المشجع بالمباراة.

A common Levantine-style pronunciation would be roughly il-mshajjeʿ bil-mbāra or el-mshajjeʿ bel-mbāra, depending on the region.

A few helpful notes:

• الـ often sounds like il- / el- in Levantine.
• بـ + الـ becomes bil- / bel- in speech.
• The last sound in مشجع is ع, so the word does not end like a plain English consonant.
• The final ة in مباراة is usually heard as -a / -eh here, not -t.

It can be a complete sentence in Arabic.

Arabic often allows a noun + prepositional phrase structure as a full present-tense sentence. So المشجع بالمباراة can function as:

• the fan is at the match
• or, depending on context, the fan at the match

Arabic relies more on context than English does, so the same words can sometimes feel sentence-like or phrase-like.

Because in Arabic, especially in present-tense nominal sentences, to be is usually omitted.

So instead of saying something equivalent to the fan is at the match, Arabic simply says:

• المشجع بالمباراة

The meaning of is is understood automatically.

If you wanted past or future, you would normally add another verb, such as كان for was.

The prefix بـ is a very common preposition in Arabic. Depending on context, it can mean things like:

• in
• at
• during
• sometimes with or by

In this sentence, it is giving the setting or location/context of the fan relative to the match. In natural English, this often comes out as at the match or in the match, depending on the meaning already provided.

Because بـ is a prefix, not a separate standalone word in normal Arabic spelling.

So:

• بـ
  • المباراة
• becomes بالمباراة

This is completely normal in Arabic. Prepositions like بـ, لـ, and كـ often attach directly to the word after them.

Because both are definite:

• المشجع = the fan
• المباراة = the match

That is perfectly normal in Arabic. The first definite noun is the main noun, and the prepositional phrase after it can also be definite.

So structurally, this is not strange at all. It is similar to English expressions like:

• the fan at the match
• the player in the car
• the teacher in the classroom

مشجع comes from the verb شجّع, which means to encourage or to cheer on.

Grammatically, it is an active participle, but in everyday use it behaves like an ordinary noun meaning:

• fan
• supporter
• cheerleader/supporter of a team

So even though it is derived from a verb, you can treat it like a regular noun in many contexts.

Yes, you often can, but the nuance may shift a little.

Very roughly:

• بالمباراة can sound natural for at the match or in the context of the match
• في المباراة often feels more literally in the match or during the match

In real Levantine speech, both may appear, but بـ is extremely common and natural in many everyday expressions.

In Levantine, you normally do not pronounce case endings like -u, -a, -i.

Also, the final ة in المباراة is usually pronounced as -a / -eh here, not -t.

So in normal Levantine speech, you would not say something like a fully inflected formal reading. You would use the simpler spoken form.

The ة becomes t mainly when:

• another ending is attached
• or in certain grammatical constructions such as an iḍāfa connection

But in this sentence by itself, it is just the usual -a / -eh sound.

For a female fan, you would usually say:

• المشجعة بالمباراة

For several fans in Levantine, a common form would be:

• المشجعين بالمباراة

So the key change is in مشجع, while بالمباراة stays the same.