بعد الشغل بحس اني تعبان وجعان.

Literally, بعد means after, and الشغل means the work or work.

So بعد الشغل is literally after work.

In Egyptian Arabic, الشغل often means:

• work in general
• your job
• the period of time when you are working

So بعد الشغل is a very natural way to say after work.

The الـ is the definite article, like the in English.

So:

• شغل = work
• الشغل = the work / work

In expressions like بعد الشغل, Egyptian Arabic usually uses the definite form, even though in English we just say after work without the.

This is normal and natural in Arabic.

بحس means I feel.

It comes from the verb حسّ / يحس = to feel.

In Egyptian Arabic, the بـ at the beginning often marks the ordinary present tense.

So:

• بحس = I feel / I’m feeling
• بيحس = he feels
• بنحس = we feel

Here, بحس is being used to describe how the speaker usually feels or feels at that moment after work.

In Egyptian Arabic, بـ is commonly added to present-tense verbs.

So:

• أحس is not the usual everyday Egyptian form here
• بحس is the normal colloquial Egyptian way to say I feel

This بـ often gives the sense of the regular present:

• I feel
• I usually feel
• I’m feeling

It is one of the most important features of Egyptian Arabic verb forms.

إني means that I.

So:

• بحس إني تعبان = I feel that I’m tired

In natural English, we often just say I feel tired, but Arabic can use this extra connector:

• بحس إني... = I feel that I...

This structure is very common in Egyptian Arabic.

Also, in casual writing, people often write اني without the hamza, but إني is a more careful spelling.

Usually, بحس إني تعبان is the more natural form.

Egyptian Arabic often likes the pattern:

• بحس إني...
• حاسس إني...

So:

• بحس إني تعبان = I feel that I’m tired

Saying بحس تعبان would sound incomplete or unnatural to many speakers.

A very common alternative would be:

• بحس إني تعبان وجعان
• حاسس إني تعبان وجعان

Because in Arabic, tired and hungry are usually expressed with adjectives or adjective-like words.

So:

• تعبان = tired
• جعان = hungry

Arabic does not need a separate word for am in the present tense.

So:

• أنا تعبان = I am tired
• أنا جعان = I am hungry

That is why the sentence can simply say:

• إني تعبان وجعان

In Arabic, the verb to be is usually omitted in the present tense.

So English:

• I am tired
• I am hungry

becomes Arabic:

• أنا تعبان
• أنا جعان

And in your sentence:

• بحس إني تعبان وجعان literally something like:
• I feel that I tired and hungry

This is completely normal Arabic grammar.

• تعبان = tired, exhausted, worn out
• جعان = hungry

Both are very common everyday Egyptian words.

تعبان can sometimes also mean not feeling well depending on context, but here it clearly means tired.

So the speaker is saying they feel:

• physically tired
• hungry

after work.

That -ان pattern is common in many everyday Arabic adjectives, especially ones describing states or feelings.

Examples:

• تعبان = tired
• جعان = hungry
• بردان = cold
• عطشان = thirsty
• زعلان = upset

You do not need to treat -ان as a separate word here; just learn each adjective as a whole word. But noticing the pattern can help vocabulary stick.

No, it does not.

The verb بحس already tells you the subject is I.

So:

• بعد الشغل بحس إني تعبان وجعان already clearly means After work, I feel tired and hungry.

You could add أنا for emphasis, but it is not necessary:

• بعد الشغل أنا بحس إني تعبان وجعان

That version is possible, but the original is more natural as a neutral statement.

Yes.

You could say:

• تعبان وجعان
• جعان وتعبان

Both are understandable.

The original order sounds natural, and often speakers put تعبان first because tiredness feels like the broader condition, then جعان adds another detail. But this is not a strict grammar rule.

The adjectives would change to the feminine form:

• تعبان → تعبانة
• جعان → جعانة

So a female speaker would say:

بعد الشغل بحس إني تعبانة وجعانة.

Everything else stays the same.

A natural Egyptian pronunciation would be approximately:

baʿd ish-shoghl baḥiss inni taʿbān wi-gʿān

A more learner-friendly rough guide:

• بعد = ba‘d
• الشغل = ish-shoghl
• بحس = ba-hiss
• إني = inni
• تعبان = ta‘baan
• وجعان = wi-g‘aan

A few notes:

• ال in الشغل sounds like ish- here because ش is a sun letter.
• و before جعان is usually pronounced wi in Egyptian.
• جعان has the letter ج, which in Egyptian is usually pronounced like g in go.

Because ش is a sun letter.

When الـ comes before a sun letter, the l sound assimilates into the next consonant.

So:

• written: الشغل
• pronounced: ish-shoghl

You do not pronounce it as al-shoghl in normal Egyptian speech.

This is a standard Arabic reading rule, not something special to this sentence only.

It is effectively:

• و = and
• جعان = hungry

In Arabic writing, short words like و are attached مباشرة to the next word, so you see:

وجعان

But grammatically it is:

• و + جعان
• and + hungry

This is very common in Arabic:

• وتعبان = and tired
• ومبسوط = and happy
• وكمان = and also

It is specifically Egyptian Arabic.

Clues include:

• بحس for I feel
• الشغل in the everyday Egyptian sense of work
• the overall colloquial phrasing

In Standard Arabic, you would say something different, for example:

• بعد العمل أشعر أنني متعب وجائع

That is correct Standard Arabic, but it sounds formal and not like everyday Egyptian speech.

So the original sentence is exactly the kind of thing people would say in normal conversation in Egypt.