شوينا لحمة.

شوينا is the past tense verb meaning we grilled / we roasted.

It comes from the verb شوى (to grill, roast).
The ending -نا means we, so the whole word already includes the subject:

• شويـ = the verb stem
• ـنا = we

So شوينا = we grilled.

Because Arabic verbs often include the subject inside the verb itself.

In شوينا, the ending -نا already tells you the subject is we. So you do not need to add نحنا unless you want extra emphasis.

• شوينا لحمة = We grilled meat
• نحنا شوينا لحمة = We grilled meat / It was us who grilled meat

The second version is more emphatic.

The base form is شوى (to grill / roast).

A learner may also see related forms like:

• يشوي = he grills / he is grilling
• بيشوي = Levantine-style present/future-ish form, he grills / he is grilling

So شوينا is the past form built from that verb.

لحمة means meat.

In Levantine Arabic, لحمة often refers especially to red meat such as beef or lamb. People usually do not use it for chicken or fish.

So depending on context, شوينا لحمة could mean:

• We grilled meat
• We grilled some meat
• We grilled lamb/beef

لحمة is the common colloquial Levantine form.
In Modern Standard Arabic, you are more likely to see لحم.

So:

• Levantine: لحمة
• MSA: لحم

This is a very common dialect difference. A native speaker of Levantine would normally say لحمة in everyday speech.

Because the noun is indefinite here.

• لحمة = meat / some meat
• اللحمة = the meat

So:

• شوينا لحمة = We grilled meat / some meat
• شوينا اللحمة = We grilled the meat

English often uses some in this kind of sentence, but Arabic usually just leaves the noun indefinite.

Yes. This word order is very normal.

The sentence is:

• شوينا = verb
• لحمة = object

So it is basically Verb + Object.

In Levantine, other orders are also possible depending on emphasis, especially if you add a subject pronoun:

• شوينا لحمة
• نحنا شوينا لحمة

Both are natural. The short version without نحنا is very common.

A rough pronunciation is:

shweina laḥme

A few notes:

• ش = sh
• ح in لحمة is a deeper, throatier sound than ordinary English h
• final ة in Levantine is usually pronounced like -e, so لحمة sounds like laḥme

Depending on region, the vowels in شوينا may sound slightly different, but shweina laḥme is a good rough guide.

It can cover a range of meanings around cooking over heat, especially fire:

• grilled
• roasted
• barbecued

The exact English translation depends on context. If people are talking about outdoor cooking, We barbecued meat may sound most natural. If they mean cooking on a grill, We grilled meat is a good choice.

It is very understandable, but it feels colloquial/Levantine because of لحمة.

• شوينا itself is close to a Standard Arabic form
• لحمة is the everyday Levantine word

In full Standard Arabic, you would more likely expect something like شَوَيْنَا لَحْمًا or شَوَيْنَا اللَّحْمَ, with Standard vocabulary and case endings in careful writing.

So this sentence is best understood as spoken Levantine Arabic.

That final ة is very common in Levantine nouns. In everyday speech it is usually pronounced -e.

Even though ة is often associated with feminine nouns, here you should just learn لحمة as the normal word for meat in Levantine. It does not mean anything like female meat or add a special meaning by itself.

It is simply the standard colloquial form of the noun.

A common Levantine negative is:

ما شوينا لحمة

That means We didn't grill meat.

So you can compare:

• شوينا لحمة = We grilled meat
• ما شوينا لحمة = We didn't grill meat