Questions & Answers about Sie lieben ihr Bad.
How do we know Sie means "they" and not "she" here?
We look at the verb! If the sentence meant "she loves", the verb would be conjugated as liebt. Because the verb is in the plural form lieben, we know Sie must mean "they" (or the formal "you").
I learned that ihr means "her". Why does it translate to "their" in this sentence?
The word ihr does a lot of work in German! As a possessive word, it can mean "her", "their", or "your" (when capitalized as Ihr for the formal "you"). Because the subject of this sentence is "they" (Sie), it makes the most sense that ihr translates to "their" here.
Why is the word for "their" just ihr and not ihre or ihren?
The ending of a possessive word depends on the gender of the noun it belongs to, and its role in the sentence. Bad is a neuter noun (das Bad) and it is the direct object (the accusative case) being loved. Neuter nouns in the accusative case don't add any extra ending to the possessive, so it stays exactly as ihr.
Is Bad the same as "bathroom"?
Yes! Bad is the short, very common way to say "bathroom" in German. The full word is Badezimmer, but most people just say Bad. It can also mean a "bath" (the water in the tub).