How to ask for a smaller size: “Do you have it in a smaller size?”

The dress looks nice, but it pinches at the waist, so you want to check whether there is a smaller size. In a shop, that’s one short question: Do you have it in a smaller size?

The phrase: Do you have it in a smaller size?

The core question is Do you have it in a smaller size? You can replace it with this when the item is in front of you and you point at it. The Ukrainian original is «У вас є це у меншому розмірі?».

• Do you have it in a smaller size?Asking about one specific item that you already have in hand or on the rail.
• Do you have this in a smaller size?The same question, with “this” pointing at the item you’re looking at.
• Do you have a smaller size?A shorter version, when it’s already clear which item you mean.

Use a after in: in a smaller size. You’re asking about any smaller size, not one particular one, so the indefinite article is needed.

Size words: small, medium, large

The video pairs the phrase with three basic sizes. The comparative of small is smaller. For large, use larger or the more informal bigger:

• small — small; smaller — a smaller size
• medium — medium
• large — large; larger / bigger — a bigger size

• Do you have a medium?Asking for the medium size, no item named.
• Do you have it in a larger size?Asking for a bigger size of the same item.
• Do you have a small?Asking for the small size.

Common mistakes

• Do you have it in smaller size? — the article is missing. Say in a smaller size.
• Do you have it in less size? — Ukrainian speakers often reach for less, but with sizes the word is smaller.
• Do you have smaller? — understandable, but in a clothing shop Do you have a smaller one? sounds more natural.

Useful phrases in the fitting room

• Can I try it on?Asking to try an item on. See our lesson on “Can I try this on?”.
• It’s too big.The item doesn’t fit: it’s too large.
• Is there anything smaller?A broader question, when you don’t have a specific item in mind.
• Do you have it in another color?Asking for the same item in a different colour.

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