ما بعرف عنوان المطعم الجديد.

A common Levantine pronunciation is:

ma baʿref ʿunwān il-maṭʿam il-jdīd

A few notes:

• ʿ represents ع, a deep throat sound with no exact English equivalent.
• ṭ in maṭʿam is an emphatic t.
• il- / el- is a common pronunciation of ال in Levantine.
• الجديد is often said as il-jdīd / el-jdīd, with a very short or almost missing vowel after j.

بعرف means I know in Levantine, and ما بعرف means I don’t know.

The negative is formed by putting ما before the verb:

• بعرف = I know
• ما بعرف = I don’t know

This is a very common way to negate present-tense verbs in Levantine Arabic.

In Levantine, the b- prefix usually marks the normal present tense.

So:

• بعرف = I know / I do know

This b- is a key feature of Levantine colloquial Arabic. In Modern Standard Arabic, you would say أعرف instead.

Arabic often drops subject pronouns when the verb already shows the subject.

So:

• أنا ما بعرف عنوان المطعم الجديد
• ما بعرف عنوان المطعم الجديد

Both can mean I don’t know the address of the new restaurant.

Including أنا adds emphasis or clarity, but it is not necessary in normal speech.

Because Arabic often uses a structure called iḍāfa instead of a separate word like of.

So:

• عنوان المطعم literally looks like address the-restaurant
• but it means the address of the restaurant

This is one of the most basic noun structures in Arabic:

• X Y = X of Y

Because in an iḍāfa phrase, the first noun usually does not take الـ.

So:

• عنوان المطعم = the address of the restaurant

Even though عنوان has no الـ, the whole phrase is definite because المطعم is definite.

This is normal Arabic grammar:

• عنوان مطعم = an address of a restaurant / a restaurant’s address
• عنوان المطعم = the address of the restaurant

Because adjectives in Arabic usually come after the noun they describe.

So:

• المطعم الجديد = the new restaurant

That is the opposite of English, where we say new restaurant.

In this sentence:

• المطعم الجديد is one unit
• and it means the new restaurant

In normal understanding here, الجديد is most naturally taken to describe المطعم:

• عنوان المطعم الجديد = the address of the new restaurant

That is how most learners should read it.

However, with this kind of structure, Arabic can sometimes be ambiguous if context does not help. In real conversation, the intended meaning is usually clear from context.

For Levantine, ما بعرف is the normal and safest way to say I don’t know.

• ما بعرف = natural for a verb like know

مش / مو is more commonly used with nouns, adjectives, and some non-verbal expressions, for example:

• مش جاهز = not ready
• مو هون = not here

So for this sentence, use ما بعرف.

It is Levantine colloquial Arabic.

The Modern Standard Arabic version would be:

لا أعرف عنوان المطعم الجديد

Main differences:

• Levantine: ما بعرف
• MSA: لا أعرف
• Levantine uses the b- present marker
• Levantine usually drops case endings

So this sentence is a good example of everyday spoken Levantine.

Yes. عنوان can also mean title, depending on context.

For example:

• عنوان الكتاب = the title of the book
• عنوان المطعم = the address of the restaurant

So the exact meaning depends on what follows it. In this sentence, with restaurant, it is understood as address.

Yes, a little.

These are all possible:

• ما بعرف عنوان المطعم الجديد
• أنا ما بعرف عنوان المطعم الجديد

The second one adds أنا for emphasis.

If you move the object to the front, Arabic often uses a pronoun to refer back to it:

• عنوان المطعم الجديد ما بعرفه
• literally: The address of the new restaurant, I don’t know it

So the original sentence is the simplest and most neutral version.