بعد أن كتبت اسمي ورقم هاتفي، سألتني الأستاذة عن عنواني.

بعد أن means after or after the fact that.

In this sentence, بعد أن كتبت... means after I wrote...

It is very common in Arabic to use بعد أن with a verb to introduce an action that happened earlier. Here the verb is كتبت (I wrote), because the writing happened before the teacher asked the question.

So the structure is:

• بعد أن كتبت... = after I wrote...
• then the main action:
• سألتني الأستاذة... = the teacher asked me...

It actually does show I.

كتبت is the past tense, first person singular form of كتب (to write), so it means I wrote.

In fully vocalized Arabic, it would be:

• كتبتُ = I wrote

In normal Arabic writing, short vowels are usually not written, so you just see كتبت.

So:

• كتب = he wrote
• كتبتُ = I wrote
• كتبتْ = she wrote

The written form can look similar without vowels, but context tells you which one it is.

اسمي means my name.

It is made of:

• اسم = name
• -ي = my

So:

• اسم = a name / name
• اسمي = my name

This -ي is a possessive suffix attached directly to the noun.

The same pattern appears later in the sentence:

• هاتفي = my phone
• عنواني = my address

This is one of the most common ways Arabic expresses possession.

رقم هاتفي means my phone number, literally the number of my phone.

This is an iḍāfa (construct phrase), a very common Arabic structure for showing possession or close relationships between nouns.

It is built like this:

• رقم = number
• هاتفي = my phone

Together:

• رقم هاتفي = my phone number

In an iḍāfa, the first noun usually does not take الـ. So رقم stays without ال.

Compare:

• رقم الهاتف = the phone number
• رقم هاتفي = my phone number

So the lack of ال on رقم is completely normal.

سألتني means she asked me.

It breaks down into:

• سألت = she asked
• -ني = me

So:

• سألتني = she asked me

The suffix -ني is an attached object pronoun meaning me. It is very common after verbs.

Other examples:

• رآني = he saw me
• سمعني = he heard me
• أخبرتني = she told me

So in this sentence, the teacher is the one doing the asking, and me is the person being asked.

Because الأستاذة is feminine.

أستاذة means female teacher / female professor / female instructor, and it ends in ة, which is a common feminine marker.

So the verb must match the feminine subject:

• سأل = he asked
• سألتْ = she asked

That is why the sentence uses سألتني and not سألني.

So:

• سألتني الأستاذة = the female teacher asked me

Yes. Arabic very often uses verb–subject order, especially in formal written style.

So:

• سألتني الأستاذة = literally asked me the teacher
• natural English meaning: the teacher asked me

This is completely normal Arabic word order.

You could also say:

• الأستاذة سألتني عن عنواني

That is also correct, but it has a slightly different emphasis. In many formal sentences, starting with the verb is very natural.

So both are possible, but the version in your sentence is especially typical of written Arabic.

Because Arabic often expresses ask someone about something with:

• سأل + person + عن + thing

So here:

• سألتني = she asked me
• عن عنواني = about my address

Together:

• سألتني الأستاذة عن عنواني = the teacher asked me about my address

This is a very common pattern.

You may also see سأل used directly with two objects in some contexts, but سأل عن is extremely common when the meaning is ask about or inquire about.

Yes. عنواني means my address, and it works exactly like اسمي.

It is:

• عنوان = address
• -ي = my

So:

• عنواني = my address

This same possessive suffix appears several times in the sentence:

• اسمي = my name
• هاتفي = my phone
• عنواني = my address

So this sentence is a good example of how often Arabic uses attached pronouns instead of separate words like my.

Yes, it is the same particle أن.

Many learners first meet أن before a present-tense verb, where it can affect the mood of that verb. But after expressions like بعد أن, Arabic can also use أن with a past verb, as in this sentence:

• بعد أن كتبت...

So even if you first learned أن in other contexts, do not be surprised to see it here with the past tense. In time expressions like after I wrote, this is normal and natural.

Yes. In normal Arabic text, short vowels and most case endings are usually omitted.

A fully vocalized version would look something like:

• بعدَ أنْ كتبتُ اسمي ورقمَ هاتفي، سألتْني الأستاذةُ عن عنواني.

A few things to notice:

• كتبتُ = the ُ marks I wrote
• سألتْني = the ْ shows the feminine past ending before -ني
• الأستاذةُ = the subject would normally be nominative
• رقمَ = direct object, so accusative in full vocalization

Most everyday Arabic writing leaves these out, so learners need to rely on grammar and context.

It is pronounced roughly:

• sa-ʾa-lat-nī

A more helpful breakdown is:

• سَ = sa
• أَ = a clear hamza sound, like a brief catch in the throat
• لَتْ = lat
• نِي = nī

So the whole word is:

• سألتني = saʾalatnī

The important point is that the أ is a real hamza, so it is not just saltani or saalatani. There is a distinct stop sound in the middle.

It is better to think of it in chunks:

• بعد أن كتبت اسمي ورقم هاتفي = After I wrote my name and phone number
• سألتني الأستاذة عن عنواني = the teacher asked me about my address

This helps because Arabic often organizes information a little differently from English.

If you try to follow each word mechanically, you may get stuck on things like:

• attached pronouns such as -ني and -ي
• verb-first word order
• iḍāfa phrases like رقم هاتفي

So for understanding and speaking, chunking is often much more useful than strict word-for-word matching.