Questions & Answers about اذا عندك حرارة ووجع راس، لازم تشوف دكتور اليوم.
What does اذا mean here?
It means if. In Levantine, it is usually pronounced iza. It introduces the condition in the sentence: if you have a fever and a headache...
In informal Levantine, this is a very common way to start an if sentence.
Why does عندك mean you have?
In Arabic, possession is often expressed with something like at/with you rather than a separate verb to have.
- عند = at / with
- -ك = you
So عندك حرارة literally means something like there is fever with you / at you, but naturally it means you have a fever.
This is a very common pattern in Levantine:
- عندي = I have
- عندك = you have
- عندو = he has
- عندا = she has
Does حرارة literally mean heat or does it specifically mean fever?
Literally, حرارة is related to heat or temperature. But in everyday speech, عنده حرارة or عندي حرارة very often means to have a fever.
So in this sentence, حرارة is best understood as fever or high temperature, not just general warmth.