الدوش بعده شغال.

A common Levantine pronunciation is:

ed-dōsh baʿdo shaghghāl

A few notes:

• الدوش is often pronounced ed-dōsh because the ل of الـ assimilates to the د.
• بعده here is usually baʿdo in Levantine.
• شغال is pronounced with a doubled middle consonant: shaghghāl.

Pronunciation can vary a bit by region.

Because د is a sun letter. In Arabic, when الـ comes before a sun letter, the l sound assimilates to the next consonant.

So:

• الدوش is written the same way
• but pronounced ed-dōsh or id-dūsh, depending on dialect and speaker

This is a pronunciation rule, not a spelling change.

In Arabic, the present-tense verb to be is usually not said.

So الدوش بعده شغال literally looks something like:

• the shower still on/running

But natural English needs is, so the translation includes it.

If you wanted the past, you would normally use كان:

• الدوش كان شغال = The shower was on/running.

Here بعده means still.

In Levantine, بعد + pronoun suffix is a very common way to say that something is still the case.

Examples:

• أنا بعدني هون = I’m still here
• هي بعدها نايمة = She’s still asleep
• الدوش بعده شغال = The shower is still running/on

So this is a very useful everyday pattern.

The ending matches the subject.

Here, الدوش is treated as masculine singular, so you use -ه:

• بعده

Compare:

• الغسالة بعدها شغالة = The washing machine is still on
• الأولاد بعدن نايمين = The kids are still asleep

So the suffix changes depending on who or what is being talked about.

Here شغال means on, running, or working.

For machines, devices, water, electricity, etc., شغال is very common:

• المكيف شغال = The AC is on
• التلفزيون شغال = The TV is on
• المي شغالة = The water is running

With people, شغال can also mean working or busy, depending on context.

In this sentence, it behaves like a predicate adjective/state word: it describes the current state of the shower.

So الدوش بعده شغال is basically:

• The shower is still in a running/on state

You do not need to think of it as a normal conjugated verb here. In spoken Arabic, words like شغال, مفتوح, مسكّر, واقف, and قاعد often work this way.

You can hear both, but they are not exactly the same in feel.

• شغال focuses on the state: it is on / running
• عم يشتغل focuses more on the ongoing action/process: it is operating

For this sentence, الدوش بعده شغال is the more natural everyday way to say that the shower is still on or the water is still running.

Yes. Those are also natural.

Common options include:

• الدوش بعده شغال
• لسه الدوش شغال
• الدوش لساته شغال

All of these can mean The shower is still on/running.

There may be small regional or stylistic differences, but they are all useful and common in Levantine speech.

Yes. Outside this pattern, بعده can literally mean after him or after it.

For example:

• إجيت بعده = I came after him

So learners sometimes get confused at first. The key is that in sentences like الدوش بعده شغال, the whole pattern subject + بعده/بعدها/بعدن + description means still.

It is a very common colloquial loanword used in Levantine Arabic for shower.

That is normal in spoken Arabic. Everyday Levantine uses many borrowed words, especially for modern objects and household items.

So even if it does not look very classical, it is completely natural in conversation.