حاولت افوت عالحساب، بس نسيت كلمة السر.

A natural pronunciation is:

ḥāwalt فوت عالحساب، bas nseet كلمة السر
More fully written in transliteration:

ḥāwalt فوت ʿal-ḥsāb, bas nseet kilmit es-sirr

A more learner-friendly version is:

ḥāwalt فوت ʿal-ḥsāb, بس nseet كلمة السر

Word by word, you’ll often hear it as:

• حاولت = ḥāwalt
• افوت = afuut / فوت depending on how carefully someone speaks
• عالحساب = ʿal-ḥsāb
• بس = bas
• نسيت = nsiit / nseet
• كلمة السر = kilmet es-serr

Pronunciation can vary a bit by country and speaker.

حاولت means I tried.

It comes from the verb حاول = to try.

The -ت at the end marks I in the past tense:

• حاولت = I tried
• حاول = he tried
• حاولتِ = you (feminine) tried
• حاولتَ = you (masculine) tried

So in this sentence, حاولت sets up the idea: I tried to...

In Levantine, after verbs like حاول (to try), speakers usually use the following verb directly, without أن.

So:

• حاولت افوت = I tried to log in / get into
• Standard Arabic would more likely be: حاولت أن أدخل

This is very normal in Levantine. Colloquial Arabic often drops structures that are common in Standard Arabic.

افوت comes from the verb فات / يفوت or فوّت / يفوت in colloquial usage, and here it means something like:

• to enter
• to get into
• to go in
• in context: to log into / access

So حاولت افوت عالحساب literally feels like:

I tried to get into the account

In tech contexts, Levantine speakers often use everyday verbs like يفوت for logging in, entering a page, entering an account, and so on.

By itself, افوت is more general: to enter / get in / go into.

The tech meaning comes from the context:

• افوت عالحساب = get into the account
• افوت عالإيميل = get into the email
• افوت عالصفحة = go onto the page

So it does not inherently mean log in, but in this sentence that is the natural interpretation.

عالحساب is a contraction of:

على + الحساب = عالحساب

Literally, على means on / onto / to, but in Levantine it often works in places where English would use to, into, or on depending on context.

So:

• عالحساب = onto the account / to the account
• in natural English here: into the account

This use of على is very common in spoken Levantine with websites, accounts, pages, apps, and similar things.

Because in Levantine, على is commonly used with digital spaces or destinations that you “go onto” or “get into.”

Examples:

• فوت عالفيسبوك = go on Facebook
• دخل عالصفحة = he entered the page / went onto the page
• رجعت عالحساب = I went back to the account

Other prepositions can exist in different expressions, but عـ is very natural here.

بس here means but.

So:

• حاولت افوت عالحساب، بس نسيت كلمة السر
  = I tried to get into the account, but I forgot the password.

Important: بس can also mean only / just in other contexts.

For example:

• بس هيك = just like that / that’s all
• عندي بس دولار = I only have one dollar

So the meaning depends on context. In your sentence, it clearly means but.

نسيت means I forgot.

It comes from the verb نسي = to forget.

In the past tense:

• نسيت = I forgot
• نسيتَ = you (masculine) forgot
• نسيتِ = you (feminine) forgot
• نسي = he forgot
• نسيتْ = she forgot

In normal Levantine pronunciation, نسيت is often said like nseet or nsiit.

Literally, كلمة السر means:

• كلمة = word
• السر = the secret

So the literal meaning is the secret word.

But in actual usage, it means password.

This is the standard everyday Arabic expression for password across many dialects, not just Levantine.

Arabic often expresses ideas through an iḍāfa structure, also called a noun-noun construction.

Here:

• كلمة = word
• السر = the secret

Together:

• كلمة السر = password

This is very common in Arabic. Some similar examples:

• رقم الهاتف = phone number
• باب البيت = the door of the house / the house door
• اسم العائلة = family name

So كلمة السر is a completely normal Arabic way to express password.

In connected speech, كلمة is often pronounced kilme by itself, but before another noun in an iḍāfa structure it often sounds like kilmet.

So:

• alone: كلمة → kilme
• in iḍāfa: كلمة السر → kilmet es-serr

That final t sound is historically part of the word and often reappears when the word is linked to what comes after it.

This happens in many feminine nouns ending in ـة.

Because س is a sun letter.

When الـ comes before a sun letter, the l sound assimilates into the next consonant.

So:

• written: السر
• pronounced: es-serr

Other examples:

• الشمس → ash-shams
• الزلمة → az-zalame
• الدار → ad-daar

This affects pronunciation, not spelling.

Yes, absolutely.

You may hear:

• حاولت افوت عالحساب
• حاولت ادخل عالحساب

Both are natural and can mean I tried to get into the account / log into the account.

Very roughly:

• افوت feels like go in / get in
• ادخل feels like enter

In real speech, both work well in this context.

It sounds normal for websites, apps, and online accounts.

For example:

• حاولت افوت عالحساب = I tried to log into the account
• ما عم يخليني فوت = It’s not letting me log in
• فوت عالتطبيق = Go into the app / open the app

In technology contexts, Levantine often uses ordinary motion/entry verbs in very natural ways.

The structure is:

• حاولت = I tried
• افوت عالحساب = to get into the account
• بس = but
• نسيت كلمة السر = I forgot the password

So it is basically:

[I tried] + [to enter the account], but [I forgot the password].

This is a very common spoken pattern: past verb + another verb, then بس to contrast with what happened next.

Yes, several things:

1. بس for but is very common in Levantine.
2. افوت is a colloquial spoken form, not Standard Arabic.
3. عالحساب with على is very natural in Levantine for digital contexts.
4. The whole sentence sounds conversational and everyday, not formal.

A more formal/Standard version would look different, something like:

حاولت أن أدخل إلى الحساب، لكنني نسيت كلمة المرور.

But for spoken Levantine, your sentence is very natural.

Yes.

Both can mean password:

• كلمة السر = very common in everyday speech
• كلمة المرور = also common, sometimes a bit more formal or technical

In Levantine conversation, كلمة السر is extremely natural and frequent.

So your sentence could also be:

حاولت افوت عالحساب، بس نسيت كلمة المرور.

Both are correct.