حكيت مع زوجته.

A common Levantine pronunciation is ḥkēt maʿ zawjto.

• ḥkēt = spoke / talked
• maʿ = with
• zawjto = his wife

You may also hear a slight helping vowel, closer to ḥakēt. The ʿ in maʿ represents the Arabic letter ع.

Here, حكيت means spoke or talked.

The verb حكى / يحكي in Levantine can mean:

• to talk
• to speak
• to tell

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

It is the past tense.

So the sentence is talking about something that already happened: spoke / talked, not speak / am speaking.

In many Levantine varieties, حكيت can mean either:

• I spoke
• you spoke to one male

The form is identical, so context tells you which one is meant. If you want to make it clear, you can add the pronoun:

• أنا حكيت = I spoke
• إنت حكيت = you spoke to a man

Because Arabic verbs usually already include the subject.

So حكيت by itself can already mean I spoke. Arabic often leaves out the pronoun unless it is needed for emphasis, contrast, or clarity.

For example:

• حكيت مع زوجته = I spoke with his wife
• أنا حكيت مع زوجته = I spoke with his wife with extra emphasis on I

مع means with, and in Levantine حكى مع is a very common way to say talk with or speak with someone.

So:

• حكيت مع زوجته = I talked with his wife

If you use لـ instead, the meaning can shift toward told someone something or spoke to someone, depending on context.

زوجته = زوجة + ـه

• زوجة = wife
• ـه = his

So literally it is his wife.

A very important spelling point: when a feminine noun ends in ة and takes a suffix, that ة becomes ت in writing and pronunciation.

So:

• زوجة = wife
• زوجته = his wife

The same thing happens in many other words:

• سيارة = car
• سيارته = his car

Because the final ة of a feminine noun turns into ت when another ending is attached.

This is a very common Arabic pattern.

So:

• on its own: زوجة
• with a suffix: زوجته

This is not a different word; it is just how feminine nouns behave when they are linked to something after them.

In Levantine, the attached pronoun ـه is usually pronounced more like -o after a consonant.

So زوجته is commonly pronounced zawjto, not something like zawjteh in careful everyday speech.

That is why learners often hear:

• بيته as bēto
• اسمه as ismo
• زوجته as zawjto

زوجته is understandable and natural, but it can sound a bit more neutral or formal depending on the speaker and region.

In everyday Levantine, many speakers also use:

• مرته = his wife

So both can exist, but:

• زوجته may feel a bit more formal or closer to standard vocabulary
• مرته often feels more colloquial

Usage varies by country, family, and personal preference.

Starting with the verb is very normal in Arabic.

So حكيت مع زوجته is a natural way to say it. You could also say:

• أنا حكيت مع زوجته

Both are possible, but the version without أنا is very common because the verb already carries the subject.

It is best understood as Levantine.

The strongest clue is حكيت, which is a common Levantine past-tense form of حكى.

Also, حكى مع is a very natural Levantine way to express spoke with.

In Modern Standard Arabic, you would more likely see something like:

• تحدثتُ مع زوجته
• تكلمتُ مع زوجته

So the spelling may look familiar to learners of Standard Arabic, but the sentence itself is dialectal in character.