Questions & Answers about عندك شباك بالغرفة؟
What does عندك mean here? Is it literally you have?
Yes. In Levantine Arabic, عندك is a very common way to say you have.
Literally, عند means something like at or by, and -ك means you. So word-for-word, عندك is roughly at you. But in natural English, that becomes you have.
So:
- عندك = you have
- literal idea = at you
This is one of the most common possession patterns in spoken Arabic.
Why is there no separate word for do like in Do you have...?
Because Arabic does not need a helper verb like English do to form this kind of question.
In English, you say:
- You have a window.
- Do you have a window?
In Levantine Arabic, the sentence can stay basically the same, and the question is shown by:
- intonation in speech
- the question mark in writing
So:
- عندك شباك بالغرفة. = You have a window in the room.
- عندك شباك بالغرفة؟ = Do you have a window in the room?
No extra word like do is needed.
What does the -ك in عندك mean?