صارلي شهر ما شفت صاحبتي، لان عندها غياب كتير بالجامعة.

صارلي is made of:

• صار = became / happened / came to be
• لي = to me / for me

In Levantine, صارلي + time expression is a very common pattern for talking about how long something has been going on.

So:

• صارلي شهر = It’s been a month for me → naturally, It’s been a month

It does not sound as literal as became to me when native speakers use it. It is just a normal time expression.

You can change the attached pronoun too:

• صارله = it’s been for him
• صارلها = it’s been for her
• صارلنا = it’s been for us

After صارلي, Arabic usually puts the duration word directly:

• صارلي شهر
• صارلي أسبوع
• صارلي سنتين

So شهر here is simply the duration: a month.

English often needs words like for or since, but Levantine does not need an extra preposition in this pattern.

This is very normal in Levantine Arabic.

ما شفت is literally past in form, but in context it can correspond to English:

• I didn’t see
• I haven’t seen

In this sentence, because you already have صارلي شهر, the meaning becomes:

• It’s been a month since I saw / I haven’t seen ... for a month

So the past form is not strange here at all.

In Levantine, a very common way to negate a past verb is:

• ما + past verb

So:

• شفت = I saw
• ما شفت = I didn’t see / I haven’t seen

This is different from Egyptian Arabic, where learners often hear ما شفتش. In Levantine, the simple ما pattern is the normal one.

A few useful comparisons:

• ما رحت = I didn’t go
• ما أكلت = I didn’t eat
• ما بعرف = I don’t know

It can mean either, depending on context.

صاحبتي comes from صاحبة plus -ي (my), so literally it means my female companion/friend.

In real life, it can mean:

• my female friend
• my girlfriend

Context decides which one is meant.

Compared with other options:

• صاحبتي = very common in speech
• صديقتي = more formal / closer to Standard Arabic

So a learner should know that صاحبتي is common and natural, but not automatically romantic.

This is about how attached pronouns work.

1) صاحبتي

The base noun is صاحبة.

When a word ends in ـة and you add a suffix like -ي (my), that ـة turns into a pronounced t sound:

• صاحبة → صاحبتي

This happens a lot:

• سيارة → سيارتي
• مدرسة → مدرستي

2) عندها

This is:

• عند = at
• ها = her

So عندها literally means at her, but in Arabic عند is often used to express possession:

• عندي = I have
• عنده = he has
• عندها = she has

Yes. This is mostly about informal spelling and spoken style.

Writing

In casual texting or informal writing, people often write:

• لان

instead of the more standard spelling:

• لأن

The hamza is often dropped in everyday writing.

Speech

In spoken Levantine, many people also say:

• لأنو / لانو

So all of these may show up, depending on how casual the writing is and which regional habit the speaker has.

A learner should recognize all of them as versions of because.

Grammatically:

• عندها = she has
• غياب = absence / being absent
• كتير = a lot

So the phrase is literally something like:

• she has a lot of absence

That is understandable, but in everyday speech many speakers might say it a bit differently.

More natural alternatives could be:

• عندها غيابات كتير بالجامعة = she has many absences at university
• بتغيب كتير عن الجامعة = she’s absent from university a lot / she misses a lot of university

So the original phrase is understandable, but slightly noun-heavy.

In Levantine, كتير often comes after the word it modifies.

With nouns:

• مصاري كتير = a lot of money
• شغل كتير = a lot of work
• غياب كتير = a lot of absence

With verbs, it can work adverbially:

• بتغيب كتير = she is absent a lot
• بحبّه كتير = I like him a lot

So غياب كتير follows a very common colloquial pattern.

In Levantine, بـ very often means in / at.

So:

• بالجامعة = at the university / in university

It is formed from:

• بـ + الجامعة → بالجامعة

This is extremely common in speech.

You may also hear في الجامعة, and that is understandable too, but بـ is very natural in Levantine for locations.

Yes, but this order is very common and natural.

Starting with صارلي شهر sets the time frame first:

• صارلي شهر ما شفت صاحبتي

This is a very idiomatic Levantine way to say:

• It’s been a month since I saw my friend

You could rearrange things in some contexts, but this opening is one of the most common patterns for elapsed time.

Yes. A very natural alternative would be:

• صارلي شهر ما شفت صاحبتي، لأنها بتغيب كتير عن الجامعة.

And if the friend is already known from context, many speakers would shorten it to:

• صارلي شهر ما شفتها، لأنها بتغيب كتير عن الجامعة.

These versions may sound a bit more conversational because بتغيب كتير is often more natural than عندها غياب كتير.