بدي معلومات اكتر.

بدي means I want or I’d like in Levantine Arabic.

It is one of the most common ways to express wanting in everyday speech. So:

• بدي معلومات اكتر = I want more information

It is colloquial Levantine, not formal written Arabic.

In Arabic, the subject is often clear without an independent pronoun.

So بدي already tells you the subject is I. That is why أنا is usually left out unless you want emphasis.

• بدي معلومات اكتر = neutral, normal
• أنا بدي معلومات اكتر = I want more information, with extra emphasis

This is very common in spoken Levantine.

Yes. بدي is the I form. In Levantine, this word changes with person.

Common forms are:

• بدي = I want
• بدك = you want
• بدو / بدّه = he wants
• بدها / بدّا = she wants
• بدنا = we want
• بدكن = you all want
• بدهم = they want

So the -ي at the end of بدي is what makes it I want.

Also, بدي is the same whether the speaker is male or female.

Because informal Arabic spelling often leaves out details like the shadda (the doubling mark).

So بدي is commonly pronounced baddi even though the doubled d is not written.

A good rough pronunciation of the whole sentence is:

• baddi maʕluumaat aktar

The ʕ sound in maʕluumaat is the Arabic letter ع.

Yes, معلومات is formally the plural of معلومة, which means a piece of information or a fact.

But in Arabic, just like in English, a plural form is often used where English uses the uncountable noun information.

So:

• معلومة = one piece of information
• معلومات = information / pieces of information / details

In this sentence, معلومات is the natural choice for information in general.

Because this is dialect, not Modern Standard Arabic.

In Modern Standard Arabic, the word is:

• أكثر = more

In Levantine speech, this becomes:

• أكتر / اكتر = more

Two things are happening here:

1. The ث sound in أكثر usually becomes ت in everyday Levantine speech.
2. In informal writing, the hamza is often omitted, so you may see اكتر instead of أكتر.

So اكتر is the normal colloquial Levantine form.

Usually something like aktar or iktar, depending on the speaker and region.

Both are normal kinds of Levantine pronunciation. The key point for a learner is:

• it means more
• it is the colloquial counterpart of standard أكثر

So the full sentence may sound like:

• baddi maʕluumaat aktar
• or baddi maʕluumaat iktar

بدي معلومات اكتر is very natural.

In Levantine, putting اكتر after the noun is a common way to say more + noun:

• معلومات اكتر = more information
• وقت اكتر = more time
• مصاري اكتر = more money

You may sometimes hear other structures depending on context, but بدي معلومات اكتر is a very normal everyday sentence.

By itself, it is understandable and common, but it can sound a bit direct depending on the situation.

If you want to sound softer or more polite, you could say:

• بدي معلومات اكتر، لو سمحت = I want more information, please
• ممكن معلومات اكتر؟ = Could I get more information?
• فيني أعرف معلومات اكتر؟ = Can I know/get more information?

So بدي معلومات اكتر is not rude, but it is fairly direct.

It is especially associated with Levantine Arabic: Syrian, Lebanese, Palestinian, and Jordanian varieties.

Other dialects use different everyday words for want. For example:

• Egyptian: عايز / عاوز
• Gulf: أبي / أبغى
• Moroccan: different structures again

So if you are learning Levantine, بدي is exactly the kind of word you want to know.

A formal equivalent would be:

• أريد معلومات أكثر

That is grammatical and standard, but in everyday Levantine conversation, بدي معلومات اكتر sounds much more natural.

So a useful contrast is:

• بدي معلومات اكتر = spoken Levantine
• أريد معلومات أكثر = formal / Modern Standard Arabic

Yes, it can be followed by a verb very often.

Examples:

• بدي روح = I want to go
• بدي اسأل = I want to ask
• بدي اعرف = I want to know

So بدي works with:

• a noun: بدي معلومات اكتر
• a verb: بدي اعرف اكتر

That makes it a very useful everyday word in Levantine Arabic.