الدكتور قاللي اذا عندي حرارة، لازم ما اروح عالشغل.

قاللي means he told me.

It is made of:

• قال = he said / he told
• لي = to me

So literally it is he said to me, but in natural English it often becomes he told me.

In writing, you may also see it written as:

• قال لي
• قالي
• قاللي

In Levantine, these all represent the same everyday idea, with slight spelling variation.

Arabic often leaves subject pronouns out because the verb or the context already tells you who the subject is.

In this sentence:

• قاللي already tells you the subject is he
• اروح tells you the subject is I

So Arabic does not need to say هو or أنا here.

This is very normal in Levantine and in Arabic generally.

Yes, here اذا means if.

In this sentence:

• اذا عندي حرارة = if I have a fever / if I have a temperature

In spoken Levantine, اذا is very common for real, possible conditions.

A learner may compare it with لو:

• اذا is often used for a straightforward condition
• لو is also if, but it often feels more hypothetical, depending on context

So here اذا is the natural choice for something practical and possible.

This is a very common Arabic pattern.

• عندي literally means I have
• حرارة literally means temperature / fever

So عندي حرارة literally means I have a temperature, which is very close to one natural English way of saying it.

Arabic often uses to have expressions where English might use an adjective or a different structure.

Other similar examples:

• عندي صداع = I have a headache
• عندي برد = I have a cold

In this context, حرارة usually means a fever or high temperature, not just temperature in a scientific sense.

So when someone says عندي حرارة, they normally mean they are unwell and have a raised temperature.

By itself, حرارة can mean:

• heat
• temperature
• fever

The context tells you which meaning is intended.

لازم means something like:

• must
• have to
• need to
• should
  depending on context and tone.

In this sentence, لازم ما اروح عالشغل means that not going to work is necessary. Since the doctor is speaking, it sounds fairly strong: I shouldn’t / mustn’t go to work.

In Levantine, لازم is extremely common in everyday speech for obligation or necessity.

Yes, exactly.

• لازم = it is necessary / I must
• ما اروح = I not go

So لازم ما اروح literally means I must not go or it’s necessary that I not go.

This is a normal Levantine way to express must not / shouldn’t.

A useful contrast:

• لازم اروح = I have to go
• لازم ما اروح = I have to not go / I must not go

Learners sometimes wonder about ما لازم اروح. In many contexts, that can also be heard, but it may lean more toward I don’t have to go or can sound less clear depending on dialect and context. For a clear meaning of must not go, لازم ما اروح is very natural.

In Levantine Arabic, ما is a very common negation marker.

Here it negates the verb اروح:

• اروح = I go
• ما اروح = I don’t go / that I not go

After لازم, this gives:

• لازم ما اروح = I must not go

This is a colloquial pattern. It is not the same as formal Standard Arabic wording, but it is very normal in spoken Levantine.

عالشغل is the spoken contraction of على الشغل.

It breaks down as:

• عَ = short spoken form of على
• الـ = the
• شغل = work

So:

• على الشغل becomes
• عالشغل

This contraction is extremely common in Levantine speech.

You will hear similar forms like:

• عالبيت = to the house / at the house
• عالمدرسة = to school
• عالطريق = on the road / on the way

That is a good example of Arabic and English not matching word-for-word.

In Arabic, الشغل means the work, but in context أروح عالشغل simply means go to work.

Arabic often uses the definite article where English would not. So you should learn the whole expression:

• أروح عالشغل = go to work

rather than translating each word separately.

A natural pronunciation would be roughly:

id-doktōr ’alli iza ‘andi ḥarāra, lāzim ma rūḥ ‘ash-shughul

A few notes:

• الدكتور is often pronounced id-doktōr or ed-doktōr
• قاللي often sounds like ’alli or qalli, depending on the speaker
• عندي = ‘andi
• حرارة = ḥarāra
• عالشغل = ‘ash-shughul

Different Levantine regions will pronounce parts a little differently, especially the sound of ق in words generally, but this sentence is widely understandable.

It is definitely colloquial Levantine.

Some clues are:

• قاللي instead of a more formal structure
• عندي حرارة in an everyday spoken style
• ما اروح after لازم
• عالشغل instead of fully pronounced إلى العمل or something more formal

A more Standard Arabic version would be quite different in style, something like:

• قال لي الطبيب إذا كانت لديّ حرارة، فيجب ألا أذهب إلى العمل

That is correct and formal, but much less natural for casual daily speech.

Yes. A few natural alternatives are possible, for example:

• الدكتور قاللي إذا عندي حرارة، لازم ما روح عالشغل
• الدكتور حكالي إذا عندي حرارة، لازم ما أروح عالشغل
• إذا عندي حرارة، الدكتور قاللي ما أروح عالشغل

Notes:

• حكالي can also mean told me
• Some speakers may drop or reduce the initial vowel in أروح
• Word order can shift without changing the main meaning

So the exact wording may vary, but the sentence you were given is very natural Levantine.