Breakdown of Sucht Ihre Schwester die Tasche?
suchen
to look for
die Tasche
the bag
Ihr
your (formal)
die Schwester
the sister
Questions & Answers about Sucht Ihre Schwester die Tasche?
Why is it Ihre and not just Ihr?
Schwester (sister) is a feminine noun. In the nominative case (when the sister is the subject of the sentence doing the action), possessive words like the formal Ihr (your) need an extra -e at the end for feminine nouns.
Why is Ihre capitalized here? Doesn't ihre usually mean 'her'?
You spotted a very important detail! When written with a capital I, Ihre means the formal 'your' (matching the formal pronoun Sie). If it were written with a lowercase i, it would mean 'her' or 'their' sister. Because it is capitalized, we know the speaker is talking formally to someone.
Where is the word for 'for' in this sentence?
In English, we say we are looking 'for' something, but the German verb suchen (to search or look for) already includes that meaning. You just put the thing you are finding right after the verb, like die Tasche (the bag), without needing an extra preposition.
Why does the sentence start with the verb Sucht?
In German yes/no questions, the verb always moves to the very first position. Since sucht (is looking) is the verb, it goes first, followed immediately by the subject doing the looking, which is Ihre Schwester (your sister).