اذا بدك، في بيض وجبنة بالفرن، بس لا تنسى تحط ملح.

If you want, there are eggs and cheese in the oven, but do not forget to add salt.

Breakdown of اذا بدك، في بيض وجبنة بالفرن، بس لا تنسى تحط ملح.

• ال: the
• بده: to want
• في: to exist
• و: and

Questions & Answers about اذا بدك، في بيض وجبنة بالفرن، بس لا تنسى تحط ملح.

How would you pronounce the whole sentence?

A reasonable Levantine-style pronunciation is:

iza baddak, fi beid w jibne bil-forn, bas la tinsa tḥoṭṭ meleḥ.

A few quick notes:

• baddak may also sound like biddak, depending on the speaker.
• j in jibne is usually like the j in jam.
• fi has a long ee sound.
• meleḥ can vary a bit by region.

You do not need one perfect transliteration, because Levantine pronunciation differs from place to place.

Why is اذا written without the hamza? Shouldn’t it be إذا?

Yes — in careful standard spelling, it is إذا.

But in everyday typing, texting, and informal writing, many Arabic speakers leave out hamzas, so اذا is very common. Both refer to the same word here.

So:

• إذا = more careful/standard spelling
• اذا = very common informal spelling

What exactly does اذا بدك mean?

It literally breaks down like this:

• اذا = if
• بدك = you want / you need / you’d like

Together, اذا بدك means something like: