صاحبتي بتروح السوق بعد الشغل.

صاحبتي means my female friend in Egyptian Arabic.

It breaks down like this:

• صاحبة / صاحبة or colloquially صاحبة / صاحبة = a female friend / companion
• -ي / -ti here gives the meaning my

In natural Egyptian speech, صاحبتي can also sometimes mean my girlfriend, depending on context. So the exact meaning depends on the situation.

In Arabic, possession is often shown by adding a suffix to the noun instead of using a separate word.

So:

• صاحبة = a female friend
• صاحبتي = my female friend

That final -ي is the possessive ending meaning my.

In Egyptian pronunciation, learners often hear this word as something like ṣaḥbti rather than a fully careful pronunciation.

بتروح means she goes or she is going, depending on context.

The verb comes from راح / يروح = to go.

In Egyptian Arabic, the prefix بـ often marks the present/habitual form. So:

• تروح = she goes
• بتروح = she goes / she usually goes / she is going

In a sentence like this one, بتروح usually sounds like a habitual action: She goes to the market after work or She usually goes to the market after work.

In Arabic verb conjugation, تـ is used for several forms, including she.

So in Egyptian Arabic:

• أنا بروح = I go
• إنتَ بتروح = you go (masculine)
• إنتِ بتروحي = you go (feminine)
• هي بتروح = she goes

So the ت here is completely normal for she.

In Egyptian Arabic, verbs of motion like يروح often take the destination directly, without needing a preposition like to.

So:

• بتروح السوق = she goes to the market

This is very natural in Egyptian Arabic. English needs to, but Egyptian Arabic often does not.

You may also hear prepositions in some contexts, but with يروح, dropping the equivalent of to is very common.

السوق means the market.

It is made of:

• سوق = market
• الـ = the

So السوق = the market.

In Egyptian pronunciation, السوق is often said something like es-sūʔ.

بعد الشغل means after work.

It breaks down as:

• بعد = after
• الشغل = the work / work

In everyday Egyptian Arabic, الشغل often means:

• work
• one’s job
• the workday

So بعد الشغل naturally means after work or after she finishes work.

Yes. This is a very normal Egyptian Arabic word order.

It follows:

• subject: صاحبتي
• verb: بتروح
• place: السوق
• time expression: بعد الشغل

So literally it is:

• My female friend goes the market after work

That sounds strange in English, but it is natural in Egyptian Arabic.

Arabic can also use verb-first order in some situations, but this subject-first order is extremely common in everyday Egyptian speech.

Most likely it describes a habitual or usual action:

• My friend goes to the market after work
• My friend usually goes to the market after work

That is because بـ on the verb often gives a present habitual meaning in Egyptian Arabic.

However, depending on context, it could sometimes also mean something more immediate, like she’s going to the market after work. Context decides.

If the friend were male, you would use صاحبي instead of صاحبتي.

So:

• صاحبي بتروح السوق بعد الشغل would be wrong, because the verb would not match.
• Correct: صاحبي بيروح السوق بعد الشغل

Why?

• صاحبي = my male friend
• بيروح = he goes
• بتروح = she goes

So the masculine version is:

• صاحبي بيروح السوق بعد الشغل

A natural pronunciation would be something like:

Ṣaḥbti bitrūḥ es-sūʔ baʿd ish-shughl

A few pronunciation notes:

• صاحبتي is often reduced in speech to something like ṣaḥbti
• بتروح sounds like bitrūḥ
• السوق is often pronounced es-sūʔ
• الشغل is often pronounced ish-shughl

You do not need to pronounce every written vowel exactly as in Modern Standard Arabic. Egyptian Arabic usually reduces some vowels in fast, natural speech.

You could in a very literal sense, but in normal English my female friend is much more natural.

Companion sounds formal or unusual in everyday English. In real usage, صاحبتي usually means:

• my female friend
• my girlfriend

depending on context.

So my female friend is usually the safest translation if the romantic meaning is not clear.