيت بدري عشان كان عندي مشوار.
• صحيت النهارده بدري عشان كان عندي مشوار.
• صحيت بدري علشان كان عندي مشوار.

These all mean basically the same thing. The differences are mostly about emphasis and rhythm.

For example:

• النهارده صحيت بدري... puts more focus on today
• صحيت بدري النهارده... sounds like a very natural neutral statement

Yes. علشان and عشان are the same word.

• علشان is the fuller form
• عشان is a shorter, very common spoken form

Both can mean:

• because
• for
• so that / in order to

In fast Egyptian speech, عشان is extremely common.