بعد ما الطابعة اشتغلت، طبعت نسخة كمان من الاستمارة.

In Egyptian Arabic, بعد ما is a very common way to say after before a full clause.

So:

بعد ما الطابعة اشتغلت
= after the printer started working

Using just بعد is more natural before a noun or a verbal noun, not a full everyday spoken clause. For example:

بعد تشغيل الطابعة
= after turning on / starting the printer

That version sounds more formal. In speech, بعد ما is the normal choice.

Because الطابعة is grammatically feminine.

In Arabic, nouns have grammatical gender, even if they are objects. The ending ـة on طابعة is a very common sign of a feminine noun, so the verb agrees with it:

• الطابعة اشتغلت = the printer started working
• not الطابعة اشتغل

So the -ت ending here shows feminine singular past agreement.

For machines, اشتغل often means started working, came on, or began functioning.

So with a printer, اشتغلت does not usually mean worked in the English sense of having a job. It means the machine became operational.

Common machine-related meanings of اشتغل in Egyptian include:

• turn on
• start running
• function properly

So here it means the printer finally became usable.

Because Arabic often drops subject pronouns when the verb already makes the subject clear enough from context.

So طبعت can mean I printed, and you do not need to say أنا unless you want emphasis or contrast.

For example:

• طبعت نسخة كمان = I printed another copy
• أنا طبعت نسخة كمان = I printed another copy with extra emphasis, like I’m the one who printed it

This is very normal in Egyptian Arabic.

Yes, it can be.

In normal Arabic spelling without short vowels, طبعت could represent several spoken forms, including:

• I printed
• you printed masculine singular
• she/it printed

In speech, those forms are pronounced differently enough to be understood from sound and context. In writing, the surrounding context usually tells you which one is meant.

So if the meaning shown to the learner is I printed, then that is the intended reading here.

كمان is a very common Egyptian word that can mean:

• also
• too
• as well
• another / one more, depending on context

Here, in نسخة كمان, it means another copy or one more copy.

So literally it is something like a copy too / an extra copy, but the natural English meaning is another copy.

This is very common in speech. In more formal Arabic, you might see نسخة أخرى instead.

After نسخة, Arabic very often uses من to mean a copy of something.

So:

نسخة من الاستمارة
= a copy of the form

This is a very natural structure in both spoken and written Arabic.

If you said نسخة الاستمارة, that would sound more like the copy of the form or a tighter possessive structure, and it is not the most natural everyday phrasing for a copy of the form in this sentence.

Because the sentence describes two completed actions in sequence:

1. the printer started working
2. then another copy was printed

In Egyptian Arabic, after بعد ما, it is very normal to use the past tense for a completed earlier event.

So:

• اشتغلت = completed action
• طبعت = completed action

English sometimes uses a past perfect idea, like after the printer had started working, but Arabic usually just uses the simple past in this kind of sentence.

Because ط is a sun letter.

When الـ comes before a sun letter, the ل sound assimilates to the next consonant. So الطابعة is pronounced more like:

eṭ-ṭābʿa

not like:

el-ṭābʿa with a clearly pronounced l

This is a general Arabic rule, not something special to this one word. The same thing happens in words like:

• الشمس pronounced ish-shams
• الراجل pronounced ir-rāgil

A few things make it feel very Egyptian or very natural in spoken Egyptian:

• كمان for also / another
• بعد ما as a common spoken connector
• the everyday use of اشتغل for a machine that starts working

A more formal or more Standard Arabic version might use something like:

• نسخة أخرى instead of نسخة كمان
• بعد أن instead of بعد ما

So the sentence is very natural for Egyptian speech, even though most of the words are easy for Arabic learners to recognize.