اذا كان مزاجك مو منيح، تعي نشرب شاي ونحكي شوي.

Yes. تعي is the Levantine imperative come! addressed to one female.

Common forms are:

• تعي = to one female
• تعا / تعال = to one male
• تعوا = to more than one person

So this sentence is being said to a female listener. That also affects how you would pronounce مزاجك in speech: here it would normally be مزاجِك rather than مزاجَك.

Good question. Yes, كان is originally the past-tense form of to be, but in sentences like this it often does not mean literal past time.

Here, اذا كان مزاجك مو منيح means something like:

• if your mood isn’t good
• if you’re not feeling great
• if you’re in a bad mood

So كان helps set up the condition in a very natural way. In spoken Levantine, this kind of structure is common and doesn’t necessarily sound past at all.

You may also hear shorter versions like:

• إذا مزاجك مو منيح...

But إذا كان... is very normal.

مزاجك literally means your mood.

It breaks down like this:

• مزاج = mood
• -ك = your

So:

• مزاجي = my mood
• مزاجك = your mood
• مزاجه = his mood
• مزاجها = her mood

This is a very common Arabic pattern: a noun + a suffix pronoun.

Yes. In Levantine, مو and مش can both mean not.

So both of these are natural:

• مزاجك مو منيح
• مزاجك مش منيح

Which one sounds more common depends on the region and speaker. In many Levantine varieties, مو is very common; in others, مش is also extremely common.

So if you learned مش first, don’t worry—this sentence still makes sense with مش.

منيح is a very common Levantine word meaning:

• good
• fine
• well
• okay

In this sentence, مو منيح means something like:

• not good
• not okay
• not feeling well / not in a good mood

It’s one of those high-frequency dialect words that learners hear all the time.

In Levantine Arabic, the present-tense verb with نـ often does the job of English let’s when the meaning is we should / let’s do...

So:

• نشرب = we drink / let’s drink
• نحكي = we talk / let’s talk

After تعي, the sentence means:

• come, let’s drink tea and talk a bit

Arabic does not need a separate word exactly like English let’s here. The n- form already tells you the action is we.

No. You usually don’t need it.

Arabic verbs already show the subject. The نـ at the beginning tells you the subject is we:

• نشرب = we drink
• نحكي = we talk

So adding نحنا would usually be unnecessary unless you want extra emphasis.

شوي means a little, a bit, or for a little while.

So نحكي شوي means:

• talk a bit
• chat a little

It softens the suggestion and makes it sound friendly and natural. English often does the same thing with a bit.

In writing, مزاجك can represent either:

• mzaajak = your mood to a male
• mzaajik = your mood to a female

Because this sentence uses تعي, we know the listener is female, so here it would normally be pronounced مزاجِك (mzaajik).

This is very common in Arabic writing: the spelling may not show the short vowel clearly, but the context tells you.

Yes, very much so. حكى / يحكي is one of the most common Levantine verbs for speak / talk / tell.

So:

• نحكي = we talk
• بدك تحكي؟ = do you want to talk?
• حكينا شوي = we talked a bit

A learner coming from Standard Arabic might expect نتكلم, but in everyday Levantine, نحكي is extremely natural.

It sounds very natural and warm in Levantine. It has a friendly, comforting tone.

Very similar natural alternatives would be:

• إذا كان مزاجك مو منيح، تعي نشرب شاي ونحكي شوي.
• إذا مو طايقة حالك، تعي نشرب شاي ونحكي شوي.
• إذا كنتِ مو منيحة، تعي نشرب شاي ونحكي شوي.

The exact wording changes slightly, but the idea stays the same: someone is inviting the other person to sit, have tea, and talk because they’re not feeling great.

So this sentence is a very good example of everyday spoken Levantine.