حكيت مع الست.

with

Breakdown of حكيت مع الست.

• حكى: to talk
• ست: woman; lady

Questions & Answers about حكيت مع الست.

How do I pronounce 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.

What does حكيت mean exactly?

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.

Why does حكيت mean I talked? Where is the word for I?

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

Here:

• حكيت =