القطة اللي تحت البيت بتخاف من الكلب وبتطلع فوق العربية اول ما تشوفه.

In Egyptian Arabic, اللي is the everyday relative word for who, that, or which. It is used for all genders and numbers.

So القطة اللي تحت البيت means the cat that is under the house, or more naturally, the cat under the house.

In Modern Standard Arabic, you would see different forms such as الذي or التي, but Egyptian Arabic normally just uses اللي.

Because Arabic normally leaves out the verb to be in the present tense.

So اللي تحت البيت is literally something like that under the house, but it means that is under the house.

This is very normal in Arabic:

• هو تحت البيت = he is under the house
• القطة تحت البيت = the cat is under the house

Because القطة is a feminine singular noun, so the verbs agree with it.

That is why you get:

• بتخاف = she is afraid
• بتطلع = she goes up / climbs
• تشوفه = she sees him/it

If the subject were masculine, you would usually get forms like:

• بيخاف
• بيطلع
• يشوفه

In Egyptian Arabic, بـ usually marks the normal present tense, especially for habits, repeated actions, or general situations.

So here:

• بتخاف = she is afraid / she gets afraid
• بتطلع = she goes up / climbs

The sentence describes what the cat typically does, so بـ is exactly what you would expect.

After expressions like أول ما, Egyptian Arabic often uses the imperfect verb without بـ.

So:

• أول ما تشوفه = as soon as she sees him

This is a very common pattern. The main clause uses بـ for the regular present, but the verb after أول ما often appears without it.

أول ما is a fixed expression meaning as soon as, once, or when.

In this sentence, it shows immediate sequence:

• بتطلع فوق العربية أول ما تشوفه
• She climbs onto the car as soon as she sees him

So the idea is that seeing the dog immediately triggers the next action.

The ending ـه is a direct object pronoun meaning him or it.

So:

• تشوف = she sees
• تشوفه = she sees him/it

Here, ـه refers back to الكلب, which is grammatically masculine singular.

Because the verb خاف normally goes with من in Arabic.

So:

• خاف من = to be afraid of

Literally, it may feel like afraid from, but the natural English translation is afraid of.

This is just the normal pattern:

• أنا بخاف من الكلاب = I’m afraid of dogs

The verb طلع has several meanings in Arabic, but here, with فوق, it means go up, climb up, or get onto.

So بتطلع فوق العربية means the cat goes up onto the car or climbs onto the top of the car.

In other contexts, طلع can also mean things like come out, rise, or turn out, so the surrounding words are important.

Both can be possible, but they are not always felt exactly the same.

• فوق العربية emphasizes being on top of / above the car
• على العربية often means on the car more generally

In this sentence, فوق العربية gives a strong sense that the cat climbs up to the top area of the car.

Yes. In Egyptian Arabic, عربية is a very common everyday word for car.

So:

• العربية = the car

This can surprise English speakers because it looks like the word for Arabic, but in Egyptian speech عربية very often means car. Context tells you which meaning is intended.

You may also hear سيارة, which also means car, but عربية is extremely common in everyday Egyptian Arabic.