الكابتن شاط الطابة.

A natural Levantine pronunciation is:

el-kaabten shaaṭ eṭ-ṭaabe

A few notes:

• el- / il- both occur, depending on region.
• شاط is pronounced shaaṭ.
• الطابة is pronounced eṭ-ṭaabe, not al-ṭaabe, because ط is a sun letter, so the l in الـ assimilates.

Because Arabic usually does not have a native p sound. In many loanwords, p becomes ب (b).

So:

• captain → كابتن

This is very common with borrowed words in Arabic.

الـ is the Arabic definite article, meaning the.

So:

• كابتن = a captain / captain
• الكابتن = the captain

Even though كابتن is a borrowed word, it still takes normal Arabic grammar.

In Levantine sports language, شاط means he shot or he kicked the ball.

In a soccer/football context, shot is often the best translation:

• شاط الطابة = he shot the ball

شاط is:

• past tense
• third person
• masculine singular

So by itself, it means he shot.

If the subject were feminine, you would usually say:

• شاطت = she shot

Not really. It is a weak/hollow verb, which means it has a weak middle consonant historically.

That is why its forms look a little different:

• past: شاط
• present: يشوط
• imperative: شوط!

This is a normal pattern in Arabic, but it can feel irregular to English speakers at first.

الطابة means the ball.

Yes, this is a very common Levantine colloquial word. In Modern Standard Arabic, you would more often hear:

• الكرة

So:

• Levantine: الطابة
• MSA: الكرة

Because ط is one of the sun letters. With sun letters, the l in الـ is not pronounced separately; it merges into the next consonant.

So:

• written: الطابة
• pronounced: eṭ-ṭaabe

You still write الـ, but you do not pronounce the l.

In spoken Levantine, subject-verb-object order is very common:

• الكابتن شاط الطابة = The captain shot the ball

You can also hear:

• شاط الكابتن الطابة

But the version with the subject first often sounds more natural in everyday speech.

Because Arabic verbs already include the subject information.

So شاط by itself already means:

• he shot

The noun الكابتن is added to tell you exactly who that he is:

• الكابتن شاط = The captain shot

Because the sentence is talking about a specific ball: the ball.

So:

• الطابة = the ball
• طابة = a ball

In a sports situation, the ball is usually specific and understood from context, so the definite form is very natural.

It is clearly colloquial Levantine.

Clues:

• الطابة is a Levantine everyday word.
• شاط is common in spoken sports language.
• الكابتن is a borrowed spoken term.

A more Standard Arabic version might be something like:

• سدد الكابتن الكرة
• ركل الكابتن الكرة

In Levantine, you could say:

• الكابتن بيشوط الطابة = The captain shoots / is shooting the ball
• الكابتن رح يشوط الطابة = The captain will shoot the ball

Depending on the region, future can also be marked with حـ instead of رح.