المديرة وافقت بسرعة، بس الموظف الجديد رفض يبلش اليوم.

المديرة is the feminine form of المدير.

• مدير = manager/director, masculine
• مديرة = manager/director, feminine

The ending ـة often marks a feminine noun in Arabic. Since the sentence is talking about a female manager, المديرة is the correct form.

Because the verb is in the past tense and agrees with a feminine singular subject.

The base verb is وافق = to agree.
In the past tense:

• وافق = he agreed
• وافقت = she agreed

Since المديرة is feminine singular, the verb becomes وافقت.

This is very common in Arabic:

• البنت وصلت = the girl arrived
• المعلمة شرحت = the teacher explained

بسرعة means quickly.

Literally, it is something like with speed or in a quick way:

• سرعة = speed
• بـ = with / in / by

In Arabic, especially in everyday speech, بـ is often used to make adverbial expressions:

• ببطء = slowly
• بهدوء = quietly/calmly
• بسهولة = easily

So وافقت بسرعة means she agreed quickly.

Yes — بس can mean only, but in Levantine it very often also means but.

In this sentence, بس clearly means but:

• المديرة وافقت بسرعة، بس الموظف الجديد...
• The manager agreed quickly, but the new employee...

Context tells you which meaning is intended.

Examples:

• بدي قهوة بس = I only want coffee
• كنت بدي أروح، بس تأخرت = I wanted to go, but I was late

Because in Arabic, adjectives usually match the noun in definiteness as well as gender and number.

• الموظف = the employee
• الجديد = the new

So:

• الموظف الجديد = the new employee

If the noun were indefinite, the adjective would also be indefinite:

• موظف جديد = a new employee

This agreement pattern is very important in Arabic.

In Levantine Arabic, it is very common for one verb to be followed directly by another verb in the imperfect, without a separate word for to.

So:

• رفض يبلش = he refused to start

This is normal colloquial structure.

In more formal Arabic, you may often see أن before the second verb:

• رفض أن يبدأ

But in Levantine everyday speech, أن is often dropped:

• رفض يبلش

So this is one of those places where Arabic does not match English word-for-word.

Yes. يبلش is a very common Levantine verb meaning he starts / he begins.

It comes from the colloquial verb بلّش = to begin/start.

Examples:

• بلشت الشغل = I started the work
• بدنا نبلش = we want to start
• هو يبلش بكير = he starts early

In Modern Standard Arabic, the usual equivalent would be:

• يبدأ

So:

• Levantine: رفض يبلش
• MSA-ish equivalent: رفض أن يبدأ

Because اليوم can function directly as a time expression meaning today.

Arabic often uses time words without a preposition:

• اليوم = today
• بكرا = tomorrow
• أمس / مبارح = yesterday

So:

• رفض يبلش اليوم = he refused to start today

You do not need في here.

Because Arabic verbs already contain subject information.

رفض by itself means he refused in the past tense.
So Arabic often does not need an explicit pronoun like هو.

Here, the noun الموظف الجديد is already stated, so رفض naturally refers back to it.

Arabic does this a lot:

• الولد وصل = the boy arrived
• أختي اتصلت = my sister called

No separate he or she is necessary.

It is mostly Levantine colloquial.

The biggest colloquial clues are:

• بس for but
• يبلش for start

Other parts, like المديرة, وافقت, الموظف الجديد, and رفض, are understandable in both formal and colloquial Arabic, but the sentence as a whole sounds naturally Levantine because of بس and يبلش.

A more formal version would be something like:

• وافقت المديرة بسرعة، لكن الموظف الجديد رفض أن يبدأ اليوم.

Yes. In Levantine, subject–verb order is very common, especially in everyday speech:

• المديرة وافقت بسرعة
• الموظف الجديد رفض يبلش اليوم

That sounds natural and conversational.

Arabic can also use verb–subject order, especially in more formal styles:

• وافقت المديرة بسرعة

Both are possible, but the version in your sentence sounds very normal for spoken Levantine.

A helpful rough pronunciation is:

il-mdiire وافأت b-sir3a, bas il-muwazzaf il-jdiid rafaD yballesh il-yoom

A slightly more careful Levantine-style breakdown:

• المديرة → il-mdiire
• وافقت → waafʔat or waaf2et depending on accent/transliteration style
• بسرعة → b-sir3a
• بس → bas
• الموظف الجديد → il-mwazzaf il-jdiid
• رفض → rafaD
• يبلش → yballesh
• اليوم → il-yoom

Pronunciation varies by region, but this will get you close.

Yes. Another very common Levantine verb is يبدأ in more formal speech, but in everyday Levantine يبلش is extremely natural.

You may also hear related forms like:

• بلّش = he started
• عم يبلّش = he is starting
• بده يبلّش = he wants to start / he’s about to start

So in this sentence, رفض يبلش اليوم is a very idiomatic spoken-Levantine way to say it.