Word
صاحبتي عايزة القهوة مظبوط.
Meaning
My female friend wants her coffee medium-sweet.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Lesson
Breakdown of صاحبتي عايزة القهوة مظبوط.
قهوة
coffee
عايز
to want
صاحبة
female friend
مظبوطmazbout
medium-sweet (coffee)
Questions & Answers about صاحبتي عايزة القهوة مظبوط.
What exactly does صاحبتي mean? Is it my female friend or my girlfriend?
It can mean either one in Egyptian Arabic. Context decides.
- صاحبتي can mean my female friend
- It can also mean my girlfriend
It comes from صاحبة plus the suffix ـي meaning my.
A useful spelling point: the final ة in صاحبة turns into a pronounced t when a suffix is added, so you get صاحبتي.
Why is it عايزة and not عايز?
Because the subject is feminine.
In Egyptian Arabic, عايز / عايزة is the everyday way to say want:
- عايز = masculine singular
- عايزة = feminine singular
- عايزين = plural
So with صاحبتي, you need the feminine form عايزة.
You may also hear عاوز / عاوزة. Those are common Egyptian variants too.
Is this Standard Arabic?
No. This is Egyptian Colloquial Arabic.
A few clues:
- عايزة is colloquial; Standard Arabic would more likely use تريد
- صاحبتي is very natural in everyday speech
- القهوة in Egyptian is pronounced more like