اختي بتحب البندورة والبصل مع الخضرة.

The word is made of:

• اخت / أخت = sister
• -ي = my

So اختي means my sister.

In Levantine writing, people often drop the hamza and write اختي instead of the more standard أختي.

The base word is أخت, not a word ending in ة. But this is still a very useful question because many feminine words in Arabic do have a final ة, and that sound often changes depending on whether a suffix is attached.

With أخت, the t is part of the word itself, so when you say أختي / اختي, you clearly hear the t: ukhti / ekhti / ikhti depending on dialect and pronunciation.

So here, the t is completely normal and expected.

بتحب can be broken down like this:

• بـ = a present/habitual marker in Levantine
• تحب = she likes / you like depending on context

In this sentence, because the subject is اختي (my sister), بتحب means she likes.

So the whole clause:

• اختي بتحب = my sister likes

In Levantine Arabic, the بـ prefix is very common in the present tense. It often marks:

• habitual actions
• general facts
• regular present meaning

So بتحب is the normal Levantine way to say she likes or she loves in a general sense.

This is different from Standard Arabic, where you would usually see تحب without the extra بـ.

Because Arabic verbs already show person and gender.

بتحب already tells you the subject is either:

• she
• or you (masculine singular)

Since the sentence begins with اختي (my sister), the meaning is clearly she likes.

Arabic often does not need a separate pronoun when the subject is already clear from the verb or from a noun in the sentence.

Levantine Arabic very often uses subject + verb order in everyday speech:

• اختي بتحب ... = My sister likes ...

This is very natural in spoken Arabic.

Arabic can also use verb-first order in some contexts, but for casual Levantine speech, starting with the subject is extremely common and usually sounds very straightforward to learners.

This is one of the most common things English speakers notice.

In Arabic, especially when talking about foods or things in a general sense, the definite article الـ is often used where English would use no article at all.

So:

• البندورة = tomatoes / the tomato
• البصل = onions / the onion
• الخضرة = greens / vegetables / the greens

In English, we say My sister likes tomatoes and onions.
In Arabic, using الـ here sounds completely normal for general categories of food.

In Levantine Arabic, food items are often mentioned in a generic or collective way rather than matching English singular/plural exactly.

So البندورة can refer to:

• the tomato as a food category
• tomatoes in general

Similarly:

• البصل can mean onions in general
• الخضرة can mean greens/vegetables collectively

So even if the English translation uses a plural, Arabic may use a singular or collective noun naturally.

Yes. بندورة is a very common Levantine word for tomato.

A native English speaker learning Levantine should know that this is dialect vocabulary. In Standard Arabic, learners often see طماطم for tomatoes.

So:

• بندورة = common in Levantine
• طماطم = common in Standard Arabic and in some other dialect situations

If you want to sound Levantine, بندورة is the word to learn.

الخضرة is a broad word in Levantine. Depending on context, it can mean:

• greens
• vegetables
• fresh produce
• salad greens / herbs / fresh veggie mix

In this sentence, it most likely means something like greens/fresh vegetables eaten along with the tomatoes and onions.

It is a collective noun, so it often refers to a category rather than one specific vegetable.

مع means with.

So:

• البندورة والبصل = tomatoes and onions
• مع الخضرة = with greens / with vegetables

This tells you that the tomatoes and onions are liked together with the greens, not just as a separate list of three things.

If the speaker only wanted a simple list, they might use another و. But مع adds the idea of combination: tomatoes and onions with greens.

It can mean either, depending on context.

The verb حب covers both to like and to love.
With food, it usually means likes:

• اختي بتحب البندورة = My sister likes tomatoes

With people or strong emotion, it can mean loves.

So here, the natural English meaning is likes, not loves.

A common pronunciation would be something like:

ekhti btiḥibb el-bandora wel-baṣal maʿ el-khodra

A few notes:

• اختي often sounds like ekhti or ikhti
• بتحب is often btiḥibb
• البندورة is often el-bandora
• والبصل becomes wel-baṣal
• الخضرة is often el-khodra

Exact pronunciation varies by country and city, but that gives you a good Levantine-style reading.