كل ما اشغل المكنسة في الصالة، بننضف السجادة اللي تحت الكنبة.

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Breakdown of كل ما اشغل المكنسة في الصالة، بننضف السجادة اللي تحت الكنبة.

• في: in
• تحت: under
• اللي: that

Questions & Answers about كل ما اشغل المكنسة في الصالة، بننضف السجادة اللي تحت الكنبة.

What does كل ما mean in this sentence?

كل ما is a very common way to say whenever or every time that in Egyptian Arabic.

So:

• كل ما اشغل المكنسة... = Whenever I turn on the vacuum...
• It introduces something that happens repeatedly.

It is not literally just all what here; as a fixed expression, it means every time.

Why is it اشغل and not بشغل after كل ما?

After كل ما, Egyptian Arabic very often uses the imperfect without بـ.

So:

• كل ما اشغل = whenever I turn on
• not usually كل ما بشغل in the most natural version of this pattern

A simple way to think about it:

• كل ما + imperfect = the repeated trigger event
• بـ often appears in the main clause to show a habitual result, as in بننضف

So the sentence has a nice natural contrast:

• كل ما اشغل...
• بننضف...

What does اشغل المكنسة mean exactly?