الزفة هتبدا دلوقتي.

Because ز is a sun letter. In Arabic, when الـ comes before a sun letter, the l sound of the article is not pronounced and the next consonant is doubled instead.

So:

• written: الزفة
• pronounced in Egyptian: ez-zeffa

Also, the word itself has a doubled ف sound, so you get a strong ff as well: ez-zeffa.

The final ة is pronounced -a here.

In Egypt, الزفة usually refers to the wedding procession, bridal entrance, or celebratory parade-like entrance with music, dancing, and announcement. It is a very cultural word, not just any random procession.

So in context, it often suggests a wedding celebration atmosphere.

Yes, الزفة is treated as a feminine singular noun.

One clue is the ending ة, which very often marks feminine nouns in Arabic. It is not a perfect rule for every single word, but it is a very strong clue, and here it does apply.

This matters because the verb agrees with the noun in gender.

In Egyptian Arabic, هـ before the present-tense verb commonly marks the future.

So:

• تبدأ = it starts / it is starting
• هتبدأ = it will start / it is going to start

This هـ is very common in everyday Egyptian speech.

Because the subject الزفة is feminine singular.

In Arabic, the present/future verb for third person feminine singular begins with تـ.

So:

• هيبدأ = he / it will start with a masculine subject
• هتبدأ = she / it will start with a feminine subject

Since الزفة is feminine, هتبدأ is the correct form.

A useful comparison:

• الفيلم هيبدأ دلوقتي = The movie will start now
• الزفة هتبدأ دلوقتي = The procession will start now

That is very common in informal writing.

A more careful spelling would often be هتبدأ, with the hamza. But in texting, subtitles, social media, and casual dialect writing, people often simplify spelling and leave the hamza out, so هتبدا is normal to see.

So both can point to the same spoken form in colloquial Egyptian.

This is one of the biggest challenges for learners.

In normal Arabic writing, short vowels are usually omitted, so you learn them from:

• familiarity with the word
• grammar patterns
• listening
• context

For this sentence, a natural Egyptian-style pronunciation would be approximately:

• ez-zeffa hatibda dilwa'ti

Depending on speaker and style, you may also hear small vowel differences such as hetibda or delwa'ti. That kind of variation is normal in spoken Arabic.

دلوقتي means now, right now, or at the moment in Egyptian Arabic.

It is a very common everyday Egyptian word. It is dialectal, not Modern Standard Arabic.

A rough pronunciation is dilwa'ti.

Because the meaning is not contradictory. It usually means immediate future.

So هتبدأ دلوقتي means something like:

• It will start now
• It is about to start now
• It is starting right now

English does the same kind of thing. We often talk about something that has not started yet, but is just about to happen.

Because in Egyptian Arabic, subject-first order is very common in everyday speech.

So:

• الزفة هتبدأ دلوقتي sounds very natural

Starting with the subject can make the sentence feel like an announcement about a known topic: The procession, it is starting now.

A verb-first version can also exist in Arabic, but in colloquial Egyptian, subject-first is extremely common.

A simple learner-friendly transliteration would be:

ez-zeffa hatibda dilwa'ti

This is only approximate, because transliteration systems vary, but it gives a good idea of the Egyptian pronunciation.

A natural Modern Standard Arabic equivalent would be:

ستبدأ الزفّة الآن
or
سوف تبدأ الزفّة الآن

The main differences are:

• Egyptian uses هـ for the future
• Egyptian uses دلوقتي for now
• MSA would use الآن instead

So the sentence you were given is clearly Egyptian colloquial, not formal standard Arabic.