ارفقت الشهادة.

In careful standard spelling, it is normally أرفقت with a hamza on أ.

In casual typing, many native speakers leave the hamza off and write ارفقت. That is very common in messages and informal writing, including in Levantine contexts.

So:

• أرفقت = careful/formal spelling
• ارفقت = common informal spelling

Same word, same meaning.

This sentence is more formal/written than everyday spoken Levantine. It sounds like the kind of Arabic people use in emails, applications, and official messages.

A Levantine speaker would understand it immediately, and many would use it in writing. But in casual conversation, they might choose a more everyday phrasing instead.

So the best way to think of it is:

• natural in formal writing
• understood in Levantine
• not the most colloquial everyday spoken phrasing

Here أرفقت is the past tense verb meaning I attached / I enclosed.

It comes from the verb أرفق, which is a formal verb used for attaching or enclosing documents, files, etc.

In fully vocalized Standard Arabic, this would be:

• أرفقتُ = I attached

So in your sentence:

• أرفقت الشهادة = I attached the certificate

Because Arabic often puts the subject inside the verb itself.

In the past tense, the ending -ت can show the subject. So أرفقت already includes I.

That means:

• أرفقت = I attached

You can add أنا if you want emphasis, but you do not need it:

• أنا أرفقت الشهادة = I attached the certificate
  This sounds more emphatic than necessary in many contexts.

Yes. Without short vowels, Arabic words can sometimes be ambiguous.

أرفقت could be read differently depending on context, for example:

• أرفقتُ = I attached
• أرفقتِ = you attached (to one female)

In real life, context usually makes the meaning clear.

So if the translation already tells you the meaning is I attached the certificate, then that is the correct reading here.

Because Arabic very often allows a verb-first sentence.

In English, you normally need:

• I attached the certificate

But in Arabic, since I is already built into أرفقت, the next word can simply be the object:

• أرفقت الشهادة

So the structure is basically:

• أرفقت = I attached
• الشهادة = the certificate

This verb-first pattern is very common in Arabic.

Because ش is a sun letter, the ل in ال is not pronounced separately.

So you do not say al-shahada in careful pronunciation.

Instead, it sounds like:

• ash-shahāda in Standard Arabic pronunciation

In Levantine-style pronunciation, you may hear something closer to:

• esh-shahāde
• ish-shahāde

depending on the speaker and region.

So the important point is: ال assimilates before ش.

The ـة (taa marbuuTa) usually marks a noun as grammatically feminine.

So شهادة is a feminine noun.

In this sentence, that does not change the verb, because the subject is I, not the certificate.

But it matters in agreement elsewhere. For example:

• الشهادة مرفقة = the certificate is attached

Notice مرفقة is feminine to match شهادة.

Not for Levantine, and usually not for normal modern writing either.

In fully vocalized Standard Arabic, the sentence would be:

• أرفقتُ الشهادةَ

But in everyday reading, writing, and speech, those final short vowels are usually omitted.

So learners will normally just see:

• أرفقت الشهادة

That is completely normal.

For a formal message or email, أرفقت الشهادة is perfectly natural.

In more casual spoken Levantine, people often rephrase depending on what they mean:

• بعَتت الشهادة = I sent the certificate
• الشهادة مرفقة = the certificate is attached

So if you are writing something formal, أرفقت الشهادة is a good choice. If you are speaking casually, another wording may sound more natural.