جرس الشقة ماكانش شغال امبارح، عشان كده البواب شغله.

This is a possession structure, often called iḍāfa.

• جرس = bell
• الشقة = the apartment

So جرس الشقة literally means bell of the apartment, i.e. the apartment’s bell.

In this structure, the first noun usually does not take ال even when the whole phrase is definite. The definiteness comes from the second noun.

So:

• جرس شقة = an apartment bell / a bell of an apartment
• جرس الشقة = the apartment’s bell

ماكانش means wasn’t.

It is made from:

• كان = was
• ما...ش = a very common Egyptian negation pattern

So:

• كان شغال = it was working
• ماكانش شغال = it wasn’t working

This ما...ش pattern is one of the most important features of Egyptian Arabic.

In Egyptian Arabic, شغال often means working, functioning, or on.

It is very commonly used for machines, devices, electricity, internet, phones, bells, and so on.

So:

• الجرس شغال = the bell is working
• النت شغال = the internet is working
• النور شغال = the light is on

Here, ماكانش شغال means wasn’t functioning.

امبارح means yesterday.

In Egyptian Arabic, time expressions are often placed at the end of the clause, especially in everyday speech.

So:

• جرس الشقة ماكانش شغال امبارح = the apartment bell wasn’t working yesterday

You could sometimes move it earlier, but the final position is very natural and common.

عشان كده means so, therefore, or that’s why.

Literally, it is something like because of that.

It connects the two ideas:

• the bell wasn’t working yesterday
• therefore the doorman did something about it

It is extremely common in spoken Egyptian.

البواب is the doorman, building porter, or caretaker of an apartment building.

In Egypt, this is a very common role in residential buildings. A بواب may:

• receive deliveries
• watch the entrance
• help residents
• deal with small maintenance issues

So in this sentence, البواب is the person who got the bell working again.

Egyptian Arabic very often uses subject–verb–object order in everyday speech.

So:

• البواب شغله = the doorman fixed/turned on/made it work

This is completely natural.

Arabic can also use verb-first order:

• شغله البواب

That is also possible, but the sentence you have sounds very normal and conversational. Putting البواب first makes the subject a little more prominent.

Here, شغله most naturally means made it work, got it working, turned it on, or fixed it, depending on context.

It comes from شغّل, which is different from شغال:

• شغال = working, functioning
• شغّل = to make something work, operate it, turn it on, get it running

So the logic of the sentence is:

• ماكانش شغال = it was not functioning
• شغله = he made it function

In this sentence, English might translate it as fixed it if that is the intended meaning in context.

The -ه is an attached object pronoun meaning him or it.

Here it means it, and it refers back to جرس.

So:

• شغّل = he made work / he turned on
• شغّله = he made it work / he turned it on

Arabic often attaches object pronouns directly to the verb instead of using a separate word.

Because colloquial Egyptian spelling is not fully standardized.

All of these can represent the same expression:

• ماكانش
• ما كانش
• مكانش

You will also see variation in other words, for example:

• عشان / علشان
• كده / كدا

This is normal in written dialect. As a learner, the important thing is to recognize the pattern, not to expect one single fixed spelling every time.

A simple learner-friendly pronunciation is:

garas ish-sha’a ma-kansh shaghghāl embāreḥ, ʿashān kida el-bawwāb shaghghal-o

A few helpful notes:

• جرس = garas
• الشقة has a doubled consonant sound in the middle
• شغّال and شغّله both have a doubled غ sound
• the -ه at the end of شغله is often pronounced more like -o in Egyptian speech

You do not need a perfect transliteration system at first; the main thing is to hear the rhythm of the sentence and recognize the chunks:

• جرس الشقة
• ماكانش شغال
• امبارح
• عشان كده
• البواب شغله