Questions & Answers about Sie hat ihr eigenes Zimmer.
Why does the adjective eigenes end in -es here?
Zimmer is a neuter noun (das Zimmer) and is the direct object (accusative case) of the sentence. Because the possessive article ihr doesn't have an ending in the neuter singular, the adjective following it has to take the strong ending to show the gender. For neuter accusative, that ending is -es.
Why is the word for "her" just ihr and not ihres?
In this sentence, ihr acts as a possessive article because it sits right in front of the noun it describes (Zimmer). It would only take the -es ending if it stood completely alone as a pronoun replacing the noun, like in the sentence: Ist das dein Zimmer? Nein, es ist ihres. (Is that your room? No, it's hers.)
If the current lesson is about words like dasselbe, how would I say "She has the same room"?
To say "the same room", you need the demonstrative pronoun of identity that matches a neuter noun in the accusative case. That word is dasselbe. The sentence would simply be: Sie hat dasselbe Zimmer.
Could I say Sie hat ein eigenes Zimmer instead?
Yes! Saying Sie hat ein eigenes Zimmer translates to "She has a room of her own." The meaning is very similar, but notice that eigenes still takes the -es ending. This is because ein, just like ihr, provides no ending in the neuter singular, so the adjective still has to do the work of showing the gender.
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