امي طبخت سمك بالفرن وحطت عليه ليمون.

A broad Levantine pronunciation would be:

immi tabakhet samak bil-furn w ḥaṭṭet ʿalēh laymūn

A few notes:

• امي is often pronounced immi in Levantine.
• بالفرن can sound like bil-furn or bel-foren, depending on region.
• عليه is often ʿalēh.
• ليمون may sound like laymūn or leymūn.

You do not need one single “perfect” pronunciation for all Levantine dialects; small regional differences are normal.

امي / أمي means my mother.

In careful spelling, you may see أمي with a hamza. In informal writing, especially in dialect, people very often write امي without it.

In Levantine speech, this is usually pronounced immi, not like the English name Amy.

So:

• أم = mother
• أمي = my mother

That -ت marks the past tense feminine singular here.

Because the subject is أمي (my mother), the verbs agree with a feminine singular subject:

• طبخت = she cooked
• حطت = she put

This is very normal in Arabic: the verb changes to match the subject’s gender and number.

A useful thing to know: in spoken Arabic, the written form طبخت can also mean I cooked in some contexts, but here it clearly means she cooked because the subject أمي is already stated.

Because Arabic verbs already contain subject information.

So طبخت already tells you she cooked (or in some contexts I cooked, depending on dialect and context), and once أمي is said, the subject is completely clear.

That means:

• أمي طبخت = My mother cooked
• You do not need هي unless you want extra emphasis.

This is much more natural in Arabic than saying the pronoun every time.

بالفرن is:

• بـ = in / with / by / at, depending on context
• الفرن = the oven

So بالفرن means in the oven or oven-baked in this sentence.

In Levantine, بـ is used very often where English would use in. So بالفرن sounds very natural.

You may also hear في الفرن, and that is understandable, but بالفرن is especially common and idiomatic in speech.

Yes. حطت comes from the verb حطّ, which means to put.

So:

• حطّ = to put
• حطت = she put

This is a very common everyday verb in Levantine and other dialects.

In more formal Arabic, you would more likely see وضعت from وضع.

So:

• Spoken Levantine: حطت
• Formal Arabic: وضعت

عليه means on it or on him, depending on context.

It is made from:

• على = on
• ـه = him / it

So:

• على + ه = عليه

In this sentence, it means on it, referring to the fish.

It refers to سمك (fish).

In Arabic, object pronouns follow the grammatical gender of the noun they refer to. Here, سمك is treated as masculine, so the pronoun is ـه:

• سمك → masculine
• therefore عليه = on it

English uses it, but Arabic must choose either a masculine or feminine form. There is no separate neuter form.

Because it is indefinite here: fish in a general sense, not the fish.

So:

• سمك = fish / some fish
• السمك = the fish

This is similar to English when we say She cooked fish, not necessarily She cooked the fish.

Also, with food items, Arabic often leaves the noun indefinite when talking about what someone made or ate.

In a food context, ليمون is often used like an ingredient word, so it does not have to mean one whole lemon.

Here it could mean:

• lemon juice
• some lemon
• lemon slices
• lemon added as seasoning

The exact image depends on context.

So حطت عليه ليمون naturally means something like she put lemon on it. In everyday speech, that often implies she added some lemon rather than placing one whole lemon on top.

Because subject–verb–object order is very common in spoken Levantine.

So:

• أمي طبخت سمك = My mother cooked fish

This is natural and straightforward in conversation.

In formal Arabic, verb-first order is also common:

• طبخت أمي سمكًا

But in Levantine speech, starting with the subject is extremely normal.

A more formal version could be:

أمي طبخت سمكًا في الفرن ووضعت عليه ليمونًا

Main differences:

• حطت becomes وضعت
• بالفرن becomes the more formal في الفرن
• formal written Arabic may show case endings like سمكًا and ليمونًا, though these are usually not pronounced in everyday speech

So the original sentence is very natural for spoken Levantine, while this version is closer to Modern Standard Arabic.