صاحبي تبنى الجرو.

My friend adopted the puppy.

Breakdown of صاحبي تبنى الجرو.

• صاحب: friend
• جرو: the puppy
• تبنى: to adopt

Questions & Answers about صاحبي تبنى الجرو.

Why is صاحبي used for my friend here? Isn’t صديقي also my friend?

Yes—both can mean my friend.

• صاحبي is very common in everyday Levantine speech.
• صديقي is understandable, but it often sounds more formal or closer to Standard Arabic.

So in casual spoken Levantine, صاحبي often feels more natural.

Depending on context, صاحبي can also mean something like my buddy, my male friend, or sometimes even my boyfriend, but in this sentence it means my friend.

What does the -ي at the end of صاحبي mean?

The -ي is the possessive suffix meaning my.

So:

• صاحب = friend / companion
• صاحبي = my friend

This is a very common pattern in Arabic. For example:

• صاحبك = your friend
• صاحبه = his friend
• صاحبها = her friend

What exactly is تبنى grammatically?

تبنى is a past-tense verb meaning he adopted.

More specifically, it is:

• 3rd person