Questions & Answers about المصعد وصل عالطابق التاني، بس انا طلعت عالدرج.
عالـ is a very common Levantine contraction of عَ + الـ.
- عَ is the colloquial form of على
- الـ is the
So:
- عالطابق = عَ الطابق = to/on/at the floor
- عالدرج = عَ الدرج = to/on the stairs
In Levantine, عَ can cover several meanings that English splits into to, on, or at, depending on context.
Because this is Levantine Arabic, not formal Standard Arabic.
- Standard Arabic: الثاني
- Levantine: التاني
So الطابق التاني is the normal colloquial way to say the second floor.
Also, تاني in Levantine can sometimes mean another or again, depending on context. Here, with الطابق, it clearly means second.