صاحبي بينقش الزهرية.

Because صاحبي is made of:

• صاحب = friend, companion, buddy
• ـي = my

So صاحبي literally means my friend or my buddy.

In Egyptian Arabic, this is a very common everyday way to say it.

In Egyptian Arabic, صاحبي sounds natural and colloquial.

• صاحبي = everyday spoken Egyptian
• صديقي = more formal, more like Standard Arabic, or a bit bookish in casual speech

So if you are speaking naturally in Egyptian Arabic, صاحبي is usually the better choice.

بينقش is the Egyptian Arabic present-tense form of the verb نقش, which means something like:

• engrave
• carve
• etch
• decorate with patterns

The form breaks down like this:

• ينقش = he engraves / he engrave(s)
• بيـ = the Egyptian marker often used for the normal present tense

So بينقش means he engraves or he is engraving.

Because صاحبي is masculine singular, the verb is in the he form.

It can mean both.

In Egyptian Arabic, the bi- present often covers both:

• simple present: he engraves
• present progressive: he is engraving

Context tells you which one is meant.

So صاحبي بينقش الزهرية can mean either:

• My friend engraves the vase
• My friend is engraving the vase

If you want to make right now extra clear, you can add a word like دلوقتي.

Because the verb already tells you the subject is he.

بينقش already means he engraves / he is engraving, so you do not need to say هو unless you want emphasis.

For example:

• صاحبي بينقش الزهرية = normal, natural
• هو بينقش الزهرية = he is engraving the vase
• صاحبي هو اللي بينقش الزهرية = it’s my friend who is engraving the vase

So leaving out هو is completely normal.

Because in spoken Egyptian Arabic, subject–verb–object order is very common and natural.

So:

• صاحبي = subject
• بينقش = verb
• الزهرية = object

That makes the structure:

• My friend
  • is engraving
    • the vase

This is one reason Egyptian Arabic can feel more familiar to English speakers than some textbook Standard Arabic patterns.

الـ is the definite article, meaning the.

So:

• زهرية = a vase / vase
• الزهرية = the vase

That is why the sentence has the vase, not just a vase.

It is usually pronounced something like ez-zahreyya.

That is because ز is a sun letter, so the l sound of الـ assimilates to the next consonant.

So instead of saying el-zahreyya, you usually get:

• ez-zahreyya

This is a very common pronunciation pattern in Arabic.

Yes, الزهرية is a feminine noun. The ending ـة is a common sign of that.

But in this sentence, الزهرية is the object, not the subject. The verb agrees with the subject, which is صاحبي.

So the verb is masculine singular because:

• صاحبي = masculine singular

The gender of الزهرية does not change the verb here.

A useful pronunciation is:

ṣaḥbi biyinʔosh ez-zahreyya

A few helpful notes:

• صاحبي ≈ saH-bi, but with an emphatic s
• ح is a strong breathy Arabic h
• in many Egyptian accents, ق is pronounced as a glottal stop, so ينقش sounds like yinʔosh
• الزهرية becomes ez-zahreyya because of sun-letter assimilation

So the sentence flows roughly like:

ṣaḥbi biyinʔosh ez-zahreyya

In Egyptian Arabic, a common way to negate the present tense is with ما ... ش around the verb.

So:

• صاحبي بينقش الزهرية = My friend is engraving the vase
• صاحبي ما بينقشش الزهرية = My friend is not engraving the vase

So the pattern is:

• ما + verb + ش

This is one of the most important negation patterns in spoken Egyptian Arabic.