كل ما ابص في المراية اللي على الحيطة، بافتكر ان اللمبة اللي في السقف مطفية.

كل ما means whenever or every time that.

So:

• كل ما ابص... = Whenever I look...
• كل ما يحصل كذا... = Every time this happens...

It gives the sentence a repeated, habitual meaning, not a one-time event.

ابص is from the verb بص = to look.

Here, ابص means I look.

A useful distinction:

• بص = look
• شاف = see

So ابص في المراية is about directing your eyes toward the mirror, not just passively seeing it.

In Egyptian Arabic, بـ often marks the ordinary present or habitual:

• بافتكر = I think / I remember
• بكتب = I write / I’m writing
• بروح = I go / I’m going

But after expressions like كل ما, speakers very often use the bare imperfect form:

• كل ما ابص... = whenever I look...

So this pattern is very normal in colloquial Egyptian. The repeated meaning is already being carried by كل ما.

You may also hear variation in real speech, but this sentence is natural as written.

بافتكر can mean a few related things in Egyptian Arabic, including:

• I remember
• I think
• I figure / I assume
• it occurs to me

The exact English translation depends on context.

In this sentence, it could sound like:

• I remember that the light is off
• I think the light is off
• it makes me think the light is off

So افتكر is a flexible everyday verb in Egyptian.

المراية is the common Egyptian Arabic word for mirror.

It corresponds to Standard Arabic مرآة, but in Egyptian pronunciation and spelling, it is often written as:

• مراية
• sometimes مرايه in very informal writing

So this is a normal dialect form, not a mistake.

Yes, في often means in, but prepositions do not match English one-for-one.

In Egyptian Arabic, بص في is a very common way to say look at:

• بص في الصورة = look at the picture
• بص في المراية = look in / look at the mirror

So here you should learn بص في as a natural verb + preposition combination.

اللي is the Egyptian relative word meaning that / which / who.

It is used twice because there are two separate descriptions:

1. المراية اللي على الحيطة
   = the mirror that is on the wall

2. اللمبة اللي في السقف
   = the light bulb that is in/on the ceiling

So each اللي introduces a relative clause describing the noun before it.

A useful thing to know: اللي does not change for gender or number. It works for:

• people
• things
• singular
• plural

Because the location relationship is different.

• على الحيطة = on the wall
• في السقف = in the ceiling or, in natural English, often on the ceiling

For the mirror, it is attached on the wall, so على makes sense.

For the light fixture or bulb, Arabic often uses في السقف for something located as part of the ceiling area, even when English would often say on the ceiling.

Also, حيطة is the everyday Egyptian word for wall. In Standard Arabic, you might see جدار or حائط instead.

مطفية means off, extinguished, or turned off.

It functions like an adjective/state word here:

• اللمبة مطفية = the bulb is off

It agrees with اللمبة, which is feminine, so the form is feminine:

• مطفية for a feminine noun
• مطفي for a masculine noun

Compare:

• النور مطفي = the light is off
• اللمبة مطفية = the bulb is off

Because Arabic usually does not use a separate present-tense is/are in sentences like this.

So:

• اللمبة مطفية literally looks like the bulb off
• but it means the bulb is off

This is a very important Arabic pattern.

Compare:

• أنا تعبان = I am tired
• البيت كبير = the house is big
• اللمبة مطفية = the bulb is off

If you wanted past tense, then you would use a form of كان:

• اللمبة كانت مطفية = the bulb was off

This is very common in informal Egyptian writing.

In casual dialect writing, people often do not write hamzas very carefully, so:

• ان
• إن
• sometimes other relaxed spellings

may all represent the same spoken word.

Here, ان means that after بافتكر:

• بافتكر ان... = I think/remember that...

So this is mostly a spelling-style issue, not a different grammar point.

It is specifically colloquial Egyptian Arabic.

Some clues are:

• المراية for mirror
• الحيطة for wall
• اللي as the relative word
• بافتكر in the Egyptian present form
• informal spelling like ان

A more Standard Arabic version would look noticeably different in vocabulary and style.

So this is the kind of sentence you would expect in spoken Egyptian or informal written Egyptian.