I'm currently learning Egyptian Arabic and I have a question about the differnece between those sentences

أنا مَبسوط لَك أوي
أنا مَبسوط عَشانـَك أوي

and
أنا مَبسوط بالِخَبَر دا
أنا مَبسوط مِن الخَبَر دا

Why there's two meanings for almost the same translation in English for each one

What's the subtle difference here ?

Question

I'm currently learning Egyptian Arabic and I have a question about the differnece between those sentences

أنا مَبسوط لَك أوي 
أنا مَبسوط عَشانـَك أوي

and 
أنا مَبسوط بالِخَبَر دا
أنا مَبسوط مِن الخَبَر دا

Why there's two meanings for almost the same translation in English for each one

What's the subtle difference here ?

Answer

في الحقيقة مفيش فرق بين الجملتين في المعنى، اللغة العربية مختلفة شويا عن الانجليزية لأننا بنستخدم أكثر من كلمة بتؤدي لنفس المعنى فالأفضل عدم استخدام الترجمة الحرفي، ببساطة لأن العربية لغة ثرية جدا

Answer

honestly they almost have the same meaning 
لَك  for you 
عَشانك for you 
it's only that Arabic is a rich language so you can find many synonyms for the same word

Answer

Good question! In Egyptian Arabic, the difference is very subtle:

• “أنا مبسوط لك أوي” = I’m happy for you (focused on you as a person)  
• “أنا مبسوط عشانك أوي” = I’m happy because of what happened to you

In daily speech, people use them almost the same.

And for the second pair:  
• “أنا مبسوط بالخبر دا” is the most natural  
• “أنا مبسوط من الخبر دا” is less common

But All of that work and if you say any of them there is no problem at all, Egyptian Arabic is very flexible — you might hear:
“مبسوط منك / مبسوط بيك / مبسوط لك / مبسوط عشانك”
and all of them can work depending on context 👍

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