عندي سؤال عن هاي الكلمة بالعربي.

Yes. In Levantine Arabic, عندي means I have in the sense of at me / with me.

• عند = at, with
• -ي = my / me

So عندي سؤال is literally something like At me is a question, but the natural English meaning is I have a question.

This is very common in Arabic: possession is often expressed without a verb like to have.

Arabic usually does not use a separate verb meaning to have the way English does.

Instead, Levantine often uses:

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

So:

• عندي سؤال = I have a question
• There is no extra verb needed.

This is completely normal and one of the first big differences English speakers notice.

سؤال means question.

A common pronunciation in Levantine is roughly:

• suʔāl
• or written for learners as su2aal / su'al

Important points:

• The ء inside the word is a glottal stop, like a tiny catch in the throat.
• The stress is usually on the second syllable: su-ʔAAL.

So عندي سؤال sounds roughly like ʿandī suʔāl.

عن means about.

So:

• سؤال عن... = a question about...

In this sentence:

• عن هاي الكلمة = about this word

This is a very common preposition, and you will see it often with nouns like:

• سؤال عن = a question about
• معلومة عن = information about
• حكي عن = talk about

Yes. هاي means this in Levantine, and here it is the feminine form.

That matters because الكلمة (the word) is grammatically feminine.

So:

• هاي الكلمة = this word (with a feminine noun)

A learner often compares this with other forms such as:

• هاد = this (masculine, in many Levantine varieties)
• هاي = this (feminine)

So the sentence uses هاي because كلمة is feminine.

Because grammatical gender in Arabic is part of the noun itself, not based only on real-world sex.

كلمة is a grammatically feminine noun, so words that point to it or describe it usually match that gender.

That is why you get:

• هاي الكلمة = this word not
• هاد الكلمة

Even though word is not biologically female, the noun is still grammatically feminine.

Both are common in Levantine.

• هاي الكلمة = this word
• هالكلمة = also this word

هالـ is a very common shortened demonstrative used before nouns. It is especially common in everyday speech.

So these are both natural:

• عندي سؤال عن هاي الكلمة بالعربي
• عندي سؤال عن هالكلمة بالعربي

The version with هالـ often sounds a little more conversational and compact.

Because the speaker is talking about a specific word: this word.

• كلمة = a word
• الكلمة = the word

Since the phrase is this word, Arabic normally uses the definite noun:

• هاي الكلمة = this word

That matches English logic too: if you say this word, you are pointing to a specific one.

بالعربي means in Arabic.

It is made of:

• بـ = in / with / by
• العربي = Arabic

So:

• بالعربي = in Arabic

In everyday Levantine, بالعربي is very natural and common.

Depending on context, it can mean:

• in Arabic
• in the Arabic language
• in Arabic wording

Here it means something like about this word in Arabic.

Because this sentence is in Levantine, not formal Modern Standard Arabic.

In MSA, you often hear:

• بالعربية

In Levantine speech, people very commonly say:

• بالعربي

So the difference is mainly register and dialect:

• بالعربية = more formal / standard
• بالعربي = everyday Levantine

Both relate to Arabic, but بالعربي is the natural colloquial choice here.

A helpful rough transliteration is:

ʿandī suʔāl ʿan hāy il-kilme bil-ʿarabī

You may also hear slightly different pronunciations depending on the region, but this is a good learner-friendly version.

A few notes:

• عندي → ʿandī
• سؤال → suʔāl
• هاي → hāy
• الكلمة often sounds like il-kilme or l-kilme
• بالعربي → bil-ʿarabī

A natural rhythm would be:

ʿandī suʔāl ʿan hāy il-kilme bil-ʿarabī

In Levantine, الكلمة is often pronounced roughly as:

il-kilme or l-kilme

This differs from a more formal MSA-style pronunciation such as: al-kalima

Some common Levantine changes here are:

• al- often becomes il- or just l-
• the vowels shift, so kalima becomes more like kilme

So if you learned الكلمة from a dictionary, don’t be surprised that everyday speech sounds different.

The sentence is natural as it is, but Arabic word order is often flexible.

This version:

• عندي سؤال عن هاي الكلمة بالعربي

is very natural: I have a question about this word in Arabic.

You could also hear slight rearrangements depending on emphasis, for example if someone wants to stress in Arabic. But for a learner, the original order is excellent and idiomatic.

So yes, word order can shift in Arabic, but this sentence is already a very normal everyday pattern.

Yes, in many Levantine varieties you can hear:

• في عندي سؤال

This also means I have a question.

The في here does not change the core meaning much; it often makes the sentence sound a bit more conversational or gives it an existential feel, something like there is, I have...

So both are possible:

• عندي سؤال
• في عندي سؤال

For a learner, عندي سؤال is simpler and very common.

It is specifically colloquial Levantine-style because of forms like:

• هاي
• بالعربي
• the general spoken wording

Speakers from other Arabic-speaking regions might use different demonstratives or different pronunciation.

For example, in Modern Standard Arabic, a more formal equivalent would be something like:

• لديّ سؤال عن هذه الكلمة بالعربية

But in Levantine conversation, the sentence you have is much more natural and everyday.

So the meaning is widely understandable, but the phrasing is clearly colloquial Levantine.

This sentence is already good and natural.

A very common alternative would be:

• عندي سؤال عن هالكلمة بالعربي

This uses هالـ instead of هاي before the noun, which is extremely common in spoken Levantine.

So these are both natural:

• عندي سؤال عن هاي الكلمة بالعربي
• عندي سؤال عن هالكلمة بالعربي

If you say either one, people will understand you easily.