هذه نزهة.

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Breakdown of هذه نزهة.

• نزهة: picnic

Questions & Answers about هذه نزهة.

Why is هذه used instead of هذا?

Because نزهة is a grammatically feminine singular noun, and the demonstrative has to match it.

• هذا = this for masculine singular
• هذه = this for feminine singular

Even though نزهة is not a female person, it is still treated as feminine in grammar.

Why is there no word for is in the sentence?

In Arabic, the present tense verb to be is usually not expressed in simple sentences like this.

So Arabic says:

• هذه نزهة literally: this outing/picnic

but it means:

• This is an outing/picnic

This kind of sentence is called a nominal sentence.

Why doesn’t نزهة have الـ on it?

Because here the sentence means This is an outing/picnic, where نزهة is indefinite.

If you said:

• هذه النزهة

that would usually mean:

• this outing/picnic

So there is an important difference: