انا تقريبا خلصت الرواية، ولسه ما وصلت للنهاية.

Yes. In Levantine Arabic, subject pronouns are often dropped because the verb already shows who is doing the action.

So:

• أنا تقريبا خلصت الرواية
• تقريبا خلصت الرواية

can both mean the same thing: I almost finished the novel / I’ve pretty much finished the novel.

Including أنا makes the subject a little clearer or more emphatic. In everyday speech, dropping it is very common.

تقريبا means approximately, almost, more or less, or pretty much, depending on context.

In this sentence, it gives the idea of almost / pretty much:

• أنا تقريبا خلصت الرواية = I’ve pretty much finished the novel

It does not always mean a precise mathematical approximately. In casual speech, it often softens the statement and means something like more or less or basically.

This is very normal in Arabic. The past tense often covers meanings that English expresses with the present perfect.

So خلصت literally looks like I finished, but depending on context it can mean:

• I finished
• I’ve finished
• I’m done with

Here, with تقريبا, the sense is:

• I’ve almost finished
• I’ve pretty much finished

This is one of the big differences between English and Arabic tense usage: Arabic often uses the simple past where English would use have + past participle.

Yes, in this context خلصت الرواية means I finished the novel or I finished reading the novel.

The verb خلّص / خلص is very common in Levantine and can mean:

• to finish
• to be done
• to complete
• to finish up

Examples:

• خلصت الشغل = I finished the work
• خلصت الأكل = I finished the food / I finished eating
• خلصت الرواية = I finished the novel / reading the novel

The exact English translation depends on what the object is.

Here و literally means and, but in natural English the whole phrase may be translated as but.

So:

• ولسه ما وصلت للنهاية

literally is something like:

• and still I haven’t reached the end

but natural English is often:

• but I still haven’t reached the end

This is very common. Arabic و often connects ideas in a way that English might translate as and, but, or sometimes just leave unstated depending on context.

لسه is a very common Levantine word meaning still, yet, or not yet, depending on the sentence.

In this sentence:

• لسه ما وصلت للنهاية = I still haven’t reached the end / I haven’t reached the end yet

Other examples:

• لسه هون = He’s still here
• لسه ما أكلت = I haven’t eaten yet
• لسه بدري = It’s still early

It is one of those extremely useful everyday words in Levantine.

With verbs in Levantine, ما is the normal negator.

So:

• ما وصلت = I didn’t reach / I haven’t reached

Using مش directly before a past verb is generally not the normal pattern in Levantine. مش is more commonly used with nouns, adjectives, and sometimes participle-like forms, for example:

• مش تعبان = not tired
• مش هون = not here
• مش لازم = not necessary

For a completed action or event with a verb, ما + verb is the usual pattern:

• ما شفت
• ما عرفت
• ما وصلت

Because وصل commonly takes the preposition لـ when meaning reach/get to.

So:

• وصلت للبيت = I reached/got to the house
• وصلت للجامعة = I reached/got to the university
• وصلت للنهاية = I reached the end

This is similar to English reach the end, but Arabic often uses the preposition لـ with destinations.

Because this is the preposition لـ attached to the definite noun النهاية.

So structurally it is:

• لـ + النهاية

When written together, it becomes:

• للنهاية

In pronunciation, the n of النهاية is a sun letter, so the l of the article is assimilated. That means it sounds roughly like:

• lin-nihāye or lan-nihāye, depending on accent and speed

So the spelling reflects the attached preposition, and the pronunciation reflects normal Arabic sound rules.

Yes. النهاية means the end.

It comes from نهاية = end.
With the definite article الـ, it becomes النهاية = the end.

So:

• وصلت للنهاية = I reached the end

In the context of a book, it naturally means the ending / the end of the book.

Not really. It sounds natural.

The speaker is saying something like:

• I’ve pretty much finished the novel
• but I still haven’t reached the ending

This can mean:

• they are very close to the end,
• only a little is left,
• they are speaking loosely rather than literally.

In everyday speech, people often say things like:

• I’m basically done, but I still have the last part left

So the sentence sounds conversational and natural, not logically strange.

Yes, very easily. Levantine has several natural alternatives. For example:

• أنا تقريبًا خلصت الرواية، بس لسه ما وصلت للنهاية
• تقريبًا خلصت الرواية، ولسه ما وصلت للآخر
• باقيلي شوي وبخلص الرواية
• ضايلي شوي وما بوصل للنهاية

These all keep a similar idea, but the nuance changes slightly:

• بس makes the contrast more explicitly but
• للآخر is another common way to say to the end
• باقيلي شوي means I only have a little left
• بخلص gives a more ongoing/future-near sense: I’ll finish / I’m about to finish

A common pronunciation would be something like:

• ana taʔrīban khallaṣt ir-riwāye, w lissa mā waṣalt lin-nihāye

A few notes:

• الرواية is often pronounced ir-riwāye in connected speech
• النهاية is often pronounced in-nihāye after assimilation
• ة at the end is usually pronounced like a short -e / -eh in Levantine speech

So الرواية sounds like riwāye, and النهاية sounds like nihāye.

Yes. In English, both are good translations.

• still haven’t emphasizes the continuing state
• haven’t ... yet emphasizes that it has not happened up to now

Arabic لسه ما naturally covers both ideas.

So:

• لسه ما وصلت للنهاية can be translated as either:
• I still haven’t reached the end
• I haven’t reached the end yet

Which one sounds better depends on the English context, not on a grammatical difference in the Arabic sentence.