اختي كانت عم تغسل شعرها لما وصلت رسالة عالتلفون.

my

Breakdown of اختي كانت عم تغسل شعرها لما وصلت رسالة عالتلفون.

• ال: the
• اخت: sister
• عم: am ...ing

Questions & Answers about اختي كانت عم تغسل شعرها لما وصلت رسالة عالتلفون.

How does اختي mean my sister?

Because Arabic usually adds possessive endings directly to the noun.

• أخت / اخت = sister
• -ي = my

So اختي means my sister.

This is very common in Arabic. For example:

• بيتي = my house
• صاحبي = my friend
• كتابي = my book

Why is it written اختي and not أختي?

In informal Levantine writing, people often leave out the hamza, so اختي is a very normal casual spelling.

• More formal / standard spelling: أختي
• Casual dialect spelling: اختي

They mean the same thing. In chat messages and everyday dialect writing, omitting hamza is extremely common.

What does كانت عم تغسل mean exactly?

This is the Levantine way to express the past continuous: was doing something.

Breakdown:

• كانت = she was
• عم = marks an ongoing action
• تغسل = wash / is washing

So كانت عم تغسل means she was washing.

This pattern is very common in Levantine:

• كان عم يدرس = he was studying