عندك اخ او اخت؟

Yes — literally, عندك means something like at you or with you. In Arabic, that is a very common way to express having.

So instead of a separate verb like English to have, Levantine Arabic often uses:

• عندك = you have
• عندي = I have
• عنده = he has
• عندها = she has

So in this sentence, عندك اخ او اخت؟ is structurally closer to Do you have a brother or a sister?

It is usually pronounced something like:

• ʿindak when speaking to a man
• ʿindek or ʿindik when speaking to a woman, depending on the dialect

A rough English-friendly spelling is:

• 3indak
• 3indek / 3indik

The first sound ع is the tricky consonant called ʿayn. English does not have an exact equivalent, so beginners often just learn to recognize it first and improve it over time.

In writing without vowel marks, عندك can represent both:

• masculine ʿindak
• feminine ʿindek / ʿindik

So the spelling stays the same, but the pronunciation may change.

That means the written sentence can be used for either you (male) or you (female), and the listener understands from speech or context.

Arabic does not need an extra helping word like English do to form this kind of question.

English:

• Do you have a brother?

Levantine Arabic:

• عندك اخ؟

The sentence becomes a question mainly through:

• intonation in speech
• the question mark in writing

Sometimes speakers may add a question word or particle in other situations, but here it is completely normal to ask the question without one.

Arabic does not have a word exactly like English a or an.

So:

• اخ = a brother / brother
• اخت = a sister / sister

Whether it means a brother, one brother, or just brother depends on context.

In fully spelled Standard Arabic, you would normally write:

• أخ
• أخت

In casual Arabic writing, especially in texting or informal materials, people often leave out the hamza and write:

• اخ
• اخت

او means or.

In more careful spelling, it is written أو with a hamza. In informal writing, many people simply write او.

So:

• اخ او اخت = a brother or a sister

This is a very common and straightforward use of or.

It is understandable and natural enough, especially if the speaker is asking whether you have at least one brother or one sister.

However, if you want to ask more generally about siblings, native speakers might also say things like:

• عندك إخوة أو أخوات؟
• عندك إخوان أو أخوات؟
• in more colloquial speech, dialect-specific forms are also common

So عندك اخ او اخت؟ is fine, but it sounds a bit more like Do you have a brother or a sister? rather than the broader English question Do you have any siblings?

هل is a question particle used more in Modern Standard Arabic than in everyday Levantine speech.

In Levantine, people usually do not use هل in normal conversation for simple yes/no questions like this.

So:

• more formal / Standard-style: هل عندك أخ أو أخت؟
• everyday Levantine: عندك اخ او اخت؟

The version without هل is the normal conversational one.

In everyday Levantine Arabic, case endings are not used.

In Modern Standard Arabic, you might see forms like:

• أخٌ
• أختٌ

But in Levantine speech, those final grammatical endings disappear. That is why the words appear simply as:

• أخ / اخ
• أخت / اخت

This is one of the big differences between spoken Arabic and formal written Arabic.

A more careful spelling would be:

• عندك أخ أو أخت؟

The version you were given is:

• عندك اخ او اخت؟

The differences are the missing hamzas:

• أخ instead of اخ
• أو instead of او
• أخت instead of اخت

In informal writing, especially chat messages, many people omit hamzas. Learners should still recognize both versions.

A few simple answers would be:

• نعم = yes
• لا = no

More natural spoken-style answers:

• إي، عندي أخ. = Yes, I have a brother.
• إي، عندي أخت. = Yes, I have a sister.
• إي، عندي أخ وأخت. = Yes, I have a brother and a sister.
• لا، ما عندي. = No, I don’t have any.

In Levantine, ما عندي is a very common way to say I don’t have.

The hardest sound for many learners is usually ع in عندك.

It is called ʿayn. It is a deep throat sound with no exact English equivalent.

Other things learners may notice:

• خ in أخ / اخ is also unfamiliar for many English speakers; it sounds like the ch in German Bach or Scottish loch
• the difference between أخ and أخت is important: أخت adds a t sound at the end

So the words to practice most are often:

• عندك
• أخ
• أخت

Yes, historically and grammatically, the ت at the end is related to a common feminine pattern in Arabic.

Compare:

• أخ = brother
• أخت = sister

In many Arabic nouns, a t sound is associated with feminine forms, although not every feminine noun works the same way.

So for learners, it is helpful to notice that أخت is the feminine counterpart of أخ.

It can sometimes function that way loosely in conversation, but literally the words are singular:

• أخ = brother
• أخت = sister

So the sentence most directly asks whether you have a brother or a sister.

If you want to be clearly plural and ask about siblings more generally, other phrasing is often better. Still, in everyday speech, people may use simple singular wording and rely on context.