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Questions & Answers about زوجته هي الدكتورة.
How do you pronounce زوجته هي الدكتورة in Levantine Arabic?
A common Levantine-style pronunciation would be:
zawjto hiyye d-doktōra
A few notes:
- زوجته is often pronounced zawjto in Levantine.
- هي is usually pronounced hiyye or hiyé, not the more formal hiya.
- الدكتورة is pronounced id-doktōra or d-doktōra in connected speech, because د is a sun letter, so the l in ال assimilates.
What does زوجته break down into?
زوجته means his wife.
It breaks down like this:
- زوجة = wife
- ـه = his
So literally:
- زوجة + ه = زوجته
- wife + his = his wife
Also, an important grammar point:
The final ة in زوجة becomes a pronounced t when a suffix is added. That is why you get زوجتـه, not just زوجه.
Why is there a t sound in زوجته if the word is زوجة?
Because the final ة (called ) behaves differently when something is attached to it.