الخميس يا بتاخد الباص يا بتمشي، لانه الطريق مو بعيد.

It means either ... or ....

So:

• يا بتاخد الباص يا بتمشي = either you take the bus or you walk

This يا is not the same as the يا used to call someone, like يا أحمد. Here it is a connector between two options.

In Levantine Arabic, days of the week are often used without a separate word for on.

So الخميس can naturally mean:

• Thursday
• on Thursday

If you want to be more explicit, you can also say يوم الخميس (on Thursday / Thursday).

In Levantine, بـ is the normal marker for the present / habitual form.

So:

• بتاخد = you take
• بتمشي = you walk

This b- form is very common in everyday speech. English learners often expect the plain stem, but in Levantine the b- form is usually what you hear for normal present-time statements.

As written, it is most naturally understood as you (singular masculine), because the meaning has already been given that way.

So:

• بتاخد
• بتمشي

are being read here as you take and you walk.

If you were speaking to a woman, you would usually say:

• يا بتاخدي الباص يا بتمشي

For a plural you, you would say:

• يا بتاخدوا الباص يا بتمشوا

Arabic often leaves out subject pronouns when the verb already makes the subject clear enough.

So instead of saying أنت بتاخد every time, speakers often just say:

• بتاخد
• بتمشي

This is very normal and natural in Levantine. If the speaker wants emphasis, contrast, or clarity, they can add إنت.

لانه means because.

In Levantine writing, this word is often spelled in different ways, for example:

• لأنه
• لأنو
• لانو
• لانه

These reflect pronunciation and informal spelling habits. In speech, many learners hear something like la'anno or la'no, depending on the region.

So the important thing is: all of these are common ways to write the colloquial because.

مو means not here.

So:

• الطريق مو بعيد = the road is not far

Yes, in many Levantine varieties you can also hear:

• الطريق مش بعيد

Both are common. Which one sounds more natural depends on region and speaker. A good beginner takeaway is:

• مو = common Levantine not
• مش = also very common

Good question. طريق is one of those nouns that can vary in gender usage.

In this sentence, the speaker is treating الطريق as masculine, so the adjective is:

• بعيد

But you may also hear speakers say:

• الطريق مو بعيدة

So this is not something to panic about. In real spoken Arabic, both patterns can exist depending on dialect and speaker habit.

Because ط is a sun letter.

The word is written:

• الطريق

But in pronunciation, the l sound of الـ assimilates to the following consonant, so it sounds like:

• اṭ-ṭarīʔ
• often written as it-tari2 / eṭ-ṭarīʔ in learner-style transliteration

So you do not usually pronounce it as al-tariiq in everyday speech.

By contrast, in الخميس, the خ is a moon letter, so the l of الـ stays audible.

Yes, literally it is the bus.

Arabic often uses the definite article in places where English also uses it, or where English might sound a little less fixed. Here الباص is perfectly natural and means:

• the bus

It is also common because the speaker is talking about a familiar, practical option: take the bus.

Also, باص is a loanword, but it behaves like a normal Arabic noun, so it can still take الـ.

Here it clearly means you walk / go on foot.

The base verb مشى is about walking, and in this sentence it contrasts with taking the bus, so the meaning is definitely literal: walking instead of riding.

In other contexts, forms of مشى can sometimes have extended meanings, but in this sentence you should understand it simply as walk.

A simple rough pronunciation would be:

• il-khamiis ya btaakhod il-baas ya btimshi, la'anno ṭ-ṭarii' muu ba'iid

A few notes:

• الخميس → il-khamiis
• بتاخد → btaakhod
• الباص → il-baas
• بتمشي → btimshi
• لانه → often la'anno
• الطريق → ṭ-ṭarii'
• مو بعيد → muu ba'iid

Exact pronunciation varies by region, but that will get you close.