Breakdown of هذه تذكرتها.
هذهhâdhihi
this (f)
تذكرةtadhkira
ticket
هاhâ
her / her (object) / it (feminine)
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Questions & Answers about هذه تذكرتها.
How does the word for "her" work in this sentence?
In Arabic, possessive pronouns like "my", "your", "his", and "her" are attached to the end of the noun. Here, the suffix ـها is added to the word for ticket to make it "her ticket".
Why does the word for ticket have a regular ت (taa) in the middle instead of a taa marbuta ة?
The base word for ticket is تذكرة, which ends in a taa marbuta (ة). Whenever you attach a pronoun suffix to a word ending in taa marbuta, that letter "opens up" and is written as a regular ت.
Why do we use هذه instead of هذا for "this"?
The word for ticket (تذكرة) is grammatically feminine, which we can tell from its base form ending in taa marbuta. Therefore, we must use the feminine word for "this", which is هذه.
Where is the word "is" in this Arabic sentence?
Arabic does not use a word for "is" in simple present-tense sentences like this. Simply putting "this" and "her ticket" next to each other creates the complete sentence "This is her ticket".