هي بترتب الاوضة قبل الشغل.

هي means she.

In Egyptian Arabic, subject pronouns are often left out if the verb already makes the meaning clear. So this sentence could also be said as:

بترتب الاوضة قبل الشغل

That still means She tidies the room before work in the right context.

However, هي may be included for:

• clarity
• emphasis
• contrast
  For example: هي بترتب الاوضة، وهو بيطبخ = She tidies the room, and he cooks.

So هي is not always required, but it is completely natural.

In Egyptian Arabic, بترتب is the present/habitual form of the verb رتّب = to arrange / tidy / put in order.

It breaks down like this:

• بـ = marks the present habitual / regular action in Egyptian Arabic
• تـ = the subject marker used here for she
• رتب = the verb root/pattern meaning arrange, tidy

So بترتب means something like:

• she tidies
• she is tidying
• she tidies regularly

The exact English translation depends on context.

It can mean several related things, depending on context:

• she tidies
• she arranges
• she puts in order
• she is tidying

In Egyptian Arabic, the b- present form often covers both:

• a habitual meaning: she tidies the room before work
• an ongoing present meaning: she is tidying the room before work

The sentence itself does not force only one of those meanings. Context tells you which one is intended.

Yes. In Egyptian Arabic, تـ in the present tense can mark:

• you masculine singular
• she

So بترتب by itself could mean either:

• you tidy (to one male)
• she tidies

That is one reason why هي can be useful here: it makes it clear that the meaning is she tidies.

Compare:

• هي بترتب الاوضة = She tidies the room
• إنتَ بترتب الاوضة = You tidy the room (to a man)

الاوضة means the room in Egyptian Arabic.

A very common pronunciation is:

• الأوضة
• pronounced roughly il-ʔoDa or el-ʔoDa

Notes:

• The word is specifically Egyptian/colloquial.
• In Modern Standard Arabic, room is more often غرفة.

So if you are learning Egyptian Arabic, أوضة is a very useful everyday word.

Yes. الـ is the Arabic definite article, meaning the.

So:

• أوضة = a room / room
• الأوضة = the room

In this sentence:

• الاوضة = the room

The same thing happens in:

• الشغل = the work / work

In Arabic, the definite article is attached directly to the noun.

Great question. Although it is written الـ, the pronunciation changes with certain letters.

In الشغل, the noun begins with ش, which is a sun letter. With sun letters, the l sound of الـ is assimilated into the next consonant.

So:

• written: الشغل
• pronounced roughly: ish-shoghl or esh-shoghl

Not al-shoghl.

This is very common in Arabic. The spelling stays the same, but the pronunciation changes.

Literally, yes, الشغل is the work.

But in everyday Egyptian Arabic, الشغل very often means:

• work
• one's job
• the workplace in some contexts

So قبل الشغل usually means:

• before work
• before going to work

It sounds very natural in Egyptian Arabic.

قبل means before.

So:

• قبل = before
• الشغل = work

Together:

• قبل الشغل = before work

This is a very common structure in Arabic:

• قبل الأكل = before eating / before the meal
• قبل المدرسة = before school
• قبل النوم = before sleeping / before sleep

So in your sentence, قبل الشغل tells you when she tidies the room.

This sentence uses a very common Egyptian Arabic word order:

Subject + Verb + Object + Time expression

So:

• هي = subject
• بترتب = verb
• الاوضة = object
• قبل الشغل = time expression

This is very natural in spoken Egyptian Arabic.

You may also hear slightly different word orders depending on emphasis, such as putting the time phrase earlier:

• هي قبل الشغل بترتب الاوضة

That gives a bit more focus to before work.

But the original order is completely normal and probably the most straightforward for a learner.

It can be either, depending on context, but it most naturally suggests a habit/routine:

• She tidies the room before work

That is because:

• the b- present form often expresses habitual actions in Egyptian Arabic
• before work also sounds like part of a routine

However, in the right context it could also mean:

• She is tidying the room before work

So the grammar allows both, but many learners will first understand it as a regular habit.

No, not always.

A native speaker might simply say:

بترتب الاوضة قبل الشغل

That is very natural, especially if it is already clear who is being talked about.

Including هي can:

• make the subject clearer
• add emphasis
• create contrast

So both are possible:

• هي بترتب الاوضة قبل الشغل
• بترتب الاوضة قبل الشغل

The version with هي is especially helpful for learners because it clearly shows the subject.

A natural pronunciation would be approximately:

hiyya bitrattib il-ʔoDa abl ish-shoghl

You may also hear small variations like:

• el-ʔoDa instead of il-ʔoDa
• esh-shoghl instead of ish-shoghl

A few pronunciation notes:

• هي is often hiyya
• بترتب is roughly bitrattib
• الأوضة has a glottal stop: ʔ
• الشغل is pronounced with doubled sh because of assimilation: ish-shoghl

So even if the spelling looks formal in parts, the actual spoken Egyptian pronunciation is quite distinct.