انا ما بحب احضر مسلسل طويل، بحب مسلسل قصير.

Yes, you often can leave it out in Levantine.

• انا = I
• بحب already tells you the subject is I, because the verb form has بـ... for the present tense and no extra ending here.

So both are possible:

• انا ما بحب احضر مسلسل طويل
• ما بحب احضر مسلسل طويل

Including انا can add a little emphasis or make the sentence clearer, especially for learners.

In Levantine, ما is a very common way to make a verb negative.

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

So the pattern is:

• بحب = I like
• ما بحب = I don’t like
• بحضر = I watch / I attend
• ما بحضر = I don’t watch / I don’t attend

In this sentence, ما negates بحب, not احضر. So the meaning is:

• I don’t like to watch a long series not
• I like not watching a long series

Because after verbs like بحب (I like), the next verb usually appears in a plain form without بـ.

So:

• بحب احضر = I like to watch
• not بحب بحضر

This is very common in Levantine with verbs such as:

• بحب = I like
• بدي = I want
• بقدر = I can
• لازم = must / have to

Examples:

• بحب اكل = I like to eat
• بدي روح = I want to go
• بقدر ساعدك = I can help you

So in your sentence:

• ما بحب احضر مسلسل طويل literally: I don’t like [to] watch a long series

Here احضر means watch.

The root idea of حضر can be related to attending or being present, and in Levantine أحضر / احضر is often used for watching TV, a show, a movie, etc.

So:

• احضر مسلسل = watch a series
• احضر فيلم = watch a movie

A very common alternative in spoken Levantine is:

• اتفرج على = watch / look at

So you may also hear:

• ما بحب اتفرج على مسلسل طويل

Both are understandable, though what sounds most natural can vary by country and speaker.

مسلسل means series, usually a TV series.

It is generally treated as masculine, which is why the adjectives are masculine too:

• مسلسل طويل = a long series
• مسلسل قصير = a short series

If the noun were feminine, the adjective would usually change too.

Because the sentence is talking about a long series and a short series in a general sense, not the long series or the short series.

So:

• مسلسل طويل = a long series
• المسلسل الطويل = the long series

Your sentence is making a general preference:

• I don’t like to watch a long series; I like a short series.

That is why the noun is indefinite.

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

So:

• مسلسل طويل = series long = a long series
• مسلسل قصير = series short = a short series

This is the normal word order in Arabic.

Also, the adjective agrees with the noun in things like:

• gender
• number
• definiteness

For example:

• مسلسل طويل = a long series
• المسلسل الطويل = the long series

Notice that if the noun has الـ, the adjective also gets الـ.

Because Arabic often leaves out words that are understood from context.

The full idea would be:

• بحب احضر مسلسل قصير = I like to watch a short series

But since احضر was already used in the first half, it is natural to omit it in the second half:

• ما بحب احضر مسلسل طويل، بحب مسلسل قصير

This is similar to English ellipsis:

• I don’t like watching long series; I like short ones.

So the second half is shorter because the meaning is already clear.

Yes, it is understandable and natural enough, but there are other very common ways to say it.

For example, many speakers might say:

• أنا ما بحب أحضر مسلسل طويل، بحب مسلسل قصير.
• أنا ما بحب اتفرج على مسلسل طويل، بحب مسلسل قصير.
• ما بحب المسلسلات الطويلة، بحب المسلسلات القصيرة.

That last version means:

• I don’t like long series; I like short series.

This version sounds a bit more general and broad.

So your sentence works, but spoken Levantine allows several natural alternatives.

بحب is usually pronounced something like bḥebb or bəḥebb, depending on the speaker and region.

A rough guide:

• ب = b
• ح = a strong h, deeper in the throat than English h
• the vowel may be short or reduced
• the final ب is clearly pronounced

So it is not like regular English hab or hub. The key sound for English speakers is ح.

If that sound is difficult, try producing an h from deeper in your throat.

A rough pronunciation is:

• aḥḍor / aḥḍar / eḥḍor

The exact vowel can vary by region and spelling conventions.

Two important sounds for learners:

• ح = a deep, breathy h
• ض = an emphatic d sound

So the word has sounds that do not exist exactly in English. Don’t worry about being perfect at first; being understood matters most.

In everyday learning, it is enough to remember that this verb is pronounced something like:

• aH-dor

with a deep H sound.

In Levantine, بـ often marks the present / habitual tense.

So:

• بحب = I like
• بحضر = I watch / I attend
• بكتب = I write
• بروح = I go

This بـ is a very common feature of spoken Levantine and is one thing that makes it different from Modern Standard Arabic.

But remember: after بحب, the next verb usually drops that بـ:

• بحب احضر not
• بحب بحضر

A more standard version would be something like:

• أنا لا أحب أن أشاهد مسلسلاً طويلاً، أحب مسلسلاً قصيراً.

Some main differences:

• ما بحب in Levantine becomes لا أحب in MSA
• احضر here would often become أشاهد
• MSA often uses أن before the second verb: أحب أن أشاهد

So this sentence is clearly colloquial Levantine, not formal written Arabic.

Sometimes, yes, but in many everyday contexts بحب is best understood as I like.

In Levantine, بحب is used very broadly:

• بحب القهوة = I like coffee
• بحب هالفيلم = I like this movie
• بحبك = I love you / I care about you deeply

So the exact English translation depends on context.

In your sentence, I like is the best translation:

• بحب مسلسل قصير = I like a short series

Usually no for Levantine.

In Levantine, negation is commonly:

• ما بحب

The form ما بحبش is associated more with Egyptian Arabic, not standard Levantine speech.

So for Levantine, stick with:

• ما بحب
• ما بحضر
• ما بدي

The comma marks a natural pause between two contrasting ideas:

• ما بحب احضر مسلسل طويل
• بحب مسلسل قصير

So the speaker is contrasting:

• not a long series with
• a short series

In speech, you would usually pause a little there. You could also add a contrast word if you want, such as:

• أنا ما بحب احضر مسلسل طويل، بالعكس بحب مسلسل قصير.
• أنا ما بحب احضر مسلسل طويل، بس بحب مسلسل قصير.

But the original sentence works fine without one.