ما بحب الضجة، بحب مطعم هادي اكتر.

Yes. In Levantine Arabic, ما is a very common way to negate a verb.

• بحب = I like / I love
• ما بحب = I don’t like

So:

• ما بحب الضجة = I don’t like the noise

This is one of the most basic negation patterns in Levantine:

• بحكي = I speak
• ما بحكي = I don’t speak

The بـ marks the present tense in Levantine Arabic.

So:

• حبّ is the root idea of love/like
• بحب literally means something like I like / I am liking
• بحب is the normal everyday way to say I like

Here it appears twice:

• ما بحب الضجة = I don’t like the noise
• بحب مطعم هادي اكتر = I like a quiet restaurant more / I prefer a quieter restaurant

In Levantine, this بـ is extremely common with present-tense verbs.

Because Arabic often repeats the verb where English might not.

The sentence is:

• ما بحب الضجة، بحب مطعم هادي اكتر

Literally, this is:

• I don’t like noise; I like a quiet restaurant more

In English, you might say:

• I don’t like noise; I prefer a quiet restaurant or
• I don’t like noise; I like a quiet restaurant better

But in Levantine, repeating بحب sounds natural and clear.

الضجة means the noise, the commotion, or the loudness/bustle.

It usually refers to an unpleasant noisy atmosphere, not just any sound. So in this sentence it suggests the speaker dislikes places that are loud or hectic.

A rough Levantine pronunciation would be something like id-dajje or ad-dajja, depending on the speaker.

Because it has الـ, it is definite:

• ضجة = noise / commotion
• الضجة = the noise / the commotion

In English, though, the noise here is often translated more naturally as just noise.

Good question. This is about definiteness.

• الضجة is definite: the noise
• مطعم هادي is indefinite: a quiet restaurant

In Arabic, if the noun is indefinite, the adjective is also indefinite:

• مطعم = a restaurant
• هادي = quiet
• مطعم هادي = a quiet restaurant

If you wanted the quiet restaurant, you would make both definite:

• المطعم الهادي

So the sentence contrasts:

• الضجة = the noise with
• مطعم هادي = a quiet restaurant

Yes. Here هادي means quiet, calm, or peaceful.

So:

• مطعم هادي = a quiet restaurant

This word can confuse learners because in writing it may look similar to other words, but here it is clearly an adjective describing مطعم.

In Levantine, هادي is a very common everyday form corresponding to Standard Arabic هادئ.

So:

• Standard Arabic: مطعم هادئ
• Levantine: مطعم هادي

Because in Arabic, adjectives normally come after the noun they describe.

So:

• مطعم هادي = literally restaurant quiet
• natural English = a quiet restaurant

This is one of the most important word-order differences from English.

More examples:

• بيت كبير = a big house
• بنت شاطرة = a clever girl
• محل صغير = a small shop

Because this sentence is in Levantine Arabic, not formal Standard Arabic.

In Standard Arabic, you would expect:

• هادئ = quiet/calm

In Levantine, this commonly becomes:

• هادي

This kind of change is very normal in spoken Arabic. Dialects often simplify forms that are more formal or bookish in Standard Arabic.

So for a learner, it is useful to recognize:

• هادئ = formal / Standard Arabic
• هادي = common spoken Levantine

اكتر means more.

So:

• بحب مطعم هادي اكتر = literally I like a quiet restaurant more

In natural English, that often becomes:

• I prefer a quiet restaurant
• I like a quiet restaurant better
• I like a quieter restaurant more

In Levantine, اكتر is the everyday spoken equivalent of Standard Arabic أكثر.

Not always. Sometimes اكتر gives a full comparison, and sometimes the second part is just understood from context.

Here, the comparison is understood:

• I don’t like noise; I like a quiet restaurant more

That really means:

• more than a noisy one or
• more than noisy places

Arabic often leaves the comparison target unstated if it is obvious from context.

Yes. That is a very natural English translation.

Even though the Arabic says:

• بحب مطعم هادي اكتر = I like a quiet restaurant more

the best English may be:

• I prefer a quieter restaurant or
• I prefer a quiet restaurant

That is because اكتر often works like more / better / rather in context, not just a mechanical word-for-word more.

Because the comparison is implied by the previous clause.

The sentence already says:

• ما بحب الضجة = I don’t like noise

So when it continues with:

• بحب مطعم هادي اكتر

the listener understands:

• more than noisy places or
• instead

If the speaker wanted to make the comparison more explicit, they could add extra wording, but in everyday speech this shorter version is very natural.

A rough pronunciation is:

ma ba7ibb id-dajje, ba7ibb maT3am haadi aktar

A few notes:

• 7 represents the Arabic letter ح
• 3 represents the Arabic letter ع
• الضجة is often pronounced with the l assimilated, so it sounds closer to id-dajje / ad-dajja
• هادي has a long aa sound: haa-di
• اكتر is commonly pronounced aktar

This is only an approximate guide, but it is close enough for a learner to start with.

In English, a quiet restaurant is the best translation.

Arabic هادي can mean both quiet and calm, depending on context. But with a place like مطعم, English normally uses quiet.

So:

• شخص هادي = a calm/quiet person
• مكان هادي = a quiet/calm place
• مطعم هادي = a quiet restaurant

Yes. In Levantine, بحب can cover both I like and I love, depending on context.

Examples:

• بحب القهوة = I like coffee
• بحبك = I love you

In this sentence, بحب clearly means like / prefer, not strong romantic love:

• بحب مطعم هادي اكتر = I prefer a quiet restaurant / I like a quiet restaurant more

Context tells you how strong the meaning is.