هذه زوجتي.

In careful Modern Standard Arabic, it is pronounced hādhihi zawjatī.

A rough breakdown:

• هذه = hā-dhi-hi
• ذ sounds like th in this
• زوجتي = zaw-ja-tī
• the final -ī sounds like ee in see

So a natural approximation is: haa-thi-hi zaw-ja-tee.

By itself, هذه means this for a feminine noun.

The English word is is not inside هذه. Arabic usually leaves out the present-tense verb to be in sentences like this. So:

• هذه = this
• زوجتي = my wife

But together, هذه زوجتي naturally means This is my wife.

Because زوجة meaning wife is a feminine noun, and Arabic demonstratives must agree with the noun in gender.

• هذا = this for masculine nouns
• هذه = this for feminine nouns

So:

• هذا زوجي = This is my husband
• هذه زوجتي = This is my wife

It is feminine because of زوجتي, not because of the speaker.

Arabic makes this agree with the noun being pointed out. So even if the speaker were male or female, هذه stays feminine here because wife is feminine.

زوجتي means my wife.

It is made of:

• زوجة = wife
• -ي = my

So the basic idea is:

زوجة + ي = زوجتي
wife + my = my wife

This happens because of the final ة, called tāʾ marbūṭa.

When a word ending in ة stands alone, it is usually pronounced like -a or -ah in pause:

• زوجة = zawja(h)

But when you add a suffix like -ي meaning my, that ة is pronounced as t:

• زوجتي = zawjatī

So زوجةي is not the correct form. The correct spelling is زوجتي.

No. -ي always means my, regardless of whether the speaker is a man or a woman.

So grammatically:

• a man can say زوجتي = my wife
• a woman can also use -ي in other words, such as أمي = my mother

The suffix -ي shows possession, not the speaker's gender.

Yes. It is a complete sentence.

This kind of sentence is called a nominal sentence in Arabic. In the present tense, Arabic often does not use a word for is/am/are.

So هذه زوجتي is a normal and complete sentence meaning This is my wife.

If you wanted another tense, then a verb would appear, for example in past or future contexts.

The sentence has two main parts:

• هذه = the thing being identified, this
• زوجتي = the information about it, my wife

In traditional Arabic grammar, هذه is the mubtadaʾ and زوجتي is the khabar.

A simple way to think of it in English is:

• هذه = subject/topic
• زوجتي = predicate/comment

So the structure is basically: This — my wife = This is my wife.

For beginners, it is best to keep the normal order:

هذه زوجتي

That is the straightforward way to say This is my wife.

Other word orders can appear in Arabic, but they often sound more marked, literary, or context-dependent. So if your goal is clear standard Arabic, هذه زوجتي is the safest form to use.

Usually, no.

In normal Arabic writing, people typically write:

• هذه زوجتي

without short-vowel marks.

In teaching materials or dictionaries, you may see the fully vocalized form:

• هٰذِهِ زَوْجَتِي

Both represent the same sentence. The version without vowel marks is the normal everyday spelling.

This sentence is correct Modern Standard Arabic.

People will understand it, especially in formal situations, writing, news, education, or careful speech. In everyday dialects, the demonstrative this often changes pronunciation, and some dialects may use a different everyday word for wife.

So هذه زوجتي is excellent MSA, even if colloquial Arabic may sound different from region to region.