يمشط صديقي فراء القطة.

يمشط is the imperfect verb form of مشّط, which means to comb.

In a sentence like this, the imperfect can mean:

• combs (habitual or general present)
• is combing (present action)

So the exact English tense depends on context. On its own, يمشط can cover both ideas.

Also, this verb is from Form II, so when fully vocalized it is يُمَشِّطُ. The doubled middle consonant is important.

Because verb–subject–object order is very common in Modern Standard Arabic.

So:

• يمشط = the verb
• صديقي = the subject
• فراء القطة = the object

Arabic can also use subject–verb–object order, but starting with the verb is completely normal and very common in formal Arabic.

صديق means friend.

The ending -ي here means my, so:

• صديق = friend
• صديقي = my friend

This -ي is a possessive suffix. Arabic often shows possession by attaching a suffix directly to the noun, instead of using a separate word like my.

Because the verb agrees with the subject, not the object.

Here, the subject is صديقي = my friend, and that is masculine singular, so the verb is masculine singular:

• يمشط = he combs / is combing

The word القطة is the object, so its gender does not control the verb.

If the subject were feminine, you would change the verb. For example:

• تمشط صديقتي فراء القطة = my female friend combs the cat’s fur

This is an iḍāfa construction, often called a construct phrase.

It literally works like:

• فراء = fur
• القطة = the cat

Together:

• فراء القطة = the cat’s fur
• literally, the fur of the cat

This is one of the main ways Arabic expresses possession or close relationships between nouns.

Because in an iḍāfa construction, the first noun normally does not take ال.

So Arabic says:

• فراء القطة

not:

• الفراء القطة

The definiteness comes from the second noun:

• القطة = the cat

Since the second noun is definite, the whole phrase فراء القطة becomes definite: the cat’s fur.

Because صديقي is already definite.

The suffix -ي means my, and something that is my X is already definite by nature. So Arabic does not add ال as well.

Compare:

• صديق = a friend / friend
• صديقي = my friend

So صديقي does not need ال.

In normal Arabic writing, short vowels and case endings are usually not written.

If fully vocalized, the sentence would be something like:

يُمَشِّطُ صَدِيقِي فِرَاءَ القِطَّةِ

The important roles are:

• صديقي = subject
• فراءَ = direct object, so it is accusative
• القطةِ = second noun in an iḍāfa, so it is genitive

Learners often do not see these endings in everyday text because Arabic usually leaves them unwritten.

A careful pronunciation is roughly:

yumashshiṭu ṣadīqī firā’a al-qiṭṭati

A few things to notice:

• يمشط has a doubled sh sound because the verb is really يُمَشِّطُ
• صديقي is ṣa-dī-qī
• القطة has a doubled ṭ sound: qiṭ-ṭa

In pause, many speakers will pronounce the end more lightly and may not fully pronounce the final case vowel.

Yes. That is also correct.

Compare:

• يمشط صديقي فراء القطة = verb-first, very common in MSA
• صديقي يمشط فراء القطة = subject-first, also correct

The basic meaning stays the same. The subject-first version can sound a little more like you are placing focus or topic emphasis on my friend.

So both are grammatical; the difference is mainly in style and information structure, not core meaning.