بعد ما استعملت مكنسة الكهربا، صار السجاد نظيف.

Here بعد ما means after when it is followed by a full verb clause.

So:

• بعد ما استعملت... = after I/you used...

In Levantine, بعد ما is a very common way to say after + an action.

You often can, but بعد ما is especially common and natural in Levantine when a verb comes after it.

Compare:

• بعد ما استعملت المكنسة... = after I used the vacuum...
• بعد الاستعمال... = after the use... or after using... (more noun-like, less conversational)

So in everyday speech, بعد ما + verb is a very normal pattern.

استعملت comes from استعمل = to use.

The form استعملت can mean different things in writing, because short vowels are usually not written:

• istaʿmalt = I used
• istaʿmalt = you used (masculine singular)
• istaʿmalet = she used

In actual speech, pronunciation and context make it clear. Since the learner already knows the meaning, the intended subject should be clear from that meaning.

Because Arabic often puts the subject information inside the verb itself.

So instead of saying:

• أنا استعملت = I used

you can often just say:

• استعملت

The pronoun is optional unless you want emphasis or need to clarify who did the action.

This is very normal in Levantine.

مكنسة الكهربا means the vacuum cleaner.

Literally, it is something like:

• مكنسة = broom / sweeper
• الكهربا = the electricity

So the whole phrase is basically the electricity broom/sweeper, which is how colloquial Arabic often says vacuum cleaner.

This is an iḍāfa-type structure (a noun + another noun linked together). In this structure:

• the first noun usually does not take ال
• the whole phrase can still be definite because the second noun is definite

So:

• مكنسة الكهربا = the vacuum cleaner

not المكنسة الكهربا in this structure.

Great question. The ة at the end of مكنسة is called tāʾ marbūṭa.

When the word stands alone, it is often pronounced like -a or -e depending on dialect:

• maknase / maknise

But when it is followed by another noun in an iḍāfa construction, the t sound appears:

• maknset il-kahraba

So in connected speech, مكنسة الكهربا is commonly pronounced with that t.

Yes. الكهربا is the colloquial Levantine form of الكهرباء.

So:

• الكهرباء = more formal / MSA
• الكهربا = everyday spoken Levantine

Both mean electricity.

صار literally means became or came to be.

In this sentence:

• صار السجاد نظيف = the carpet became clean / ended up clean

This is a very common way in Levantine to talk about a change of state.

It does not just mean happened here. It specifically shows that something changed from one condition to another.

In Arabic, especially in the present tense, you usually do not use a separate word for is/am/are.

So:

• السجاد نظيف = the carpet is clean

There is no spoken equivalent of is in this kind of sentence.

In your full sentence, صار already handles the idea of became, and نظيف is the adjective describing the result.

Because the noun it describes is treated as masculine here.

• نظيف = masculine singular
• نظيفة = feminine singular

So:

• السجاد نظيف = the carpet/carpeting is clean

If the noun were السجادة (a rug/carpet, feminine), then you would say:

• السجادة نظيفة

This is a useful nuance.

• السجادة usually means a rug / a carpet as a single item
• السجاد can mean carpets, carpeting, or the carpet in a more general/material sense

In everyday Levantine, السجاد can sound natural if you mean the carpeted surface or carpeting in general. If you are talking about one specific rug, many speakers might also say:

• صارت السجادة نظيفة or السجادة صارت نظيفة

So both are possible, but they can suggest slightly different things.

Yes. Both are natural.

• صار السجاد نظيف
• السجاد صار نظيف

The difference is mostly about style and focus:

• صار السجاد نظيف starts with the verb, which is very common in Arabic
• السجاد صار نظيف starts with the subject, which can feel a bit more topic-focused

Both are good Levantine.

A natural rough pronunciation would be:

baʿd ma staʿmalt maknset il-kahraba, ṣār is-sijjād nḍīf

A few notes:

• استعملت often sounds like staʿmalt in fast speech
• مكنسة الكهربا often sounds like maknset il-kahraba
• السجاد may sound like is-sijjād because ال assimilates before س
• صار is often pronounced ṣār

Exact pronunciation will vary a bit by country and city, but this is a good Levantine-style approximation.