كفاية شغل لليوم.

A common Levantine-style pronunciation is kfāye sheghel lal-yōm.

A few notes:

• كفاية is often said as kfāye or kifāye
• شغل is often pronounced sheghel in Levantine, though pronunciations vary by region
• لليوم is commonly pronounced lal-yōm

If kf- at the beginning feels hard, that is normal for English speakers. Levantine allows consonant clusters there, so kfāye is natural.

Here is the breakdown:

• كفاية = enough
• شغل = work
• لليوم = for today

So the sentence is literally enough work for today.

Because Arabic often leaves out the verb to be in the present tense.

So كفاية شغل لليوم literally looks like enough work for today, but the understood meaning is:

• That’s enough work for today
• This is enough work for today

This is completely normal in both colloquial Arabic and Standard Arabic-style structures.

كفاية means enough or sufficiency.

In everyday speech, it is very commonly used to say that something has reached a limit:

• كفاية أكل = enough food / enough eating
• كفاية حكي = enough talking
• كفاية شغل = enough work

In this sentence, it is functioning almost like that’s enough of...

Not only work in the strict sense. شغل is a very common Levantine word and can mean:

• work
• job
• stuff to do
• business
• tasks

In كفاية شغل لليوم, it clearly means work or work for the day.

For example:

• عندي شغل = I have work / I’m busy
• شو شغلك؟ = What’s your job?

Because it comes from:

• لـ = for
• اليوم = today

When they combine, you get لليوم.

So:

• لليوم = for today

In Levantine pronunciation, this often comes out as lal-yōm. The doubled ل in writing reflects that combination.

Yes, it is natural and complete.

It sounds like something someone would say when they want to stop working, for example:

• after a long day
• when they are tired
• when they decide they have done enough

Depending on tone, it can sound:

• neutral: That’s enough work for today
• tired: I’ve had enough work for today
• decisive: Okay, no more work today

It can be either, depending on tone and context.

As a statement:

• كفاية شغل لليوم = That’s enough work for today

As a mild command or suggestion:

• كفاية شغل لليوم = Enough work for today, let’s stop

So if you say it to other people, it may sound like:

• Let’s call it a day
• That’s enough working for today

This is a very useful question.

• كفاية = enough / sufficiency
• كافي = enough, sufficient

In this sentence, كفاية is the more natural choice before a noun:

• كفاية شغل = enough work

But كافي is often used as an adjective:

• هالشي كافي = this is enough
• الوقت كافي = the time is enough / sufficient

So for this sentence, كفاية شغل لليوم sounds more idiomatic.

Yes. بكفي is also very common in Levantine and often means it’s enough or that’s enough.

So:

• بكفي شغل لليوم = enough work for today / that’s enough work for today

In many situations, بكفي may sound even more conversational than كفاية.

Related expressions:

• بكفي! = enough!
• خلص، بكفي لليوم = okay, that’s enough for today

Without ال, the phrase is more general and natural here:

• كفاية شغل لليوم = enough work for today

If you say كفاية الشغل لليوم, it sounds more like you are talking about a specific known piece of work:

• enough of the work for today
• enough of this particular work for today

So the version without ال is the more idiomatic everyday choice in this sentence.

Yes. This is a very useful pattern:

كفاية + noun + لليوم

For example:

• كفاية دراسة لليوم = enough studying for today
• كفاية أكل لليوم = enough eating for today
• كفاية حكي لليوم = enough talking for today

So once you learn this sentence, you can reuse the structure very easily.