ولع الفحم حتى لو ما معنا حطب.

Yes. Here it is the imperative ولّع, meaning light! / ignite! / set alight!

In everyday Levantine, ولّع is a very common verb for lighting fire, charcoal, a cigarette, etc. So ولّع الفحم means light the charcoal.

In this sentence, the command is addressed to one male person.

Because casual Arabic writing often leaves out the shadda. The underlying form is ولّع, not simple ولع.

So it is pronounced more like wallaʿ, with:

• a doubled l sound
• a final ʿ sound from ع

This is very normal in informal writing: people often skip marks like shadda even when the pronunciation still clearly has them.

ولّع is the more everyday, spoken Levantine choice.

A learner will often meet:

• ولّع in conversation
• أشعل in more formal Arabic or writing

So if your goal is natural Levantine speech, ولّع الفحم sounds very normal.

Usually something like il-faḥem.

A few things are happening there:

• الـ is commonly pronounced il- in Levantine, not the more formal al-
• the cluster in faḥm often gets broken up in speech, so it sounds more like faḥem

So although the spelling is الفحم, what you hear may sound closer to il-faḥem.

حتى لو is a fixed expression meaning even if.

So:

• حتى لو ما معنا حطب = even if we don’t have firewood

It does not mean until if word-for-word in English. You should learn حتى لو as one chunk.

Because ما is a very common negator in Levantine.

Here:

• معنا = we have / with us
• ما معنا = we don’t have / we don’t have with us

This is a normal colloquial pattern. In formal Arabic, the negation would be different, but in Levantine ما is exactly what you expect.

Literally, معنا means with us:

• مع = with
• نا = us

But in spoken Arabic, with me / with you / with us often works like have, especially for something available or on hand.

So:

• معي مصاري = I have money on me / with me
• معنا حطب = we have firewood available / with us

In this sentence, ما معنا حطب suggests we don’t have any firewood available.

Both can be possible in colloquial Arabic, but they can suggest slightly different things.

• عندنا often means we have in a broader, more general sense
• معنا often feels more like we have with us / available right now

So ما معنا حطب fits well if the speaker means we don’t have any firewood with us right now.

A similar sentence with ما عندنا حطب would also be understandable, but معنا adds that sense of immediate availability.

They are two different fuel materials:

• فحم = charcoal
• حطب = firewood / wood for burning

So the sentence is talking about lighting the charcoal even though there is no firewood.

That contrast is important.

Because the speaker is referring to:

• the charcoal as a specific thing already known in the situation
• firewood in a general, non-specific sense

So:

• الفحم = the charcoal
• حطب = firewood / any firewood

In English, this is similar to saying:

• Light the charcoal
• even if we don’t have firewood

Because that is very natural in Arabic, especially with commands.

Arabic often puts the action first:

• ولّع الفحم = Light the charcoal

Then the condition comes after it:

• حتى لو ما معنا حطب = even if we don’t have firewood

This word order makes the sentence sound direct and natural.

In Levantine imperatives, the form changes with the person addressed:

• to one man: ولّع
• to one woman: ولّعي
• to a group: ولّعوا

So you could say:

• ولّعي الفحم to one woman
• ولّعوا الفحم to several people

Usually the hardest ones are ح and ع.

• ح in حتى and حطب is a stronger, throatier sound than English h
• ع in ولّع and معنا is a deep throat sound that English does not really have

A good beginner goal is:

• make ح sound deeper than normal English h
• avoid turning ع into a full extra vowel

Even an approximate version is fine at first, but it is worth noticing these sounds early because they are very common in Levantine.