صديقي يستحق هذه الهدية.

صديقي means my friend.

It is made of:

• صديق = friend
• ـي = my (a suffix pronoun)

So Arabic often shows possession by attaching a pronoun directly to the noun, instead of using a separate word like my.

• صديق = friend
• صديقي = my friend

This final ـي is pronounced like a long ee sound.

In Arabic, the verb to be in the present tense is usually not expressed.

So where English says:

• My friend is deserving of this gift
• or more naturally, My friend deserves this gift

Arabic simply says:

• صديقي يستحق هذه الهدية

There is no separate present-tense is here. This is completely normal in Arabic.

يستحق means he deserves or he is worthy of.

It is a present-tense verb in the third person masculine singular form.

That matches صديقي, because صديق is a masculine singular noun.

So:

• يستحق = he deserves
• صديقي يستحق = my friend deserves

If the subject were feminine, the verb would usually change accordingly.

Because the subject صديقي refers to friend in the masculine singular.

In Arabic, verbs often agree with their subject in gender and number.

So here:

• صديقي = my friend, masculine singular
• يستحق = he deserves, masculine singular

If you were talking about my female friend, you would say:

• صديقتي تستحق هذه الهدية
  My female friend deserves this gift.

Notice how يستحق becomes تستحق.

Because هدية is a feminine noun.

In Arabic, demonstratives like this must agree with the noun in gender.

• هذا = this, for masculine nouns
• هذه = this, for feminine nouns

Since هدية is feminine, we say:

• هذه الهدية = this gift

not:

• هذا الهدية

In Arabic, when you use a demonstrative like هذا / هذه with a noun, the noun is usually also definite, so it normally takes الـ.

So Arabic says:

• هذه الهدية = literally this the-gift

That is just the normal Arabic structure.

Compare:

• هذا الكتاب = this book
• هذه السيارة = this car
• هذه الهدية = this gift

So even though it sounds unusual from an English perspective, it is correct Arabic.

It is a demonstrative phrase:

• هذه = this
• الهدية = the gift

Together: this gift

In Arabic, the demonstrative usually comes first, followed by the definite noun.

So the pattern is:

• هذا + definite masculine noun
• هذه + definite feminine noun

Examples:

• هذا البيت = this house
• هذه المرأة = this woman

Arabic can use different word orders.

This sentence begins with the subject:

• صديقي يستحق هذه الهدية
• My friend deserves this gift

This is a very natural and common order, especially when you want to focus on my friend.

Arabic could also say:

• يستحق صديقي هذه الهدية

This is also grammatical, but it feels a bit different in emphasis and style.

So both subject-first and verb-first patterns are possible in Arabic.

Yes. In this sentence, هذه الهدية is the thing being deserved, so it functions as the direct object.

Structure:

• صديقي = subject
• يستحق = verb
• هذه الهدية = direct object

So the sentence pattern is basically:

• Subject + Verb + Object

A simple pronunciation guide is:

ṣadīqī yastaḥiqqu hādhihi l-hadiyya

A rough English-friendly approximation:

sa-DEE-kee yas-ta-HIQ-qu HAA-dhi-hil ha-DIY-ya

A few notes:

• ص is a heavier, emphatic s
• ح is a breathy h sound from deeper in the throat
• ذ in هذه sounds like th in this
• ـي in صديقي is a long ee

Many Arabic nouns are grammatically feminine, and هدية is one of them.

A common sign of femininity is the ة at the end of a noun:

• هدية

That ending often marks a feminine noun, though not always in every case.

Because هدية is feminine, words that refer to it or modify it must match that gender, which is why we use:

• هذه الهدية

and not:

• هذا الهدية

Yes. Depending on context, يستحق can mean:

• deserves
• is worthy of
• merits

In this sentence, deserves is the most natural English translation, but is worthy of this gift is also a good literal-style interpretation.

So the Arabic word has a range of meanings depending on context.

Yes. In normal Arabic writing, short case endings are usually omitted.

So you usually see:

• صديقي يستحق هذه الهدية

without full ending vowels.

In very careful fully vocalized Arabic, grammatical endings could be shown, especially in formal or educational contexts. But in everyday printed Arabic, they are normally left out.

For a learner, the important point is:

• what you see written here is completely normal
• Arabic often leaves short final vowels unwritten

Yes, the sentence is perfectly good Modern Standard Arabic, and it is also clear enough to be understood widely.

However, in everyday conversation, many speakers would often use their local dialect instead of this exact MSA wording.

So:

• in MSA, this sentence is natural and correct
• in spoken dialects, people may choose different words or pronunciation

But as an MSA sentence, it is completely standard.