امي حطت بيض وجبنة بالفرن مع شوي ملح.

My mother put eggs and cheese in the oven with a little salt.

Breakdown of امي حطت بيض وجبنة بالفرن مع شوي ملح.

• ي: my
• ال: the
• مع: with
• و: and

Questions & Answers about امي حطت بيض وجبنة بالفرن مع شوي ملح.

Why is حطت used here, and what exactly does it mean?

حطت is the past tense of the Levantine verb حطّ / يحطّ, which means to put / place.

So:

• حطّت = she put
• It is very common in spoken Levantine.
• In more formal Arabic, you might see وضعت instead, but حطّت is the natural everyday choice.

In this sentence, أمي حطت... means My mother put...

Why does حطت end in -ت?

The -ت marks the verb as third person feminine singular in the past: she did.

Since أمي means my mother, the verb must agree with a feminine subject:

• حطّ = he put
• حطّت = she put

So the ending matches أمي.

Why is it written امي and not أمي?

In careful spelling, أمي is the standard form.

But in everyday informal writing, many Arabic speakers leave out the hamza and write:

• امي instead of أمي

This is extremely common in chats, texts, and casual writing. A learner should recognize both as the same word.

Also, in Levantine pronunciation, أمي is usually said more like .