القطة بتخربش الكرسي.

A rough pronunciation is:

el-'otta bitkharbesh el-korsi

A few useful notes:

• القطة = el-'otta
  • The letter ق is often pronounced like a glottal stop ' in Cairene Egyptian.
  • ط is a heavy/emphatic t sound.
• بتخربش = bitkharbesh
  • خ sounds like the ch in German Bach or Scottish loch.
• الكرسي = el-korsi
  • ر is usually a rolled or tapped r.

Also, Arabic usually does not write short vowels in normal spelling, so the pronunciation has to be learned along with the word.

In Egyptian Arabic, بـ on the present verb usually marks the regular present / ongoing present.

So:

• بتخربش = she scratches / she is scratching

This b- prefix is very common in Egyptian speech. It is one of the big differences from Standard Arabic.

For example:

• هي بتاكل = she eats / she is eating
• هي بتشرب = she drinks / she is drinking
• هي بتخربش = she scratches / she is scratching

So in this sentence, بتخربش is the normal Egyptian present-tense form.

Because القطة is grammatically feminine.

The noun قطة ends in ـة, which is a very common feminine ending in Arabic. So the verb agrees with it:

• القطة بتخربش = the cat scratches / the female cat is scratching

If the subject were masculine, you would normally get:

• القط بيخربش = the male cat scratches

So the تـ at the beginning of بتخربش shows feminine singular agreement here.

It can mean either one, depending on context.

In Egyptian Arabic, the present form with بـ often covers both:

• simple present: scratches
• present continuous: is scratching

So القطة بتخربش الكرسي could mean:

• The cat scratches the chair
• The cat is scratching the chair

Usually the situation tells you which meaning is intended.

Because both nouns are definite:

• القطة = the cat
• الكرسي = the chair

The prefix الـ is the Arabic definite article, equivalent to English the.

So:

• قطة = a cat
• القطة = the cat
• كرسي = a chair
• الكرسي = the chair

Arabic adds الـ directly to the noun instead of using a separate word like English the.

Here it is pronounced normally.

That is because ق in القطة and ك in الكرسي are moon letters, so the ل in الـ is pronounced:

• القطة → el-'otta
• الكرسي → el-korsi

If the noun began with a sun letter, the ل sound would assimilate. But that does not happen here.

Yes, خربش is a common colloquial verb meaning things like:

• to scratch
• to scrape
• sometimes to scribble or make scratchy marks

In this sentence, the natural meaning is to scratch, as in a cat scratching furniture.

A basic pattern is:

• خربش = he scratched
• بتخربش = she scratches / is scratching
• بيخربش = he scratches / is scratching

So this is a very usable everyday verb.

That is a great question.

In Egyptian Arabic, starting with the subject is very common and natural:

• القطة بتخربش الكرسي

This is a normal subject–verb–object order.

While Arabic can also use verb-first patterns, especially in more formal or Standard Arabic styles, everyday Egyptian very often prefers subject-first word order.

So this sentence sounds very natural in spoken Egyptian.

No. In this sentence, الكرسي is simply the direct object, and there is no extra word like an English preposition.

So:

• القطة = subject
• بتخربش = verb
• الكرسي = direct object

Egyptian Arabic does not use case endings the way Standard Arabic does, and in normal writing you usually do not see any case marking at all.

That means learners often identify the object mainly by:

• word order
• meaning
• context

Yes, it would normally look different.

A Standard Arabic version would more likely be:

• القطةُ تَخْرِبِشُ الكرسيَّ in full vowelled form, though this exact verb is more colloquial in feel
• or a more formal verb might be chosen depending on context

The important Egyptian features in your sentence are:

• بـ on the present verb: بتخربش
• no case endings in normal usage
• everyday spoken word order and vocabulary

So this sentence is clearly Egyptian colloquial Arabic, not formal Standard Arabic.

You would normally negate the verb with ما ... ش:

القطة ما بتخربشش الكرسي

This may look a little funny because the verb itself already ends in a sh sound:

• positive: بتخربش
• negative: ما بتخربشش

That is normal in Egyptian.

So the pattern is:

• بتخربش = she scratches
• ما بتخربشش = she does not scratch / is not scratching

With الـ, it specifically means the cat.

So this sentence is talking about a particular cat and a particular chair, or at least treats them as known in the context.

If you wanted a more indefinite meaning, you would remove الـ:

• قطة بتخربش كرسي = a cat is scratching a chair

That sounds less specific and more general.

So definiteness is doing important work in this sentence.