صاحبتي كمان كانت في الطابور ودفعت بالكارت.

صاحبتي means my female friend.

Breakdown:

• صاحبة = a female friend / female companion
• -ي = my

So:

• صاحبتي = my female friend

In Egyptian Arabic, this word is very common in everyday speech.

Yes. In Egyptian Arabic, صاحبي / صاحبتي can mean:

• friend
• boyfriend / girlfriend

Context decides which meaning is intended.

If someone wants to be clearer and more formal for female friend, they may use صديقتي instead. But in casual Egyptian, صاحبتي is extremely normal.

كمان means:

• also
• too
• as well

So صاحبتي كمان means my friend too or my friend also.

It shows that this information is being added to something already mentioned. For example, maybe someone else was in the line, and now the speaker is saying that the friend was too.

Because the subject صاحبتي is feminine.

• كان = was for masculine
• كانت = was for feminine

Arabic verbs agree with the subject in gender. So:

• صاحبي كان... = my male friend was...
• صاحبتي كانت... = my female friend was...

Because Arabic often leaves subject pronouns out when the subject is already clear.

Here, the subject is already stated as صاحبتي, so there is no need to add هي.

That is very normal in Arabic. English usually needs a subject pronoun, but Arabic often does not.

في الطابور means in the line / in the queue.

Breakdown:

• في = in
• الطابور = the line / the queue

Arabic uses في in a very natural way here, even though English often just says in line. So the Arabic expression is literally closer to in the queue.

Although it is written الطابور, it is not pronounced with a clear l sound.

That is because ط is a sun letter, so the ل of ال assimilates in pronunciation.

So it is pronounced roughly like:

• it-taboor
• or et-taboor

Not:

• al-taboor

This is a very common Arabic reading rule.

In Egyptian Arabic, دفعت can mean either:

• I paid
• she paid

The context tells you which one is meant.

In this sentence, it means she paid, because the subject is صاحبتي.

This is something English speakers often notice, because Egyptian Arabic can make the I and she past-tense forms sound identical in many verbs.

If needed, speakers can make it clearer by adding a pronoun:

• أنا دفعت = I paid
• هي دفعت = she paid

بالكارت literally means with the card or by card.

Breakdown:

• بـ = with / by / using
• الـ = the
• كارت = card

So:

• بـ + الـ + كارت → بالكارت

In natural English we say paid by card, but in Egyptian Arabic the structure is more like paid with the card / using the card.

Also, كارت is a common loanword from European languages, and it is very normal in everyday Egyptian speech.

Yes, this word order is natural and conversational.

The sentence starts with the topic:

• صاحبتي then adds:
• كمان then continues with the information:
• كانت في الطابور ودفعت بالكارت

You can move كمان in some cases, but the nuance may change slightly. For example:

• صاحبتي كمان كانت في الطابور
• صاحبتي كانت كمان في الطابور
• كمان صاحبتي كانت في الطابور

All of these are possible, but the original sentence sounds very normal in everyday Egyptian Arabic.