Looking for a flat · Adding a defining description

Adding a defining description in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

Application goal: Adding a defining description.

Use who for people and which for things; that can be used in many defining relative clauses. The clause identifies the person or thing you mean.

Context: Looking for a flat. Identify the wording that achieves this goal, then adapt the details to a situation of your own.

Practical examples

However, the bus that stops nearby does not run in the evening.

لكن الحافلة التي تتوقف بالقرب منه لا تعمل مساءً.

The agent who showed us around suggested another property.

اقترح الوكيل الذي اصطحبنا في الجولة عقارًا آخر.

We will compare both flats before making an offer.

سنقارن الشقتين قبل تقديم عرض.

Check your understanding

1. Choose the closest Arabic meaning of this expression: However, the bus that stops nearby does not run in the evening.
2. Choose the English expression that matches this meaning: سنقارن الشقتين قبل تقديم عرض.