Breakdown of Das Garn ist teuer, aber sie hat noch welches übrig und will heute stricken.
sein
to be
sie
she
und
and
haben
to have
aber
but
heute
today
teuer
expensive
wollen
to want
noch
still / yet
der
who, which, that (relative pronoun; die, das)
welcher
some / any (pronoun)
das Garn
the yarn
übrig
left over
stricken
to knit
Questions & Answers about Das Garn ist teuer, aber sie hat noch welches übrig und will heute stricken.
Why does the indefinite pronoun take the form welches here?
It refers back to the noun das Garn, which is neuter. Because it is the direct object of the verb hat (she has some yarn), it must be in the accusative case. The neuter accusative form of the pronoun welch- is welches.
Could I use etwas instead of welches to mean 'some' in this sentence?
How does the phrase noch welches übrig work grammatically?
The core expression here is etwas übrig haben, meaning 'to have something left' or 'to have something left over'. The word übrig goes at the end of the clause, framing the object noch welches (still some) similar to how a separable prefix behaves.
Why is there no subject before will in the final part of the sentence?
The full clause would be und sie will heute stricken. Because the subject (sie) is exactly the same as in the previous clause (sie hat...), you can simply drop it after the coordinating conjunction und, just as you would in English ('and wants to...').
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