بعرف هاد النوع.

A common Levantine pronunciation is:

baʿref hād en-nōʿ

A few notes:

• بعرف → baʿref
• هاد → hād
• النوع is often heard as en-nōʿ, not el-nōʿ

Why en-nōʿ? Because the ل of ال assimilates to the ن in نوع. Also, some speakers say something closer to nawʿ instead of nōʿ.

Here, بعرف means I know, I recognize, or I’m familiar with.

It comes from the verb عرف, which is about knowing or recognizing someone or something. In this sentence, it means the speaker is familiar with that kind or type of thing.

In Levantine Arabic, بـ often marks the present tense in everyday speech.

So:

• بعرف = I know / I do know
• Compare with MSA أعرف

This بـ is one of the big differences between spoken Levantine and Modern Standard Arabic.

Because بعرف already means I know, so the subject I is built into the verb form.

Arabic often drops subject pronouns when they are already clear from the verb.

So both are possible:

• بعرف هاد النوع = normal, natural
• أنا بعرف هاد النوع = also correct, but أنا adds emphasis or contrast

هاد means this.

In Levantine, this is a very common masculine singular demonstrative. Since نوع is a masculine singular noun, هاد is the right form here.

Depending on the region, you may also see or hear related forms such as:

• هاد
• هادا
• هيدا

They are dialect variations.

Because in Arabic, when you say this + noun, the noun is usually definite.

So Arabic says:

• هاد النوع = literally this the-type

This is just how demonstratives normally work in Arabic. The noun after this is usually marked with الـ.

Because ن is a sun letter.

When الـ comes before a sun letter, the ل is not pronounced separately. Instead, the following consonant is doubled.

So:

• النوع
• underlyingly al-nawʿ
• pronounced an-nawʿ or en-nōʿ in Levantine-style speech

This is a very common Arabic pronunciation rule.

The letter ع is a consonant that English does not really have.

You hear it:

• in بعرف after ba
• at the end of نوع

A simple learner-friendly tip:

• do not replace it with a strong English consonant like g or k
• try making a tight, deep throat sound
• if that is hard, a light pause or constriction is better than ignoring it completely

Many beginners struggle with ع, so this is very normal.

Yes, this sentence is clearly colloquial Levantine.

A Modern Standard Arabic version would be:

أعرف هذا النوع

Main differences:

• Levantine بعرف vs. MSA أعرف
• Levantine هاد vs. MSA هذا

So the structure is similar, but the forms are more everyday and spoken in the Levantine sentence.

Yes. بعرف هاد النوع is a very normal way to say it.

The structure is basically:

• verb + object

Since the subject I is already understood from بعرف, there is no need to say it separately.

You could also say:

• أنا بعرف هاد النوع

And if you wanted to emphasize this type, you might hear:

• هاد النوع بعرفه

In that last version, the object is fronted, and the verb keeps a pronoun ـه referring back to النوع.

Yes. هالنوع is also very common in Levantine.

So both of these are natural:

• بعرف هاد النوع
• بعرف هالنوع

Very roughly:

• هاد النوع = this type
• هالنوع = also this type, often a bit more compact and very colloquial

You will hear both in real speech.

The simplest negative is:

ما بعرف هاد النوع

That means I don’t know this type or I’m not familiar with this kind.

In Levantine, ما commonly negates present-tense verbs like بعرف.