اذا كان هذا القميص ارخص من القميص الاخر، سوف اشتريه اليوم.

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Breakdown of اذا كان هذا القميص ارخص من القميص الاخر، سوف اشتريه اليوم.

• اليوم: today
• سوف: (future marker)
• يشتري: to buy

Questions & Answers about اذا كان هذا القميص ارخص من القميص الاخر، سوف اشتريه اليوم.

Why does the sentence use إذا, and does it mean if or when?

إذا often introduces a future condition that is seen as realistic or possible. In English, it can be translated as either if or when, depending on context.

In this sentence, if is the best translation: If this shirt is cheaper...

Compared with إن, إذا often sounds more like a real, expected situation, while إن can feel more neutral or more hypothetical.

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Why is كان used here if the meaning is present, not past?

This is a very common learner question.

Even though كان is the past form of to be, Arabic often uses past-form verbs after إذا to talk about a future condition. So:

• إذا كان هذا القميص أرخص... means If this shirt is cheaper...

It does not mean if this shirt was cheaper in this context.

Also, إذا usually prefers a verbal clause after it, so كان helps turn هذا القميص أرخص into a clause that fits naturally after إذا.

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Why is it هذا القميص and not هذه القميص?

Because قميص is a masculine singular noun.

So the correct demonstrative is: