امبارح كنت تعبان، ومشان هيك ما رحت عالشغل.

Yes. امبارح means yesterday and is very common in Levantine Arabic.

You may also see it written as مبارح. Both are used in dialect writing, since informal Arabic spelling is not fully standardized.

So:

• امبارح / مبارح = yesterday

كنت is the past form of to be for I.

In Levantine, if you want to say I was tired, you usually say:

• كنت تعبان = I was tired

This is different from the present, where Arabic often does not use a separate verb for to be:

• أنا تعبان = I am tired
• كنت تعبان = I was tired

So كنت is there because the sentence is talking about a past state.

It most commonly means tired, worn out, or exhausted. In some contexts it can also suggest not feeling well.

So depending on context, كنت تعبان could mean:

• I was tired
• I wasn’t feeling well

In this sentence, since the result is I didn’t go to work, it could naturally suggest either I was tired or I was unwell, depending on the translation you were given.

Yes. تعبان is the masculine form.

If the speaker were female, she would normally say:

• كنت تعبانة

So:

• كنت تعبان = a man saying I was tired
• كنت تعبانة = a woman saying I was tired

The verb كنت itself does not show gender here, but the adjective does.

ومشان هيك means something like:

• and because of that
• so
• that’s why
• for that reason

Breakdown:

• و = and
• مشان = for / because of / for the sake of
• هيك = like this / that way / so

Together, ومشان هيك is a very common Levantine way to connect cause and result:

• I was tired, so I didn’t go to work.

It is colloquial and very natural in Levantine speech.

In Modern Standard Arabic, you would be more likely to see something like:

• لذلك
• ولهذا السبب

But in everyday Levantine, مشان هيك is much more natural.

This is the normal past negation pattern in Levantine:

• رحت = I went
• ما رحت = I didn’t go

So ما is placed before the past verb to negate it.

Breakdown:

• رحت comes from the verb راح / يروح = to go
• رحت = I went
• ما رحت = I did not go

Unlike some other Arabic dialects, Levantine often uses just ما for past negation.

Because راح is the he went form, not the I went form.

Past-tense verbs change depending on the subject:

• راح = he went
• رحت = I went / you went (masculine singular, depending on context)
• راحت = she went

So in this sentence:

• ما رحت = I didn’t go

Arabic past-tense verbs are fully conjugated, so the pronoun I is already built into the verb.

Because it is not necessary.

In Arabic, the verb often already tells you who the subject is.
Here, كنت and رحت already show I.

So:

• كنت تعبان = I was tired
• ما رحت = I didn’t go

You could add أنا for emphasis:

• أنا كنت تعبان، ومشان هيك ما رحت عالشغل

But in normal speech, it is usually omitted.

عالشغل means to work or to the job/workplace, depending on context.

It is a contraction of:

• على = on / to
• الشغل = the work

So:

• على الشغل → عالشغل

In Levantine, على is very commonly used in places where English uses to, especially with destinations in everyday speech.

Here:

• ما رحت عالشغل = I didn’t go to work

This is just how Levantine often expresses it.

English says:

• go to work

Levantine commonly says:

• يروح عالشغل

Literally, على often means on, but in dialect it frequently works in ways that correspond to English to, especially in everyday destination phrases.

So it is best to learn راح عالشغل as a natural chunk meaning:

• went to work

It is pronounced roughly like ʿa-sh-shughul or ʿash-shoghol, depending on the local accent and transcription style.

Two useful points:

• عَـ is the shortened form of على
• الشغل has the ال article, but ش is a sun letter, so the l sound assimilates

So instead of pronouncing it like al-sh..., it sounds more like:

• ash-sh...

That is why عالشغل sounds like ʿash-shughul.

Yes, it is completely natural.

Starting with امبارح puts the time first:

• Yesterday, I was tired, so I didn’t go to work.

This is very common in both Arabic and English. Arabic is flexible with word order, and putting the time expression at the beginning is a very normal way to set the scene.

Yes. There are several natural alternatives, depending on region and style. For example:

• مبارح كنت تعبان، فما رحت عالشغل.
• مبارح كنت تعبان، لذلك ما رحت عالشغل.
  This sounds more formal because of لذلك.
• كنت تعبان امبارح، ومشان هيك ما رحت عالشغل.

But the original sentence:

• امبارح كنت تعبان، ومشان هيك ما رحت عالشغل.

is very natural, everyday Levantine.