بعد ما ترجعي عالبيت، اتصلي فيني.

In Levantine, بعد ما is a very common way to say after when it is followed by a whole clause.

So:

• بعد ما ترجعي = after you come back
• بعد الأكل = after eating / after the meal

Here, ما is not negation. It is just part of the expression بعد ما.

So you should learn بعد ما as a chunk meaning after + clause.

ترجعي is the 2nd person feminine singular form of the verb رجع = to return / come back.

So it is being said to one woman.

Here are the matching forms:

• ترجع = you return, addressed to one man
• ترجعي = you return, addressed to one woman
• ترجعوا = you return, addressed to more than one person

So this sentence is specifically talking to a female listener.

Good question. In Levantine, the b- prefix is very common in the present, but after words like بعد ما, لما, إذا, speakers often use the bare imperfect without b-, especially when talking about a future event.

So:

• بعد ما ترجعي = after you come back
• not necessarily بعد ما بترجعي

Using the form without b- here sounds very natural.

A simple way to think about it:

• بترجعي often feels more like a regular/habitual present in many contexts
• ترجعي after بعد ما fits a one-time future action very well

Yes. Both ترجعي and اتصلي are feminine singular.

The masculine version would be:

بعد ما ترجع عالبيت، اتصل فيني.

So:

• feminine: ترجعي / اتصلي
• masculine: ترجع / اتصل

عالبيت is a contraction of:

على + البيت = عالبيت

In Levantine, على is very often shortened to عَ in speech, and when it comes before الـ, they merge:

• على البيت → عالبيت

Even though على literally means on, with movement verbs in colloquial Arabic it often works where English would use to.

So:

• رجع عالبيت = he went back home / returned home

This is completely normal Levantine usage.

Because this is colloquial Levantine, not formal written Arabic.

In everyday Levantine, people usually say:

• عالبيت

rather than the more formal:

• إلى البيت

So إلى البيت is grammatically fine in Modern Standard Arabic, but in normal spoken Levantine it would sound much more formal or bookish.

اتصلي is the imperative form, meaning call! / contact!, addressed to one woman.

It comes from the verb اتصل = to call / contact / get in touch.

Forms:

• اتصل = call! to one man
• اتصلي = call! to one woman
• اتصلوا = call! to a group

So:

• اتصلي فيني = call me

Literally, yes, فيني comes from في + ني, so word-for-word it looks like in me.

But with certain verbs in Levantine, that is just how the grammar works. With اتصل, the person being contacted is often introduced with في.

So:

• اتصل فيني = call me / contact me

You should understand this as a normal verb + preposition combination, not as a literal word-by-word translation.

This is similar to how English says listen to me rather than just listen me. The preposition is just part of the pattern.

Yes, there is some variation by region and speaker.

You may hear:

• اتصلي فيني
• اتصلي فيّ
• sometimes other patterns depending on dialect

In many Levantine varieties, فيني is very natural and common in speech.

Also, people often use other verbs for call, such as:

• دقّيلي = call me / ring me

So the sentence could also be expressed differently in everyday speech, but اتصلي فيني is perfectly understandable and natural Levantine.

A useful pronunciation guide is:

baʿd ma tirjaʿi ʿal-bēt, itṣli fīni

A rough English-friendly approximation would be:

baad ma tir-JA-ee al-bayt, it-si-lee FEE-nee

A few notes:

• ع in ترجعي and عالبيت is a throat sound that English does not really have
• بيت here is pronounced like bēt
• فيني is FEE-nee

You do not need perfect ع right away to be understood, but it is good to notice where it is.

Yes, you could, but the nuance is a little different.

• لما ترجعي عالبيت = when you come back home
• بعد ما ترجعي عالبيت = after you come back home

In many situations, both are very close and both sound natural. But بعد ما more clearly emphasizes that the second action happens after the first one is completed.

So in this sentence:

• first: you get home
• then: you call me

That is why بعد ما fits very well.