البنت كانت بتعيط، لكن ماما ادتها لعبة صغيرة وبعد شوية بقت كويسة.

A natural pronunciation would be something like:

il-bint kānit bitʿayyaṭ, lākin mama iddet-ha luʿba sughayyara, w baʿd shwayya biʔit kuwayyisa.

A few notes:

• البنت = il-bint
• كانت = kānit
• بتعيط = bitʿayyaṭ
• لكن = lākin
• ادتها = iddet-ha
• لعبة صغيرة = luʿba sughayyara
• بعد شوية = baʿd shwayya
• بقت = biʔit
• كويسة = kuwayyisa

The exact pronunciation can vary a little depending on the speaker.

البنت means the girl, while بنت means a girl or just girl depending on context.

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

So:

• البنت = the girl
• بنت = a girl / girl

Since the sentence is talking about a specific girl, البنت is the natural choice.

كانت بتعيط is a very common way in Egyptian Arabic to describe an ongoing past action.

It literally has:

• كانت = she was
• بتعيط = crying / she cries

Together, كانت بتعيط means she was crying.

This is similar to English was + -ing.

If you used a simple past verb instead, it would sound more like she cried or she started crying, not necessarily an ongoing action in the background.

بتعيط means she is crying or, in the right context, just crying.

In this sentence, because it comes after كانت, it means was crying.

The verb is يعيط in Egyptian Arabic, which means to cry.

So:

• هي بتعيط = she is crying
• كانت بتعيط = she was crying

This is colloquial Egyptian. In Standard Arabic, learners may know تبكي instead, but Egyptians commonly say تعيط.

لكن means but.

So this part:

لكن ماما ادتها لعبة صغيرة

means:

but Mom gave her a small toy

It connects the first idea and the second idea, just like but in English.

Yes, it is one word made of several parts.

ادتها = ادت + ها

More precisely:

• ادت = she gave
• ها = her / to her / it, depending on context

In this sentence, ادتها لعبة صغيرة means she gave her a small toy.

The ها here refers to the girl.

So the whole section means:

• ماما ادتها لعبة صغيرة = Mom gave her a small toy

Egyptian Arabic often attaches object pronouns directly to the verb.

Because Arabic often uses attached pronouns instead of separate words.

In English, we say:

• gave her a toy

In Egyptian Arabic, the her can be attached right onto the verb:

• ادتها لعبة = gave her a toy

This is very normal. Arabic does this a lot with object pronouns.

You can think of it as:

• ادت = gave
• ها = her

So ادتها is basically gave-her.

In Arabic, adjectives usually come after the noun, not before it.

So:

• لعبة صغيرة = a small toy
• literally: toy small

Also, the adjective agrees with the noun. Since لعبة is feminine singular, صغيرة is also feminine singular.

That is why you get:

• لعبة = feminine noun
• صغيرة = feminine adjective

بعد شوية literally means something like after a little bit.

In natural English, it usually means:

• after a little while
• shortly after
• a bit later

This is a very common Egyptian expression.

So:

• وبعد شوية = and after a little while / and a little later

بقت means she became or she got.

So:

• بقت كويسة = she became okay / she got better / she was fine

This verb comes from بقى, which is a very common verb in Egyptian Arabic.

Here it shows a change of state:

• first, the girl was crying
• then Mom gave her a toy
• later, she became okay

So بقت is not just was. It means became / turned into / ended up being.

Because كويسة is the feminine form, and it refers back to البنت, which is feminine.

So:

• كويس = good / okay for masculine
• كويسة = good / okay for feminine

Since the sentence is about the girl, the feminine form is required:

• البنت بقت كويسة = the girl became okay

Yes, this is clearly Egyptian Arabic.

Some strong clues are:

• بتعيط for crying
• ماما for Mom
• ادتها in this colloquial form
• بعد شوية
• بقت
• كويسة

In Modern Standard Arabic, the sentence would look quite different. Egyptian Arabic uses everyday spoken forms that are natural in conversation.

ماما is the everyday spoken word for Mom / Mommy in Egyptian Arabic.

It sounds natural and affectionate in family contexts.

A more formal word would be something like الأم for the mother, but that would sound less conversational here.

So in a sentence about a child, ماما is exactly the kind of word Egyptians would normally use.

Yes, in context that is a very natural translation.

Literally, بقت كويسة is closer to:

• she became okay
• she got better
• she ended up fine

But in good English, she felt better can work very well here, especially since the earlier part says she was crying.

So the translation choice depends on how natural you want the English to sound.

The sentence breaks down like this:

• البنت كانت بتعيط = The girl was crying
• لكن = but
• ماما ادتها لعبة صغيرة = Mom gave her a small toy
• وبعد شوية = and after a little while
• بقت كويسة = she became okay / she felt better

So the whole pattern is:

background situation + contrast + action + result after some time

That is a very common storytelling structure in Egyptian Arabic.