السباك قال ان التسريب مش كبير، بس لازم يصلحه النهارده.

السباك means the plumber.

The الـ at the beginning is the. Because س is a sun letter, the l sound of الـ blends into it, so Egyptians usually pronounce it more like es-sabbāk, not al-sabbāk.

قال means said.

In Arabic, the verb itself often already tells you the subject. So قال by itself means he said. You do not need a separate word for he unless you want extra emphasis.

Here ان means that, so قال ان... means he said that...

In more formal Arabic, you may see إن or أن depending on the structure. In casual Egyptian writing, people very often just write ان.

التسريب means the leak or the leakage.

In this sentence, it refers to the plumbing leak. It is grammatically masculine singular, which matters later when the sentence uses the object pronoun -ه meaning it.

مش is the normal Egyptian Arabic way to say not in many everyday sentences, especially before adjectives and nouns.

So:

• كبير = big
• مش كبير = not big

This is much more natural in Egyptian speech than using a formal Standard Arabic negative pattern.

Here بس means but.

So the sentence shifts from one idea to another:

• the leak isn’t big
• but it still has to be fixed today

In other sentences, بس can also mean only or just, so context decides the meaning.

لازم means must, have to, or it is necessary to.

In Egyptian Arabic, it is commonly followed by a present-tense verb:

• لازم يصلحه = he has to fix it

The subject does not need to be repeated if it is already clear from context.

يصلحه means he fixes it or, in this context after لازم, he has to fix it.

It breaks down like this:

• يصلح / يصلّح = he fixes / repairs
• -ه = it / him

So يصلحه = fix it.

Here, -ه refers back to التسريب.

Also, in colloquial writing, spelling is often loose, so you may see يصلحه even when the spoken form is closer to yisalla7o.

Because التسريب is grammatically masculine singular.

In Arabic, object pronouns agree with the noun they refer to. Since التسريب is masculine singular, the sentence uses -ه, which here means it.

النهارده is a very common Egyptian Arabic word for today.

You may also see it written as النهار ده in more informal spelling. Historically, it is related to this day, but for learners it is best to treat النهارده as a set expression meaning today.

Egyptians usually pronounce it something like en-naharda.

Because it is written in Egyptian colloquial Arabic, not formal Modern Standard Arabic.

In colloquial writing, people often:

• omit short vowels
• simplify hamzas
• sometimes omit shadda in everyday typing
• spell expressions the way they are commonly said

So forms like ان, مش, and النهارده are very normal in Egyptian writing.

A natural Egyptian-style pronunciation would be something like:

es-sabbāk 'āl in et-tasrīb mish kebīr, bas lāzem yisalla7o en-naharda.

You may see slightly different transliterations, but this gives a good idea of how it sounds in everyday Egyptian Arabic.