امي قالتلي انو اختي لسه بالجامعة.

قالتلي breaks down as:

• قالت = she said / she told
• لي = to me

So literally it is she said to me or she told me.

In informal writing, Levantine speakers very often attach the object pronoun directly, so قالتلي is the same as قالت لي. Both are understandable; the joined spelling is very common in texting and casual writing.

Because the subject is امي = my mother, which is feminine.

So:

• قال = he said
• قالت = she said

Since my mother is the one speaking, the verb takes the feminine form قالت.

انو means that in this sentence.

It introduces the clause that follows, just like English that in:

• My mom told me that my sister is still at university.

In Levantine, this word is commonly written and pronounced as:

• إنه
• إنو
• انو

The exact spelling varies in informal writing, but the function is the same.

It is related, but in Levantine it behaves more like a colloquial connector.

In Standard Arabic, you might see forms like:

• أنّ
• أنّه
• إنّ

In Levantine speech, these often become إنو / انو. For learners, the simplest way to think about it is:

• انو = a very common spoken that

You do not need to worry too much about the full Standard Arabic grammar behind it when learning everyday Levantine.

Because Arabic usually does not use a present-tense verb equivalent to is/am/are in this kind of sentence.

So:

• اختي بالجامعة literally looks like my sister at the university
• but it means my sister is at the university

This is completely normal in Arabic. The present-tense to be is simply omitted.

لسه means still here.

So:

• اختي لسه بالجامعة = my sister is still at the university

Depending on context, لسه can also sometimes mean yet / just / not yet, but in this sentence the meaning is clearly still.

بالجامعة is:

• بـ = in / at
• الجامعة = the university

Together:

• بالجامعة = at the university or in university/college, depending on how you translate it naturally.

The بـ and الـ combine in writing, so:

• ب + الجامعة = بالجامعة

Because the -ي at the end is the possessive suffix meaning my.

So:

• اخت = sister
• اختي = my sister

The same thing happens with:

• امي = my mother

This -ي ending is one of the most common possessive patterns in Arabic.

In casual Levantine writing, people often leave out hamzas, especially in everyday texting or informal messages.

So you may see:

• امي instead of أمي
• اختي instead of أختي

This is very common and usually does not cause confusion for native speakers.

For learners, it is useful to recognize both the more careful spelling and the casual spelling.

Yes. In Levantine, قال لفلان often covers both ideas:

• said to someone
• told someone

So امي قالتلي انو... can naturally be understood as:

• My mom told me that... or
• My mom said to me that...

English usually prefers told me here, but the Arabic structure is very normal.

A natural Levantine-style pronunciation would be something like:

immi 'alet-li inno/anno ukhti lissa bil-jam3a

A few notes:

• امي is often pronounced immi
• قالتلي sounds like 'alet-li
• انو may sound like inno or anno
• الجامعة in Levantine is often pronounced closer to il-jām3a / jam3a

The exact pronunciation varies by country and speaker, but this gives you a good general Levantine feel.

Yes, this word order is natural.

The structure is:

• امي قالتلي = main clause
• انو اختي لسه بالجامعة = reported clause

This is a very normal way to report information in Levantine.

You might hear slight variations in emphasis, but this version is straightforward and idiomatic. The sentence flows naturally as:

• My mom told me that my sister is still at university.

It can mean either, depending on context.

In everyday speech, بالجامعة can mean:

• physically at the university
• or more generally in university / in college

So if the meaning has already been provided, you should follow that context. But by itself, the Arabic phrase can allow either interpretation.