حضرتك فتحت الرسالة امبارح؟

حضرتك is a polite way to say you in Egyptian Arabic. It literally comes from the idea of your presence, but in everyday use it just functions as a respectful you.

It is commonly used:

• with customers
• with older people
• with someone you want to address politely

So this sentence is not just Did you open the message yesterday? — it is saying it in a respectful way.

It can be used for either one.

In writing, حضرتك usually looks the same either way, but in speech the ending may sound different:

• to a man: ḥaḍritak
• to a woman: ḥaḍritik

So the written sentence by itself does not clearly tell you whether the listener is male or female.

Because Arabic verbs already include the subject, فتحت by itself can mean you opened.

So حضرتك is not strictly necessary for grammar. It is added here to:

• make the listener explicit
• sound more polite
• sometimes add a little emphasis

You could also say:

فتحت الرسالة امبارح؟

That still means the same thing, but it sounds less polite or less formal.

In Egyptian Arabic, you usually do not add a separate helping verb like English did.

The past tense verb فتحت already carries the idea of opened / did open.
So:

• فتحت الرسالة = you opened the message
• with question intonation: فتحت الرسالة؟ = did you open the message?

This is very normal in Arabic. English needs did here, but Egyptian Arabic does not.

Not in this sentence.

In Egyptian Arabic, the second person singular past tense is often the same for both masculine and feminine. So فتحت can mean:

• you opened to a man
• you opened to a woman

You usually know from context, or from another word in the sentence, such as حضرتك being pronounced -ak or -ik.

It is usually pronounced something like fataḥt.

A rough breakdown:

• ف = f
• ت = t
• ح = a strong h sound from the throat
• final ت = t

So the cluster at the end is important: -aḥt.

Because ر is a sun letter.

In Arabic, when الـ comes before a sun letter, the l sound of ال is absorbed into the next consonant. So الرسالة is pronounced more like:

er-risāla or ir-risāla

The r sound is doubled in pronunciation, even though the spelling stays الرسالة.

رسالة literally means message or letter.

In real Egyptian usage, it can refer to different things depending on context, such as:

• a text message
• a chat message
• an email
• a written letter

So the Arabic word is broader than one single English word in some situations.

Yes. امبارح means yesterday, and it is a very common Egyptian Arabic word.

It is usually pronounced something like embāreḥ.

This is a colloquial Egyptian form, not Modern Standard Arabic. In MSA, the word would be أمس or البارحة, depending on style.

Putting time words like امبارح at the end is very natural in Egyptian Arabic.

So this structure is perfectly normal:

• حضرتك فتحت الرسالة امبارح؟

Arabic word order is more flexible than English, but this version sounds natural and everyday.

If you moved امبارح, the sentence would still be understandable, but the end position is very common.

It is colloquial Egyptian Arabic, so it is not formal Modern Standard Arabic. But because it uses حضرتك, it sounds polite and respectful.

So the tone is:

• not formal textbook Arabic
• not very casual either
• polite everyday speech

That makes it a very useful real-life sentence.

A more casual version would usually use إنت or إنتي, or just omit the pronoun entirely.

Examples:

• to a man: إنت فتحت الرسالة امبارح؟
• to a woman: إنتي فتحت الرسالة امبارح؟
• neutral from context: فتحت الرسالة امبارح؟

Using حضرتك is the more respectful choice.