البيطري مع الكلب.

In Levantine Arabic, as in Arabic generally, the present-tense to be is usually not said in simple sentences like this.

So:

• البيطري مع الكلب
• literally: the vet with the dog
• naturally: The vet is with the dog

Arabic just leaves out is here.
If you wanted another tense, then you would add a verb, for example:

• كان البيطري مع الكلب = The vet was with the dog

البيطري means the veterinarian or the vet.

The base word بيطري can also have the sense of veterinary, depending on context, but in this sentence it is being used as a noun: the vet.

If you wanted a feminine form, you would usually say:

• البيطرية = the female vet

الـ is the Arabic definite article, equivalent to the.

So:

• البيطري = the vet
• الكلب = the dog

English also often uses the with both nouns in a sentence like this, so this is very normal.

Without الـ, the meaning would become more like a vet or a dog, depending on context.

مع means with.

So the structure is:

• البيطري = the vet
• مع = with
• الكلب = the dog

Together: The vet is with the dog.

Here مع shows accompaniment or being together. It does not by itself mean treating, examining, or helping. It only says they are with each other.

A common Levantine-style pronunciation is roughly:

• il-bayṭari maʿ il-kalb

You may also hear:

• el-bayṭari maʿ el-kalb
• or reduced article pronunciation like l-bayṭari maʿ l-kalb

A few helpful notes:

• ب in البيطري means the l in الـ is pronounced clearly.
• ك in الكلب also keeps the l pronounced.
• ع in مع is the deep throat sound ʿ, which English does not have.

Depending on region and speed, the last word may sound a little different in casual speech, but the written form stays the same.

Because in Arabic nominal sentences, the first element is usually the topic or starting point of the sentence.

So:

• البيطري مع الكلب = The vet is with the dog
• الكلب مع البيطري = The dog is with the vet

In reality, both describe the same situation, but the focus changes depending on which noun comes first.

It is fully understandable in both.

What makes it feel especially fine for Levantine is:

• there is no written case ending
• the sentence is short and natural
• the present-tense is is omitted, as usual

In Standard Arabic, the same written sentence is also understandable, but pronunciation and grammar details would be more formal. In everyday Levantine speech, this sentence sounds normal and natural.

Because Arabic is normally written without most short vowels in everyday text.

So learners see:

• البيطري مع الكلب

not a fully vowel-marked version.

In Levantine, this is especially normal, because spoken Levantine does not use the full case-ending system of formal Standard Arabic. So what you see here is exactly the kind of spelling you should expect in ordinary writing.

A very natural Levantine way is:

• البيطري مو مع الكلب
• or in some areas: البيطري مش مع الكلب

Both mean:

• The vet is not with the dog

So for simple present-tense negation, Levantine commonly uses مو or مش, depending on dialect.