المديرة طلبت مني اكتب تقرير قصير عن المشروع قبل نهاية الدوام.

Because المديرة is feminine and means the female manager/director/principal, depending on context.

• المدير = masculine
• المديرة = feminine

So the sentence tells you the boss/manager is a woman.

This is the past tense form of طلب meaning to ask/request.

With المديرة, the verb must match a feminine singular subject:

• طلب = he asked
• طلبت = she asked

A useful thing to notice: طلبت can also mean I asked if the subject is I, but here the subject is clearly المديرة, so it means she asked.

In Arabic, the verb طلب often works with من when the meaning is to ask/request something from someone.

So:

• طلبت مني = she asked from me / she asked me to...
• very natural in Levantine for asked me to do something

By contrast, طلبتني can sound more like she asked for me, she summoned me, or she requested me specifically, depending on context.

So in this sentence, طلبت مني اكتب... is the natural structure for she asked me to write...

Because after a verb like طلبت مني (she asked me to), Levantine usually uses the bare imperfect form, not the b- present form.

• اكتب = write / that I write
• بكتب = I write / I am writing / I usually write

So:

• طلبت مني اكتب = she asked me to write
• طلبت مني بكتب = not natural here

This is a very important Levantine pattern: after verbs of wanting, asking, telling, needing, etc., the verb that follows is often without ب.

Because Levantine Arabic often does not need a separate word corresponding directly to English to in this structure.

English says:

• She asked me to write

Levantine can say:

• طلبت مني اكتب

So the idea of to write is expressed just by the following verb اكتب.

If you compare it to Modern Standard Arabic, you often see:

• طلبت مني أن أكتب

But in Levantine, أن is usually dropped in everyday speech.

Yes. In informal Arabic writing, especially dialect writing, people often write more loosely, so اكتب may appear instead of أكتب.

Both can represent the same intended form here.

A few things are going on:

• Dialect writing is not fully standardized
• People often omit hamzas in casual writing
• Levantine is usually spoken more than formally written

So for a learner, the important point is not the spelling variation, but the function: اكتب / أكتب here means write / that I write after طلبت مني.

Because in Arabic, adjectives normally come after the noun they describe.

So:

• تقرير قصير = a short report

Not the English order short report, but literally report short.

Also, the adjective must match the noun in:

• gender
• number
• definiteness

Here both are:

• masculine singular
• indefinite

So:

• تقرير = report
• قصير = short

Because this is colloquial Levantine writing, not fully vowelled Modern Standard Arabic.

In everyday Levantine:

• case endings are not used
• tanween is not written
• people write the plain consonantal form

So:

• تقرير قصير is exactly what you would expect in dialect writing

In formal MSA, you might see:

• تقريرًا قصيرًا

But in spoken Levantine, those endings are not pronounced.

Because عن means about / regarding / concerning.

So:

• تقرير عن المشروع = a report about the project

And المشروع has الـ because it is referring to a specific project already known in the conversation or situation.

Compare:

• عن مشروع = about a project
• عن المشروع = about the project

It means before the end of the workday / before the end of office hours / before finishing time.

Word by word:

• قبل = before
• نهاية = end
• الدوام = the workday, duty hours, office/school hours

In Levantine, الدوام is very common for:

• work hours
• school hours
• your shift or official day

So this phrase is very natural in workplace Arabic.

It is best described as a natural Levantine sentence with some formal/workplace vocabulary.

That is very common. Everyday Levantine often mixes:

• colloquial grammar
  with
• more formal nouns, especially at work, school, business, and news-related topics

For example:

• طلبت مني اكتب = clearly colloquial Levantine structure
• تقرير, المشروع, نهاية الدوام = vocabulary that sounds fairly formal/professional

So this kind of mixed register is extremely normal.

Yes. The sentence you have starts with the subject:

• المديرة طلبت مني...

That is very natural in Levantine.

But Arabic also allows other orders, such as:

• طلبت مني المديرة اكتب تقرير قصير...

That version is also possible, though it can sound a bit more marked or stylistically different depending on context.

So the original order is not the only possible one, but it is clear and natural.

A rough pronunciation might be:

el-mdiire talab(et) مني ektob taqriir aSiir 3an el-mashruu2 abel nihaayet ed-dawaam

A few notes:

• المديرة is often pronounced closer to el-mdiire
• اكتب is often pronounced ektob
• قبل is often abel
• المشروع may sound like el-mashruu3 / el-mashruu2 depending on accent and how you represent the final consonant

Exact pronunciation varies across Levantine areas, but this gives you a reasonable spoken feel for the sentence.