منحب ندرس سوا بالمكتبة بدل ما ندرس بالبيت.

منحب means we like or we love, depending on context.

In this sentence, it usually sounds more like:

• we like to study
• we prefer studying

So even though the verb can express strong liking, here it is usually understood in a natural everyday way, not necessarily very emotional.

In Levantine Arabic, after verbs like to like, to want, to try, and so on, it is very common to use another verb directly, not an infinitive.

English says:

• we like to study

But Arabic does not usually use a separate word meaning to study as an infinitive here. Instead, it uses the present/imperfect verb:

• منحب ندرس = literally something like we like [that] we study

This is a very normal Arabic structure.

That is a very common learner question.

In Levantine, the b- marker often appears in ordinary present-tense verbs, but after another verb like منحب, you often get the bare imperfect form without that marker.

So:

• منحب ندرس = we like to study
• not usually منحب مندرس

A useful way to think about it:

• first verb = منحب = we like
• second verb = ندرس = study

This is the expected pattern after verbs of liking, wanting, etc.

سوا means together.

So:

• ندرس سوا = study together

It is a very common Levantine word in everyday speech. You may also hear other ways to say together, but سوا is one of the most natural colloquial choices.

Because it is modifying the action study:

• ندرس سوا = study together

This word order is very natural in Levantine.
You may also hear slightly different word orders in real speech, for example:

• منحب ندرس بالمكتبة سوا

That can also be understood, but ندرس سوا بالمكتبة is very natural and clear.

Here, بـ means in / at.

So:

• بالمكتبة = in the library / at the library
• بالبيت = at home / in the house

It is the preposition بـ attached directly to the noun.

Because in Arabic, short prepositions are usually attached directly to the following word in writing.

So:

• بـ + المكتبة becomes بالمكتبة
• بـ + البيت becomes بالبيت

This is completely normal Arabic spelling.

In Arabic, البيت literally means the house / the home, but in everyday speech it very often simply means home.

So:

• ندرس بالبيت = study at home

Even though the word is literally definite, English usually translates it more naturally as home, not the home.

بدل ما means instead of or rather than.

So:

• بدل ما ندرس بالبيت = instead of studying at home

It introduces the alternative action.

No. Here ما is not negating the verb.

In بدل ما, the whole expression works together as a unit meaning:

• instead of
• rather than

So بدل ما ندرس بالبيت does not mean instead of not studying at home. It simply means instead of studying at home.

Because Arabic often repeats the verb in both parts of the comparison.

English can say:

• We like studying together at the library instead of at home

But Arabic very naturally says the full second clause:

• ... بدل ما ندرس بالبيت
• literally: ... instead of we study at home

That repetition is normal and sounds natural.

No. Usually you do not need to say it.

The verb منحب already shows that the subject is we, so the pronoun is understood.

So this sentence sounds natural as:

• منحب ندرس سوا بالمكتبة بدل ما ندرس بالبيت

If you added نحن, it would usually be for emphasis, contrast, or special context.

It is clearly Levantine colloquial Arabic.

Some clues are:

• منحب for we like
• سوا for together
• the overall conversational phrasing

A more Modern Standard Arabic version would look different, for example with vocabulary and style that sound more formal.

So this sentence is the kind of Arabic you would expect in everyday speech in the Levant.

One common way to pronounce it is:

mneḥebb nedros sawa bil-maktabe badal ma nedros bil-bēt

A few notes:

• ح in منحب is a strong ḥ sound, not an English h
• سوا sounds like sawa
• بالمكتبة is often pronounced bil-maktabe
• بالبيت is often bil-bēt

Exact pronunciation can vary a bit by region, but this gives a good Levantine-style reading.

Yes, in context that can be a very natural translation.

Even though منحب literally means we like / we love, the full sentence can naturally come across in English as:

• We prefer studying together at the library instead of at home

That is because the sentence is comparing two options, so prefer often sounds smoother in English, even if the Arabic verb itself is still just like/love.