صاحبتي حمصت حبوب القهوة.

A common Egyptian-style pronunciation would be:

ṣaḥbti ḥammaṣet ḥobūb il-ʔahwa

A looser English-friendly version is:

sahbti hammaset hoboob il-ahwa

A few pronunciation notes:

• ص is a heavy/emphatic s
• ح is a deeper, breathier h
• ق in القهوة is often pronounced as a glottal stop in Egyptian, so القهوة sounds like il-ʔahwa / el-ahwa
• Short vowels are usually not written, so the exact spoken vowels can vary a bit by speaker

Yes. صاحبتي literally means my female friend / my companion (female).

Depending on context, it can mean:

• my female friend
• my girlfriend

Arabic often leaves that distinction to context, just like English sometimes does with my friend versus my girlfriend depending on the situation.

Because it is made of:

• صاحبة = female friend / female companion
• ـي = my

So:

• صاحبة + ي → صاحبتي

The ة at the end of صاحبة becomes a pronounced t sound when another ending is attached. That is why you get -ti.

So the word is not just a random form; it is literally female-friend + my.

That -ت shows that the verb is past tense, feminine singular:

• حمّص = he roasted
• حمّصت = she roasted

Since صاحبتي refers to a female person, the verb matches it.

So the agreement is:

• صاحبتي = feminine singular
• حمصت = feminine singular past

The base verb is حمّص meaning to roast.

In fully marked spelling, this sentence would usually show the doubled middle consonant with a shadda:

• حمّصت

But in everyday Arabic writing, short vowels and other marks like shadda are often omitted, so people may simply write:

• حمصت

Learners have to get used to this: the writing often gives you the consonant skeleton, and context helps you identify the exact form.

Yes, this is very normal in Egyptian Arabic.

The sentence is:

• صاحبتي = subject
• حمصت = verb
• حبوب القهوة = object

So it is Subject–Verb–Object, which is extremely common in spoken Egyptian Arabic.

Arabic can also use verb-first order, but in Egyptian everyday speech, subject-first order is very common and natural.

This is a very common Arabic structure called iḍāfa (construct phrase).

Here:

• حبوب = beans / grains
• القهوة = the coffee

Together:

• حبوب القهوة = coffee beans

Literally, yes, it is something like beans of the coffee, but in natural English we just say coffee beans.

This is one of the most important noun patterns in Arabic, where one noun is linked directly to another without a separate word for of.

Because in an iḍāfa phrase, the first noun usually does not take ال.

So:

• حبوب القهوة = the coffee’s beans / coffee beans

The definiteness comes from the second noun. Since القهوة is definite, the whole phrase becomes definite.

That is why الحبوب القهوة would sound wrong in this structure.

A useful comparison:

• حبوب قهوة = coffee beans, more general/indefinite
• حبوب القهوة = the coffee beans / the beans of the coffee

Yes. حبوب can mean different things depending on context, such as:

• beans
• grains
• pills/tablets

But in حبوب القهوة, the meaning is clearly coffee beans.

This is very common in Arabic: one word may have several related meanings, and the surrounding words tell you which one is intended.

You would say:

صاحبي حمص حبوب القهوة.

That means my male friend roasted the coffee beans.

The changes are:

• صاحبتي → صاحبي = my male friend
• حمصت → حمص = he roasted

So both the noun and the verb change to match masculine gender.