Word
حكيت مع زوجته.
Meaning
I talked with his wife.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about حكيت مع زوجته.
How do you pronounce 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.
What does حكيت mean here?
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.
What tense is حكيت?
It is the past tense.
So the sentence is talking about something that already happened: spoke / talked, not speak / am speaking.
Does حكيت mean I spoke or you spoke?
In many Levantine varieties, can mean either: