كل ما منقعد سوا، منحكي عن الشغل والعطلة.

Here كل ما is a fixed expression meaning whenever or every time that.

So in this sentence:

• كل ما منقعد سوا = whenever we sit together / every time we get together

It does not mean all what here. That is a very common beginner confusion, because word-for-word it looks like:

• كل = all / every
• ما = what / that / a linking particle in different contexts

But together in Levantine, كل ما + verb often means whenever.

The present tense is used because the sentence describes a habitual action: something that happens regularly.

• منقعد = we sit / we get together
• منحكي = we talk

So the whole sentence means something like:

• Whenever we sit together, we talk about work and vacation.

In Levantine Arabic, the present/imperfect is very commonly used for:

• habits
• repeated actions
• general truths

So this is natural and expected.

In Levantine Arabic, the present-tense verb often takes a بـ prefix for ordinary present actions, but in some structures—especially after words like كل ما—you will often see the verb without بـ.

The forms here are:

• منقعد = we sit / we get together
• منحكي = we talk

The م is not a separate word by itself. It is part of the 1st person plural verb form in this dialect.

Compare:

• بحكي = I speak
• منحكي = we speak

So منـ is basically telling you the subject is we.

Because Arabic verbs already show the subject.

• منقعد already means we sit
• منحكي already means we talk

So adding a separate we pronoun is usually unnecessary unless you want emphasis or contrast.

This is very normal in Arabic. English needs the pronoun, but Arabic often does not.

سوا means together.

So:

• منقعد سوا = we sit together / we get together

It is a very common Levantine word. You can use it in many everyday sentences, for example:

• بدنا نروح سوا = we want to go together
• أكلنا سوا = we ate together

So in this sentence it simply adds the idea that the people are together physically or socially.

It can mean more than just physically sit.

The verb comes from قعد, which originally relates to sitting, but in everyday Levantine it can also mean things like:

• stay
• sit
• spend time
• get together
• hang out

So منقعد سوا can sound more natural in English as:

• we sit together
• we get together
• we hang out together

The best translation depends on context.

Arabic often uses the definite article الـ in places where English does not.

Here:

• الشغل = the work / work
• العطلة = the vacation / vacation / the holiday

In this sentence, the definite article sounds natural even if English would usually translate it without the.

So عن الشغل والعطلة is not necessarily talking about one specific job and one specific vacation. It can simply mean:

• about work and vacation
• about work and holidays
• about work and time off

This is a very normal difference between Arabic and English.

الشغل is a very common everyday word and can mean different but related things depending on context:

• work
• job
• stuff related to work
• sometimes even business or things/tasks

In this sentence, عن الشغل most naturally means:

• about work
• about our jobs

So it is broad and conversational, not overly technical.

It can mean any of those depending on context.

In Levantine, عطلة often refers to:

• a vacation
• a holiday
• a break
• time off from work or school

So in this sentence, العطلة could be understood as:

• the vacation
• the holiday
• time off

A natural English translation may vary depending on the situation.

This structure is very common:

• كل ما + action/event, main result/action

So the first part gives the repeated situation:

• كل ما منقعد سوا = whenever we get together

And the second part gives what usually happens:

• منحكي عن الشغل والعطلة = we talk about work and vacation

It works a lot like English:

• Whenever X happens, Y happens.

The comma just helps show the pause between the two parts.

A rough pronunciation would be something like:

• kell ma mneqʿod sawa, menḥki ʿan ish-shoghl wel-ʿotle

A few useful notes:

• ق in many Levantine varieties is often pronounced as a glottal stop (like a pause in the middle of uh-oh), though regional pronunciations vary.
• ح in منحكي is a stronger, breathier h sound than English h.
• الشغل usually has assimilation, so ال + ش is pronounced ash-/ish-/esh- depending on the variety, not a full al-sh.

Pronunciation varies a lot across Lebanon, سوريا, فلسطين, and الأردن, so small differences are normal.

Sometimes yes, depending on the speaker and the exact nuance, but after كل ما many speakers naturally use the verb without بـ.

So this sentence as written:

• كل ما منقعد سوا، منحكي...

is very natural.

In Levantine, بـ often marks ordinary present/habitual actions, but some structures—especially after particles like لما, إذا, or كل ما—may prefer or allow the bare imperfect more easily.

So if you are learning, the safest takeaway is:

• after كل ما, the form without بـ is very common and natural

It is clearly Levantine-style colloquial Arabic.

A few clues are:

• منحكي for we talk
• سوا for together
• the overall colloquial structure

Speakers of other dialects would probably understand it, especially in the Levant, but they might say it differently in their own dialect.

So if you are studying Levantine, this sentence is a very useful and natural example.