الميكانيكي بالكراج.

Because in Levantine Arabic, present-tense sentences like this often do not use a separate verb for "to be."

So:

• الميكانيكي بالكراج literally looks like the mechanic in the garage
• but it naturally means The mechanic is in the garage

This is a very common Arabic pattern, called a nominal sentence.

If you want past or future, then you usually add a verb:

• الميكانيكي كان بالكراج = The mechanic was in the garage
• الميكانيكي رح يكون بالكراج = The mechanic will be in the garage

Here, بـ means something like in, at, or sometimes inside, depending on context.

So:

• بالكراج = in the garage / at the garage

In Levantine, بـ is extremely common with places. It often does work that English would express with in or at.

Because Arabic often attaches short words like prepositions directly to the following word.

Here you have:

• بـ = in / at
• الـ = the
• كراج = garage

Together:

• ب + ال + كراج = بالكراج

So it is basically in-the-garage written as one connected form.

Because both nouns are definite:

• الميكانيكي = the mechanic
• الكراج = the garage

So the sentence is talking about a specific mechanic and a specific garage.

This is normal in Arabic. If English uses the, Arabic usually does too.

A common Levantine-style pronunciation would be roughly:

• el-mekaaniiki or
• il-mekaaniiki

The exact vowel quality depends on region and speaker.

A few helpful notes:

• الـ is often pronounced el- or il- in Levantine
• ميكانيكي is a borrowed word, so pronunciation can vary a bit
• The long vowels matter: mee-kaa-nee-kee type rhythm

Usually something like:

• bel-karaj or
• bil-karaj

Again, the first vowel can vary by dialect.

Breakdown:

• بـ
  • الـ often sounds like bel- or bil-
• كراج is commonly pronounced karaj

So the whole sentence may sound roughly like:

• el-mekaaniiki bel-karaj

It is a borrowed word, and it is very common in everyday speech.

كراج comes from the same source as English garage. In Levantine, borrowed words like this are very normal and natural.

You may also encounter more formal or less colloquial alternatives in Standard Arabic, but in everyday Levantine, كراج is completely normal.

Yes. الميكانيكي في الكراج would also be understood.

In Levantine, though, بـ is very commonly used with locations, so بالكراج sounds very natural.

Very roughly:

• بالكراج = very natural colloquial Levantine
• في الكراج = also correct and understandable, sometimes a bit more explicit

In everyday speech, native speakers often prefer بـ in this kind of sentence.

Because this is the normal, neutral way to build this kind of sentence in Arabic:

• subject/topic first: الميكانيكي
• location after it: بالكراج

So the structure is:

• The mechanic
  • in the garage

This is the most straightforward way to say it.

You can change word order in Arabic for emphasis, but the given order is the most natural neutral one.

It is a full sentence in Arabic.

To an English speaker, it may look incomplete because there is no written is, but in Arabic this is enough to make a complete statement.

So الميكانيكي بالكراج is not just a fragment. It is a normal complete sentence meaning that the mechanic is located in the garage.

No, not in normal Levantine speech.

In spoken Levantine, you do not say formal case endings like:

• الميكانيكيُ
• الكراجِ

You simply say:

• الميكانيكي بالكراج

This is one of the big differences between everyday spoken Arabic and formal Standard Arabic.

It can cover both, depending on context.

In many everyday situations, Levantine بـ with a place is a little broader than a strict English in. So:

• if the mechanic is physically inside, English may say in the garage
• if the point is just his location generally, English may say at the garage

Arabic often leaves that distinction to context.

Yes. In speech, you can often make it a yes/no question just by using rising intonation:

• الميكانيكي بالكراج؟ = Is the mechanic in the garage?

So the words may stay the same, and the voice pattern tells you it is a question.

You could also ask more explicitly in other ways, but simple intonation is very common.