حكيت مع الست.

A common Levantine pronunciation is:

ḥkēt maʿ is-sitt

You may also hear something closer to hakēt maʿ es-sitt, depending on the speaker and region.

A few pronunciation notes:

• ح = a stronger, breathier h than English h
• ع in مع = the Arabic letter ʿayn, a sound English does not have
• الست is written with ال, but it is pronounced is-sitt / es-sitt, not al-sitt

So the sentence may sound faster and more connected than the spelling suggests.

حكيت is the past tense form meaning I talked, I spoke, or sometimes I told, depending on context.

It comes from the verb حكى, which in Levantine commonly means to talk, to speak, or to tell.

In this sentence, because it is followed by مع meaning with, the sense is clearly I talked/spoke with.

In Arabic, the verb itself often shows who did the action.

Here:

• حكيت = I talked
• the ending -ت marks first person singular in the past

So you do not need a separate word for I.

You could say أنا حكيت مع الست, but أنا is usually added only for emphasis, contrast, or clarity.

No. حكيت can be said by either a man or a woman.

In the Levantine past tense, the I form does not show the speaker’s gender.

So:

• a male speaker can say حكيت
• a female speaker can also say حكيت

مع means with, and in Levantine Arabic it is very common to say:

• حكى مع = talk with / speak with

So حكيت مع الست literally follows the pattern I talked with the lady.

English often says both talked with and talked to, but Levantine commonly uses مع in this kind of sentence.

Sometimes, but the nuance can change.

• حكيت مع الست = I talked with the lady
  This sounds like a conversation or interaction.

• حكيت للست = often more like I told the lady or I spoke to the lady

So مع is the most natural choice if you want the sense of talking with someone.

الست usually means the lady or the woman in a respectful, colloquial way.

It is a very common spoken word in Levantine Arabic. Depending on context, ست can sometimes refer to:

• a woman
• a lady
• sometimes a wife, in certain situations

But in حكيت مع الست, the most natural reading is the lady / the woman.

It sounds more conversational and natural in dialect than a more formal word like المرأة.

Because س is a sun letter.

In Arabic, when الـ comes before a sun letter, the ل sound disappears in pronunciation and the next consonant is doubled.

So:

• written: الست
• pronounced: as-sitt / es-sitt / is-sitt

This is normal Arabic pronunciation behavior. The spelling stays the same, but the sound changes.

In Levantine Arabic, ست is usually pronounced sitt.

So the vowel is a short i sound, not a.

That is why الست is commonly heard as:

• is-sitt
• es-sitt

depending on accent and region.

This is Levantine colloquial Arabic, not Modern Standard Arabic.

A more formal equivalent might be something like:

• تحدثتُ مع السيدة
• تكلمتُ مع المرأة

But in everyday Levantine speech, حكيت مع الست sounds much more natural.

Because this is spoken Levantine Arabic.

In Modern Standard Arabic, words may have case endings, especially in careful formal speech or writing. In Levantine dialect, those endings are normally dropped.

So you simply say:

• حكيت مع الست

without any extra ending on الست.

Yes. That is very common.

Depending on the structure and context, حكى can mean:

• talk
• speak
• tell

For example:

• حكيت معو = I talked with him
• حكيتلو = often I told him or I spoke to him

So the meaning becomes clearer from the words around it.

Yes, but حكيت مع الست is the most neutral and natural order.

You might sometimes hear a different order for emphasis, such as:

• مع الست حكيت

But that sounds marked or contrastive, like emphasizing with the lady specifically.

For a learner, حكيت مع الست is the best default pattern.

A very common negative is:

ما حكيت مع الست = I didn’t talk with the lady

In Levantine, ما is the normal way to negate a past-tense verb like this.

Usually, in spoken Levantine, you just use intonation:

حكيت مع الست؟ = Did you talk with the lady?

So the words can stay the same, and your voice rises at the end.

In everyday speech, that is much more natural than using a formal question particle.