اختي حجزت غرفة مزدوجة.

My sister booked a double room.

Breakdown of اختي حجزت غرفة مزدوجة.

• اخت: sister
• حجز: to book
• غرفة مزدوجة: the double room

Questions & Answers about اختي حجزت غرفة مزدوجة.

Why is it written اختي here and not أختي?

In informal Levantine writing, the hamza at the beginning is often left out, so اختي and أختي both represent my sister. The full spelling is أختي, but اختي is very common in everyday text messages and casual writing.

What does the -ي in اختي mean?

The -ي is the attached possessive suffix meaning my.

So:

• أخت / اخت = sister
• أختي / اختي = my sister

Arabic often attaches possessive words directly to the noun instead of using a separate word like my.

What exactly is حجزت?

حجزت is the past tense of حجز, which means to book or to reserve.

In this sentence, it means she booked / she reserved, because the subject is اختي = my sister.

A useful thing to know: in Arabic writing without vowel marks, حجزت can also represent I booked. Context tells you which meaning is intended. Here, because the sentence starts with my sister, the meaning is clearly my sister booked.

Why isn’t there a separate word for she?