Breakdown of الميدالية التي فزت بها هي أفضل ميدالية.
هيhiya
she / her (attached)
هاhâ
her / her (object) / it (feminine)
بbi
by, with (attached)
فازfâza
to win
التيallatî
the one who / which (f)
أفضلafdal
best / better
ميداليةmîdâliya
medal
Questions & Answers about الميدالية التي فزت بها هي أفضل ميدالية.
Why do we use التي here instead of الذي?
التي is the feminine relative pronoun for "that" or "which". We use it here because it describes الميدالية (the medal), which is a feminine word. If we were describing a masculine word, we would use الذي.
Why is the word بها (with it) added after the verb?
In Arabic, relative clauses (phrases starting with "that" or "which") often need a pronoun that loops back to the main noun. Additionally, the verb فاز (to win) pairs with the preposition بـ (with/by) when talking about a prize. So, Arabic literally says "The medal that I won with it" (التي فزت بها). The attached ـها is feminine to match the medal.
Why is the pronoun هي ("she") sitting in the middle of the sentence?
Arabic doesn't have a present-tense word for "is". When the subject is long or specific, like "The medal that I won", we often insert a pronoun to clearly separate the subject from the second half of the sentence. Here, هي does the job of "is", and we use the feminine "she" to match the medal.
Why doesn't the second ميدالية have الـ (the) at the beginning?
When expressing "the best [noun]" in Arabic, you use the comparative word (أفضل) followed by the noun without الـ (indefinite). So أفضل ميدالية means "the best medal", even though the word "medal" doesn't have "the" attached to it at the end of the sentence.
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