Breakdown of هل عندك قميص غير هذا؟
هلhal
is / are (question marker)
هذاhâdhâ
this (m)
كka
your / you (object)
عند'inda
at / to have
قميصqamîs
shirt
غيرghayr
not, un- (before an adjective); other than
Questions & Answers about هل عندك قميص غير هذا؟
How do I know if عندك is meant for a man or a woman without the vowels?
In written Arabic without short vowel marks, عندك can be read as either 'indaka (talking to a male) or 'indaki (talking to a female). In real life, you simply pronounce the ending that matches the person standing in front of you.
How does the word غير work here to mean "other than"?
The word غير is very common for expressing "other than," "non-," or "different." Grammatically, it acts like a noun that owns the word after it. So غير هذا connects together much like a possessive phrase, literally meaning "the different of this."
Why doesn't the Arabic sentence have a word for "one" at the end like the English translation does?
English often adds "one" after "this" or "that" to sound complete (like "this one"). Arabic doesn't need this filler word. The demonstrative pronoun هذا (this) stands perfectly on its own to mean "this one."
Why do we use the masculine word هذا (this) at the end of the sentence?
هذا refers back to the noun you are asking about, which is قميص (shirt). Since قميص is a masculine noun, we must use the masculine هذا. If you were asking about a feminine noun like a car (سيارة), you would use هذه instead.
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